Episode · Stuff They Don't Want You To Know · 2025-03-26
Books mentioned on Why are so many spies getting busted?
Forget pretty much everything you've heard about James Bond.
Matt Frederick discussed Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré and The Great Hunt (The Wheel of Time Book 2) by Robert Jordan.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré is a classic espionage novel that follows veteran British intelligence agent George Smiley as he hunts for a Soviet mole high up in the Circus.
Discussed“or like Carla in the uh excellent I think was John Leair novels adapted into the most famous one would be Tinker Taylor Soldier Spy.”
Where to get it
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The Great Hunt (The Wheel of Time Book 2)
The Great Hunt (The Wheel of Time Book 2) by Robert Jordan is a classic epic fantasy novel that continues the sprawling, multi-volume narrative of the Wheel of Time series.
Discussed“like the Greyman in the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan, right?”
Where to get it
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Passing Incubus - Make Yourself
“That is the seminal 2000's classic Drive from the album Make Yourself by Incubus.”