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Join ex-CIA officer John Kiriakou on a very personal deep dive into what makes a spy tick. One of the most famous spies in the whole world, John - a spy with a conscience - ratted out the CIA's torture program after the war on terror and spent 23 months in federal prison for it. As John explains, no spy is ever an "ex-spy". Why is that so? Listen to the podcast and you'll understand why. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Singer, actor, writer, childrens' book author, producer and entreprneur Reesi Rocca shares her secrets for overcoming life's challenges and becoming the master of one's own mind and mindset. Happiness really is "an inside job". Want to Be Happy Now? Then check out this uplifting podcast! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Writer, performer and stand up comedian GD Fenderson and Movie/TV writer/producer A L Katz (HBO's Tales From The Crypt) discuss both what makes them laugh personally and what makes us laugh culturally. Just like its subtitle says: it's a serious look at the craft of creating comedy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Everyone has the right to know the truth about where they come from. Unraveling Me speaks to those people impacted by DNA surprises, NPEs (non-paternal event), adoption, assisted reproduction, and other revelations that their parentage isn't entirely what they thought. Having experienced an NPE herself, Kara (through Right To Know and this podcast) seeks to highlight those moments when we learn the most unsettling of secret—who we really are. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For anyone who's ever nodded off in history class or gotten lost amidst a commotion of confusing names, dates, and other incidentals— it's Captain History to the rescue! Flanked by his two wise-cracking sidekicks, Elmo and Nero, Captain History makes learning United States history fun and entertaining.

For over 40 years, Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist David Swanson has covered war zones (from Bosnia to Afghanistan to Iraq), natural disasters (the 2010 Haiti Earthquake, Hurricane Katrina, the LA Fires) and even red carpets. But, while David's photos can tell you what it looked like standing where he stood in order to take those news photos, they can't tell you what it felt like standing there. Those are the stories this podcast will tell! Journalism doesn't get any more personal than this. Or more compelling. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Think of Prisoner Ex as "empowering true crime". A former CIA officer, JOHN KIRIAKOU knows exactly what it's like to be unjustly imprisoned, having paid that price for whistleblowing America's torture program. In PRISONER EX, John will introduce the audience to others imprisoned in America and around the world but who shouldn't be. John won't just tell these prisoners' harrowing stories however; he'll inform the audience what THEY can do to help make these prisoners ex-prisoners.