THREAD: Talking recently to a student interested in a US intelligence career, I reflected on the plethora of insightful podcasts and feeds that now offer orders of magnitude more info about intel than existed just two decades ago.

Here are some of the many worth following.

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Start with the feeds of the agencies and offices that make up the intelligence community. They generally open impressive windows into the many positions within their organizations. Don’t overlook the obvious—devour the information on these sites.

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The @IntlSpyMuseum opened over 18 years ago, but its new location between the National Mall and @TheWharfDC is poised to resume a robust slate of in-person events when it’s safe.

Its extensive virtual programming and @INTLSpyCast Podcast provide amazing intel history.

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The museum’s former historian and curator, @intelhistorian, now directs the @NatCryptoMuseum—which is poised to amp up its efforts to educate the public about the history of the National Security Agency and all things cryptologic. Keep your eyes on this one.

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Frequent gems with former (and even some current) intelligence officers from across the community appear on @IntelMattersPod, hosted by former CIA acting director @MichaelJMorell. No other place so consistently provides such deeply insightful intel interviews.

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The Iron Butterfly podcast is the first one by and for women in the US intel community, co-produced by the Amazing Women of the IC and @MasonNatSec.

As a sample, listen to this compelling recent episode with my former colleague @LeslieIreland5: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/iron-butterfly/id1530244949

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Of course, we regularly discuss intel issues on the @lawfarepodcast. In the past several months, we’ve had a chat with former CIA Director John Brennan, an A-list panel on the annual Worldwide Threat Briefing, and an overview of the President’s Daily Brief, among others.

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The feed for @thecipherbrief links to many articles from its impressive roster of former intelligence officers and others wicked smart about the field.

https://www.thecipherbrief.com 

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You can also reach out directly to groups like the North American Society for Intelligence History @SocIntelHist for advice on information and additional resources.

https://www.intelligencehistory.org 

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And follow the Association of Former Intelligence Officers @AFIO for, among other things, links to its “AFIO Now” video series—former officers, experts, and authors telling stories about their careers and other aspects of intelligence.

There’s plenty out there. Enjoy it.

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