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My Dad the Spy

By: Stewart Copeland
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Are our parents really who we think they are?

Drummer with The Police, Stewart Copeland, sets out to uncover the truth about his father, Miles Axe Copeland ll - musician, raconteur, international businessman... and, it turns out, secret CIA operative.

Going back to the 1940s to trace his father's involvement in the birth of the CIA, Stewart enters a murky world of dictators and dirty tricks. He learns about his dad's role in overthrowing governments, assassination plots, and befriending an infamous Soviet double agent.

Helped by his brother and sister, and those who knew his dad's world of politics and espionage, Stewart investigates the impact his spy father had, both on their family and on the world.

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Episodes
  • Ep. 1: At Home With The Copelands

    Ep. 1: At Home With The Copelands
    Jul 27 2020

    Stewart and his sister Lennie remember a culturally rich and pampered upbringing, dragged around the Middle East by an often absent father. It felt like any normal family... until they discovered what dad really did.
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    31 mins
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  • Ep. 2: The Shoot Out

    Ep. 2: The Shoot Out
    Jul 27 2020

    We’re in the company of Miles Axe Copeland II, in a world of lavish parties attended by great writers and mysterious colonels. The dangers of dad’s career become apparent when armed raiders break into the family home in Damascus.
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    28 mins
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  • Ep. 3: Joining Up

    Ep. 3: Joining Up
    Jul 27 2020

    Miles survives the armed raid on his home, but was everything as it seemed? Stewart and his sister Lennie follow dad back to a childhood in Birmingham, Alabama, then into his exploits during the war. Miles meets the man who will eventually recruit him into the CIA, and receives the secret orders which change his life forever.
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    32 mins
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really enjoyed, easy to listen to, and a curious look at the life and times of this family put in sick a unique situation

great story

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The Copelands had an amazing life. Their father, wow. I don't know how I would feel if my father was a spy, I think I would take it the same way Stu did.
Almost like the Amazing adventures of Munchausen.

great yarn,

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great view into the family dynamic of a rock star and CIA operative. entertaining education.

fascinating insight

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I listened to this right through immediately as an admirer of The Police's percussion and enjoyer of spy stories. The anecdotes are amusing and diversions entertaining, but I suppose I hoped for some more anecdotes from the spy's life. It would have been awesome to hear more from the books mentioned, instead of the editorializing and pop philosophy. Entertaining overall, and a bit of a primer on modern Middle Eastern history into the bargain.

Great patches

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So entertaining and enlightening. I was on the edge of my seat for much of it. I loved the spy stories and history and also learning about the family dynamics. I found myself envying their childhood.

A Great Yarn.

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I really enjoyed these stories and insights both into what was going on in the middle east and America's involvement and into Mile's unique character and how it was growing up as the children of a spy

Fascinating and well told

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loved it, I wish my dad was a spy after listening to this. Stewart Copeland has a great voice.

brilliant

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Fascinating to learn about this story. Very well put together . An insight into the cold war through the context of one family's experience and exploration of their own father's secret life. Answers some questions but also leaves you wanting to know more and learn more about tit for tat under cover workings of the CIA and the KGB since the 1950s and how this has influenced political moves in the middle east since.

Intriguing

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An interesting story, but hard to determine fact or fiction at some points. Sometimes feels like your listening to a family reunion instead of a story.

it's ok

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a very interesting life for a family to do so much yet know so little.

great read for the ears

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