Secrets We Keep

Mar 06 2024 262
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Each season, Secrets We Keep investigates a different Australian secret.   Shame Lies & Family: A mystery photo of Amelia Oberhardt’s mum exposes the practice of shotgun marriages, forced adoption, and quiet abortions carried out in Australia until the 1980s   Nest of Traitors: Joey Watson is pulled into the world of espionage, attempting to track down an Australian spy who turned to work for the enemy during the Cold War 

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Nest of Traitors - Episode 7 - Honey badger

Mar 06 2024 35 mins  
Joey travels to Melbourne to try and meet a living mole suspect to finally get some answers. If you have any feedback or information about this story you can email [email protected] or you could send Joey a letter GPO Box 22, Sydney NSW 2000.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nest of Traitors - Episode 6 - The suspects

Feb 28 2024 27 mins  
A KGB defector directs Joey towards a former British politician. Joey investigates and finds the names of four potential moles who operated inside ASIO during the Cold War. He begins searching for the four suspects. If you have any feedback or information about this story you can email [email protected] or you could send Joey a letter GPO Box 22, Sydney NSW 2000.See omnyst

Nest of Traitors - Episode 5 - Looking for moles

Feb 21 2024 33 mins  
A rendezvous leads Joey to an apartment where a source tells him that more information about the suspected moles might lie in a top secret government report. When he realises only the Prime Minister’s office can authorise the report to be released, Joey takes his questions all the way to the top. If you have any feedback or information about this story you can email secretswekee

Nest of Traitors - Episode 4 - Cold War Warriors

Feb 14 2024 30 mins  
Joey meets a man who investigated ASIO in the 1970s, to find out what made the spy agency vulnerable to being infiltrated by the KGB. ASIO was directed to search for traitors, but the internal investigations were inconclusive. If you have any feedback or information about this story you can email [email protected] or you could send Joey a letter GPO Box 22, Sydney NSW 2000.

Nest of Traitors - Episode 3 - Welcome to Woomera

Feb 07 2024 30 mins  
Joey drives into the middle of the desert to find out why Australia became a target for the KGB. He learns that Australia was a bigger player in the Cold War than he’d ever imagined, and how the mole could’ve had access to secrets from its powerful Western allies. If you have any feedback or information about this story you can email [email protected] or you could send

Nest of Traitors - Episode 2 - Fabric of nightmares

Jan 31 2024 29 mins  
Who were the KGB? What was ASIO up against? To help his mole hunt, a former spy takes Joey inside ASIO during the Cold War. He points Joey to a KGB spy called Gerontiy Lazovik who may have recruited a mole in Australia. As Joey dives deeper into this story, he begins to suspect there was more than one mole. If you have any feedback or information about this story you can email se

Nest of Traitors - Episode 1 - Operation Liver

Jan 31 2024 28 mins  
Three years ago, journalist Joey Watson learnt about the ultimate spy story. During the Cold War, the Australian spy agency ASIO was infiltrated by the enemy - one of their spies turned and began working for the KGB, the Soviet Union’s feared spy agency. They became a mole. For decades, the mole's identity remained a mystery and the damage they caused unknown. To uncover the tru

Introducing Nest of Traitors

Dec 18 2023 3 mins  
Three years ago, journalist Joey Watson was pulled into the ultimate spy mystery. During the Cold War, the Australian spy agency ASIO was infiltrated by a Soviet mole. For decades the mole's identity was buried and the damage they caused unknown. To uncover the truth, Joey sets out to find the mole. It’s a story about power, national secrets and how countries behave when they thi

The next Australian secret

Dec 18 2023 2 mins  
Amelia Oberhardt introduces Season 2 of Secrets We Keep - Nest of Traitors. Hosted by Joey Watson, the season investigates another big Australian secret. Launching January 23.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shame, Lies & Family - Your Stories

Oct 22 2023 40 mins  
Closed adoptions have affected many Australian families, and no one experience is the same. In this episode, you'll hear how forced adoptions have affected people from a new perspective - two adoptees, and one father. Lifeline: 13 11 14 Forced Adoption Support Service: 1800 21 03 13 List of organisations that can helpSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.