Spy Museum Relaunches Popular Podcast SpyCast with New Host and Format
Journalist Sasha Ingber to Bring Listeners into 25-Minute Episode Story Arcs
WASHINGTON – January 14, 2025 – The longest-running podcast on intelligence, the International Spy Museum’s SpyCast, today gets a full refresh, kicking off the new year with a brand-new host, length, and format. Partnering with creative audio agency Goat Rodeo and curated podcast network Airwave, the Museum will pivot from its longform interview format to the production of shorter, narrative-driven 25-minute episodes that answer specific questions about intelligence tradecraft, headlines, or processes that fascinate and mystify audiences.
National security reporter Sasha Ingber brings a fresh voice and an incisive journalistic perspective to the topic of intelligence as the new incoming host. Her deep bench of contacts and breadth of knowledge in intelligence and storytelling is built from years at NPR, Scripps News, and as a Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting grantee. She currently serves as the founder of HUMINT, a publication where she focuses on telling human stories that overlap with the intelligence community.
“SpyCast offers the unique opportunity to meet our audience where they are and give them inside access to intelligence they can’t get anywhere else. With that comes a responsibility to tell the stories behind intelligence history and headlines in an accessible and thought-provoking way, and we think the changes we are making will do just that,” shares the Museum’s Vice President of Programs Mira Cohen. “Sasha and Goat Rodeo are incredible assets and partners in helping us bring this new SpyCast vision to life.”
SpyCast kicks off its first episode today with a discussion featuring former intelligence officer Bryan Stern, who describes the tradecraft he used on Russian intelligence and military services to rescue an American imprisoned in Russian-occupied Ukraine. He also spent time in Syria searching for journalist Austin Tice after the government crumbled late last year.
"This is one of the most complex, high stakes moments of our time, and an amazing opportunity for me to both help people understand this secretive world and feature prominent voices from the inside,” shares new host, Sasha Ingber.
SpyCast episodes will continue to publish on Tuesday mornings on Airwave, Apple, Spotify, and wherever listeners get their podcasts. Listen here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/spycast/id201680433.
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About the International Spy Museum
The International Spy Museum, an independent nonprofit organization, is the only public museum in the United States to lift the veil on the tradecraft, history, and contemporary role of espionage and intelligence from a global perspective. The Museum’s mission is to create compelling exhibitions and other learning experiences that shed light on the shadow world of espionage and intelligence, educating and challenging each of us to engage critically with the complex world around us. The Museum's collection chronicles the history of espionage, from its inception to the modern-day challenges facing intelligence professionals worldwide in the 21st century. The original Spy Museum opened in 2002. Its new, expanded building and all-new exhibitions opened in May 2019 to much acclaim.
For more information, please visit spymuseum.org.