The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast

How do CIA officers stay safe while traveling to some of the most dangerous places in the world? And how can you apply the CIA?s best practices to help stay safe during your own travels? On this episode of The Langley Files, a CIA security expert talks Dee and Walter through a notional trip abroad to reveal how he watches his back on the go?and shares how you can, too. 

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Looking for a handy checklist of CIA?s travel safety tips? Check out the ?Ask Molly? column on the topic .

Going abroad? U.S. citizens can establish comms with their home base by registering with the State Department?s Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP). 

Put CIA?s world knowledge to work for you?check out the CIA World Factbook?s travel facts before you go, for key information on everything from climate to local tipping practices. 

CIA is known as America's first line of defense - but who protects CIA? On this episode, Dee and Walter sit down with a member of CIA's protective service - the unit charged with keeping CIA personnel and facilities safe. They'll discuss what it takes to qualify for that team, the training its officers undergo, and the importance of not calling a day "quiet" until it's over.

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Where did David learn to master a controlled vehicular spin? Check out the FLETC website.

Interested to joining CIA's protective service cadre? See the requirements and desired qualifications.

Looking for more on today?s trivia answer? Your friends at the CIA World Factbook have you covered. 

In this episode of The Langley Files, Deputy Director of CIA for Analysis, Linda Weissgold, joins Dee and Walter to discuss what makes a good CIA analyst, the unusual working hours required to be the President's briefer, and the importance of the Agency's apolitical assessments. Along the way, she shares lessons from her decades-long career with CIA - and what it's like delivering bad news to the most powerful person on the planet.

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Overview of CIA?s Directorate of Analysis and the analytic positions available at the Agency

 

Is perhaps the most exclusive publication in the world still delivered on paper? Check out the evolution of the President?s Daily Brief (PDB)

 

Curious about the women OSS members Linda mentioned? Read stories from the ?Sisterhood of Spies?

 

See the iconic words inside the final President?s Intelligence Checklist (PICL) ever produced by CIA

 

Want to try your hand at searching out the answer to today?s trivia question? Head over to the CIA World Factbook?where that information, and much more, awaits.

In 2022, CIA announced its first-ever Chief Technology Officer: Nand Mulchandani, a Silicon Valley executive with 25 years of industry experience. Since then, he?s been charting CIA?s course on technology?and now, on the Season 2 premiere of The Langley Files, he sits down with Dee and Walter for his first interview on being CTO of the world?s premiere foreign intelligence agency. Tune in to hear him discuss accelerating technological innovation at CIA?and whether his habit of wearing jeans to work is catching on at Langley.

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CIA Announces CTO Nand Mulchandani

In the private sector and have an idea to share with CIA? https://www.cia.gov/tech/

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Rogue operatives. Off the books programs. Hood-sliding CIA officers single-handedly saving the world. Is there any fact behind the spy fiction we see all the time? For this, The Langley Files? season one finale, Dee and Walter sit down with none other than CIA Deputy Director David Cohen to break down recurring scenes in spy fiction?and reveal that, behind some of them, is a surprising degree of CIA truth. *Nothing in this podcast should be construed to be an endorsement by the CIA or the US Government of any particular company, product, or service.

A top secret mission to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. A legendary CIA officer who postponed retirement to lead the Agency's response to 9/11. An entire building turned into a listening post. Where can you find artifacts from these chapters of hidden history and many more? The museum at the heart of CIA Headquarters. Since this museum is not open to the general public, in this episode of The Langley Files, Dee and Walter catch up with the museum's director and deputy director for a behind the scenes tour ... podcast-style. *Nothing in this podcast should be construed to be an endorsement by the CIA or the US Government of any particular company, product, or service.

On this episode of The Langley Files, CIA's Chief Historian joins Walter and Dee to talk about the Agency's cadre of in-house historians. They'll discuss how these officers' work studying the past supports CIA's mission in the present, what it's like going through the Agency's archives ... and how one of the fastest, highest-flying operational jet aircraft ever built ended up in the parking lot of CIA Headquarters. *Nothing in this podcast should be construed to be an endorsement by the CIA or the US Government of any particular company, product, or service.

On this episode, Dee and Walter sit down with an Agency recruitment leader to learn what characteristics CIA is looking for when selecting candidates, how CIA differs from the private sector, and the number of occupations that the Agency has to offer?which may surprise you. *Nothing in this podcast should be construed to be an endorsement by the CIA or the US Government of any particular company, product, or service.

2022 marks the Central Intelligence Agency's 75th Anniversary. On this episode, our hosts Dee and Walter talk with two Agency officers who are leading efforts to commemorate this milestone for the Agency. They will discuss the CIA's evolution over time, what events marked this year's celebration, and how CIA is learning from its past to best serve the American people.

On this debut episode of The Langley Files, CIA Director Bill Burns joins our hosts, Dee and Walter, to dispel some common misconceptions about the CIA, provide insights into the character and skills of the Agency?s workforce, and share some personal anecdotes about what it means to him to lead the world?s premiere foreign intelligence organization.

At the Central Intelligence Agency, there are truths we can share, and stories we can tell. CIA's official podcast, The Langley Files, is coming soon!