Mission Implausible

Nov 20 2024 50 ep. 30 mins 433
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As former high-level CIA operatives, John Sipher and Jerry O'Shea would create fake conspiracies around the world. Now, with the help of experts, they execute their own fun and fearless investigation into conspiracy theories past and present to assess what's real. And how. And why.

- Executive Producers: Adam Davidson, John Sipher, Jerry O'Shea & Jonathan Stern

- Associate Producer: Rachel Harner

- A production of Honorable Mention and Abominable Pictures

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Shenanigans at 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue (with Zach Everson)

Nov 20 2024 34 mins  
Forbes journalist Zach Everson spent much of Trump's previous presidency embedded in Trump Hotel in DC. John and Jerry learn more about The Emoluments Clause and all the ways that foreign power brokers were able to channel payments to Trump through his hotels... and could again.

How the Election Affects the CIA

Nov 13 2024 25 mins  
Adam and John and Jerry do what everyone else in America is doing... try to game out what the election will mean. In this case, for the intelligence agencies, international cooperation and overall national security. So, like, not one of the super-light episodes. But still worth listening to!

How Do Counterintelligence Professionals Assess Trump’s Relationship with Russia? - Part Two (with Peter Strzok)

Nov 06 2024 43 mins  
How are the Russians getting Trump to do what they want? There are many theories, but we've reached our own conclusion.

The Lincoln Project (with Rick Wilson)

Oct 30 2024 43 mins  
The Lincoln Project is an American political action committee (PAC) founded in December 2019 by moderate conservatives and former Republican Party members who oppose U.S. President Donald Trump and Trumpism. In the midst of the 2024 election, having run over 700 different ads, co-founder Rick Wilson offers one-of-a-kind insight into the American electorate.

How Do Counterintelligence Professionals Assess Trump’s Relationship with Russia? - Part One (with Philip Auerswald and Peter Strzok)

Oct 23 2024 36 mins  
37 years ago, Trump returned from a trip to Moscow obsessed that America wasn’t getting paid enough for protecting its allies, that our leaders weren’t tough enough, and that America’s economy was destined to self-destruct within the next four years. And he never stopped. Why would a self-obsessed New York real estate developer suddenly care about America’s international po

Embedded with The Proud Boys on January 6th (with Nick Quested)

Oct 16 2024 25 mins  
Documentary filmmaker Nick Quested called up the leader of The Proud Boys and got an invite to tag along to The Insurrection with his cameras. Quested’s eye-witness footage was part of the Congressional January 6th Committee evidence and now part of Jack Smith’s case against Trump. Quested shares his insights and his predictions about what will go down this November.

Everyone Controls the Weather But Nobody Does Anything About It

Oct 09 2024 12 mins  
Jerry and John -- and Adam! -- think about the current hurricanes and the dangerous conspiracy theories that weaponize them. As always, they view the larger context of false weather beliefs.

America the Hellhole? Russian Disinformation Today (with Michael Weiss)

Oct 02 2024 33 mins  
Certain American are repeating Russian propaganda and might not even realize where it came from. Russia is pushing the narrative that America is a disaster, and Trump has picked up the thread. How does Russia feed their message into U.S. conversations and how do they benefit from it? It's the end of our trilogy of Michael Weiss' illuminating interview.

Russian Disinformation Part Two: They're Still At It! (with Michael Weiss)

Sep 25 2024 33 mins  
Would you take $100,000 per week to parrot Russian propaganda on your podcast? Well, some guys did, and are now indicted.

Russian Disinformation (with Michael Weiss)

Sep 18 2024 37 mins  
How did the Russians get so good at the disinformation game, how do they do it, and who's doing it for them?