The Spy Who
Audible Original
History · Limited series · 145 episodes · ~42 min · 2024
Taste attributes: espionagehistoricaldocumentaryfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticintricatelinearemotive & stirringall consuming questinjustice/tragedy/vengeancesolving the riddle/not as it seems
Boxlist takeSerious and realistic: an emotional history podcast, intricate rather than simple. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
Taste details
Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: intricate · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
Based on your film and TV taste: podcasts are matched on the same ten characteristics, with your own match bands.
About this podcast
These are stories you were never meant to hear. The invisible but vital work of the world’s intelligence services: secret operatives playing to very different rules. The Spy Who, hosted by Indira Varma, Raza Jaffrey and Emilia Fox, takes you deep inside that shadow world to meet spies who risked…
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- Publisher
- Audible Original
- Format
- Limited series
- Episodes
- 145
- Typical episode
- About 42 minutes
- Latest episode
- 10 November 2026
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- History
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- How we score
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Podcasts are scored on the same ten characteristics as films and matched with your own match bands, from your film and TV taste. The scores are estimates, from fixed rules plus a one-off AI reading of each show's own description and episode titles. Quality badges never change your match.
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