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In this episode of So Many Sequels, Josh, Garrett, and special guest Matt Archibald review Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One. The seventh installment of the Mission: Impossible franchise is a timely rumination on the dangers of AI as well as an action-packed sequel that never slows down1. The movie boasts several elaborate action sequences and set pieces, each more impressive than the last. The movie is directed by Christopher McQuarrie who also wrote the last two installments, Rogue Nation (2015) and Fallout (2018).

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The following is a conversation with Christopher Turner, a 25-year veteran of America’s Central Intelligence Agency.

During these 25 years, Turner completed sensitive assignments in the Far East, South Asia, and Europe and those locations are intentionally vague for reasons you will discover during the conversation. Notably, Turner is a recipient of the Intelligence Star, which is a rare commendation for valour under fire, but more on that in the conversation. 

Christopher also has a very interesting pre-CIA career as well, he served as an anthropologist in a largely untouched, hidden away civilisation tribe in the Philippines. 

Since retiring from the CIA, Turner has penned several books, including, the non-fiction historical, CASSIA Spy Ring and the upcoming fictional spy novel, The Locksmith Of Salzburg.

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Time Stamps With Christopher Turner

• 00:00 – Introduction.
• 02:16 – How Did Living With A Filipino Tribe Inform Your Future Work As A Spy?
• 16:50 – Horrific Imelda Marcos Story.
• 25:24 – Serendipity In Turner’s Life.
• 34:39 – CIA Recruitment & Predicting The Future.
• 45:53 – Christopher Turner On Putin.
• 49:46 – The Value Of Discernment.
• 52:56 – Training For Espionage.
• 1:04:21 – Where Did Turner Serve His 25 Years?
• 1:12:06 – What Is Cover (My Favourite Part)
• 1:40:06 – The Art Of Persuasion (My Second Favourite Part)
• 2:08:41 – Communication Is The Most Important Transferable Skill.
• 2:12:46 – Exotic & High Stakes (Intelligence Star).
• 2:28:51 – Ethics Of CIA, Conspiracy & Religious Fundamentalism.
• 2:46:24 – America Is The Best Country In The World.
• 2:53:16 – Country You Are Bullish On & Conversation Between Any Two People Of History.
• 2:56:23 – Afterthoughts & Ambition For The Podcast.

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Links To Christopher Turner

• Turner's Books

Today, author Ian Townsend shares the harrowing story of young Dickie Manson. Along with his mother, stepfather, uncle, and a family friend, Dickie was convicted as a spy and executed in during World War II. When the Australian government could not reinforce its troops in Rabaul, New Guinea, it left over a thousand Australian citizens behind, many of whom were tried for espionage by the Japanese. Though Americans and Australians alike forget the importance of the battle for Rabaul in the Pacific,  it serves as a startling reminder that there are few real winners in war--and many more emotional casualties than we dare to think.

Connect with Ian:
iantownsend.com.au
By his book, Line of Fire, here.

https://www.booktopia.com.au/line-of-fire-ian-townsend/book/9781460750926.html?SUBID1=&SUBID2=&clickid=yCCXWJWu5xyIUmYwXw0GD0odUkGTaqzXPz4HTs0&bk_source_id=345721&utm_campaign=Ian%20Townsend&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=APD&bk_source=APD

Connect with Spycraft 101:
IG: @spycraft101
Patreon: Spycraft 101
Buy the book: here on Amazon
Download the free eBook: The Clandestine Operative's Sidearm of Choice: here.

https://spycraft101-400d7.gr8.com/

A double agent strikes at the core of MI6.  

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• Mohler and Olson Interview: https://albertmohler.com/2021/04/28/james-olson
• Fair Play: The Moral Dilemmas of Spying: https://www.amazon.com/Fair-Play-James-M-Olson-audiobook/dp/B079Q5ZBLD/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=fair+play&qid=1629517804&sr=8-3
• My article on atonement and ECT: https://www.dckreider.com/blog-theological-musings/a-transactional-atonement-makes-god-unjust
• Just War Season: https://thefourthway.transistor.fm/episodes/54-the-incoherence-of-just-war-theory-history
• Consequentialism Series: https://thefourthway.transistor.fm/episodes/consequentialism-the-heart-of-compromise
• Sproul arguing for ECT based on infinite differential between God and humanity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He4EWayaJaY

• Philip Does
• Laverne Miller
• Jesse Killion

Lee Gossett (friend of  Spycraft 101 alumnus Neil Hansen) shares his experience from starting his flight career as a smoke jumper fighting remote forest firs to flying for Air America, the CIA's secret airline, in Laos. Lee shares stories about friends who passed and what it was like flying above Laos and Vietnam. Do you know the difference between hard rice and soft rice? (Hint: one isn't actually rice.)

Check out Lee's book:
Smoke Jumper to Global Pilot: a True Odyssey here.
https://www.amazon.com/Smokejumper-Global-Pilot-True-Odyssey/dp/0578614715

Connect with Spycraft 101:
IG: @spycraft101
Patreon: Spycraft 101
Buy the book: here on Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/Spy-Shots-Tales-World-Espionage/dp/B09BY3WH71/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1628473373&sr=1-2

Esta semana Rafa, Diego, Thomas y Mónika dan sus recomendaciones de la semana, analizan la película guatemalteca La Llorona (dirigida por Jayro Bustamante), sugerida por nuestra oyente Lucía Vásquez, y Diego nos recomienda Mindhunter en la sección “Series viejas que hemos visto, pero no estamos viendo actualmente, pero que todos deberían de ver”. 

0:00:00 Intro
0:00:30 ¿Qué estás viendo? 
    * Diego: The World According to Jeff Goldblum, Spycraft.
    * Thomas: The Long Dumb Road, The Theory of Everything.
    * Mónika:  Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer, Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel.
    * Rafa: The Little Things, Firefly Lane.
0:17:02 SVQHVPNEVAPQTDDV:  Mindhunter.
0:25:14 La Llorona (sin spoilers)
0:37:07 La Llorona (full spoilers)
1:12:55 Despedida

*Música cortesía de Daemon Hatfield (Good Morning California)