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Operation Cordelia

By: Kevin Napier
Narrated by: Luka Jones, Sasheer Zamata, Andy Daly, Karen Strassman, Phil Proctor, Marin Ireland, Jim Meskimen, full cast
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  • Summary

  • Operation Cordelia is an espionage-comedy told through “found audio” (news reports, tapped phone calls, bugged offices, and people secretly wearing wires) about one neurotic CIA agent’s attempt to stop a mass terror attack in 1970s Berlin.

    With the US, UK, USSR, and France set to meet in West Berlin for a historic treaty signing, CIA officer, Vance Calhoun, discovers that an old enemy is out to destroy the event and possibly start World War III. Vance’s mission to stop the attack is complicated by an array of disparate forces. There’s an East German agent (and ex-lover) who’s secretly using Vance to pursue her own secret vendetta; US President Richard Nixon, who’s determined to win a Nobel Peace Prize no matter who has to kill to do it; and Vance’s own fragile psyche which is in the midst of a debilitating existential crisis. This is an espionage adventure that spans the globe - from clandestine meetings in West Berlin to the shoot-outs in Istanbul to epic Presidential rants in Washington DC.

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Episodes
  • Episode 0 - Trailer
    Sep 8 2021

    Operation Cordelia is an espionage-comedy about one neurotic CIA agent’s attempt to stop a mass terror attack in 1970s Berlin - told through news reports, tapped phone calls, bugged offices, and people secretly wearing wires. 

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    2 mins
  • Episode 1 - Are You Vance Calhoun?
    Sep 9 2021
    In Cairo, 1974, a mysterious stranger warns the KGB: “Stop trying to kill me or I will reveal everything that happened in Berlin, back in 1972!” This is ex-CIA agent Vance Calhoun. Flashback to 1972 - Vance announces his plans for Operation Cordelia, a mysterious op to redeem himself for a career of selfishness and ruthlessness. The first step in the plan is to extract a STASI (East German secret police) agent, named Egon, from East Berlin.
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    19 mins
  • Episode 2 - Ever Since Laos
    Sep 9 2021
    Despite pressure from President Nixon, Vance and his team plan to go ahead with the extraction of Egon Schroeder from East Berlin. At the same time, Vance has to extricate himself from some personal complications before he can launch Operation Cordelia.
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    17 mins

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