Mission Implausible

How Everyone Else Sees America (with Gabriel Gatehouse) - ENCORE 31.05.2026 41min

ENCORE EPISODE - Gabriel Gatehouse is a journalist and broadcaster and author of “The Coming Storm” that looks at Q Anon and the January 6th conspiracies. And he’s British! Watch Mission Implausible on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MissionImplausiblePod

The Hawaiian Cult that raised Tulsi Gabbard (with Christine Gralow) - ENCORE 24.05.2026 37min

In light of this week's resignation of Tulsi Gabbard, we're re-running our recent very illuminating episode about her. Also, check out John Sipher's timely piece on her in The Bullwark on May 19. https://www.thebulwark.com/p/tulsi-gabbard-office-shouldnt-exist-director-national-intelligence-9-11 Our current Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard was born into The Science of Identity Foundation, a secretive, authoritarian religious group led by guru Chris Butler. What are the beliefs of The SIF and how did they influence Gabbard's political career? Some believe that she's still under their direction, if not outright control. If so, the international criminal investigations of the organization, along with the local Hawaiian suspicions of it, raises serious national security questions for someone in that role. Then why does it appear that even a standard FBI background check of Gabbard was skipped? The reporting on Gabbard's origins had been sparse... until now. Watch Mission Implausible on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MissionImplausiblePod

Hunting Weapons of Mass Destruction (with Andy Weber) 17.05.2026 42min

Nuclear weapons-usable uranium, biolabs for biological warfare, secret chemical facilities -- In Operation Sapphire, Former Assistant Secretary of Defense Andy Weber found and disposed of them. Where are the current threats? What does Iran still have? Biological threats may ultimately prove even more dangerous than nuclear ones. How do we control them? https://thesteadystate.org Watch Mission Implausible on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MissionImplausiblePod

How the CIA Decides What’s Legal (with James Petrila) 10.05.2026 49min

Former CIA and NSA attorney Jim Petrila explains the legal decisions about covert action, presidential power, and the legal guardrails surrounding America’s intelligence agencies. He argues that the Trump-era expansion of executive power, combined with the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling and the dismantling of institutional oversight, represents a fundamental threat to the rule of law.  Watch Mission Implausible on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MissionImplausiblePod

Crypto: The Trump Family Business (with Zach Everson) 03.05.2026 48min

Forget hotel rooms and presidential merch, this time around, the Trumps are making untraceable billions with ventures like World Liberty Financial and a Trump-backed stablecoin. It’s a new world of buying influence and access. Watch Mission Implausible on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MissionImplausiblePod

Serving in the Middle East, then Writing About It (with Ilana Berry) 26.04.2026 42min

Award-winning author Ilana Berry explores the gap between how espionage is portrayed and how it actually works. Drawing on her experience in the CIA, the Department of Defense, and er firsthand view of the Arab Spring in Bahrain. She explains why secrecy fuels conspiracy theories, and why even insiders often struggle to separate truth from manipulation. Watch Mission Implausible on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MissionImplausiblePod

Modern Conspiracy Culture: How Real Scandals Fueled False Narratives (with Kathryn Olmsted) 19.04.2026 39min

Real government secrecy, intelligence failures, and historic scandals created the conditions for today’s conspiracy culture. Pearl Harbor, The Red Scare, JFK, 9/11, QAnon - a small truth can explode into a dangerous paranoid belief in hidden power and control. Genuine conspiracies often make it harder—not easier—to separate fact from fiction. How do democracies survive when citizens no longer agree on what’s real? Watch Mission Implausible on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MissionImplausiblePod

The Terrible Thing People Say When They Think No One Is Listening (with Ben Palmer) 12.04.2026 37min

Comedian Ben Palmer (Palmer Trolls) does sort-of-pranks that have evolved from satire to social experiment. Using aliases, fake websites and a “deportation hotline,” Palmer reveals how easily ordinary people are drawn into exposing their own bad behavior and unabashed racism (he would make a terrific CIA case officer). Watch his video about pretending to be the social media person for three months for Republican Congressman Ted Yoho. Palmer’s work reveals truths about human behavior and predatory systems, exposing the parallels of American’s current experience to that of authoritarian regimes. Watch Mission Implausible on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MissionImplausiblePod

What the Steele Dossier Got Right—and Why It Still Matters (with Christopher Steele) 05.04.2026 1h 2min

 In 2016, former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele produced a series of intelligence memos that were leaked and widely called “The Steel Dossier” containing allegations about Russia's interference in the US election and links between Trumpworld and the Kremlin. In a highly unique conversation, Steele and John & Jerry look into the many hot-button conspiracy theories and real conspiracies that Steele has intelligence on — going all the way back to the death of Princess Diana and through Jeffrey Epstein’s involvement with Russian espionage. And how Trump’s behavior has made America so untrustworthy that it can no longer function effectively at worldwide intelligence gathering.  Watch Mission Implausible on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MissionImplausiblePod

Havana Syndrome Is Real - and They Tried to Bury It (with Michael Weiss) - Part Two 29.03.2026 27min

We continue to look at Havana Syndrome and Russian intelligence operations. Investigative journalist Michael Weiss expands on evidence suggesting that a covert unit within Russian military intelligence may have targeted Western operatives, particularly those involved in countering Russian activities in Ukraine and other strategic regions. We discuss geopolitical miscalculations, including U.S. responses to Russian aggression, the war in Ukraine, and election interference. The greatest victories for adversaries like Russia often come not from their own capabilities, but from America’s tendency to overreact, politicize, and fracture from within. Watch Mission Implausible on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MissionImplausiblePod  

Havana Syndrome Is Real - and They Tried to Bury It (with Michael Weiss) - Part One 22.03.2026 34min

Havana Syndrome wasn’t a mystery. It was a coverup. And it wasn’t just Havana. Investigative journalist Michael Weiss (The Insider) returns to the show to break down his explosive reporting on the unexplained brain injuries suffered by U.S. diplomats, CIA officers, and military personnel around the world. Weiss lays out compelling evidence linking these incidents to a covert Russian intelligence unit and a new kind of directed-energy weapon. But the real story may be inside CIA itself. Was this a failure of intelligence, a clash of institutional power, or something deliberate?  Watch Mission Implausible on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MissionImplausiblePod

The CIA Analyst Who Knows Why Intelligence Fails (with David McCloskey) 15.03.2026 40min

Former CIA analyst and bestselling spy novelist David McCloskey (“The Rest Is Classified” podcast) explains how Israel manipulated Trump to get him to attack Iran and what Netanyahu’s real plan is. The new answers on Havana Syndrome and whether there was a CIA coverup. And the tragic events of Jordanian triple-agent Balawi. Watch Mission Implausible on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MissionImplausiblePod

The Singularity War and How to Hack Minds (w/ Anthony Vinci) 08.03.2026 38min

Former senior intelligence officer and author of The Fourth Intelligence Revolution explores how artificial intelligence, big data, and information warfare are fundamentally reshaping global intelligence. He forsees the coming “Singularity War” — a future of fully autonomous intelligence and warfare systems. Now AI enables small groups or even individuals to carry out attacks once reserved for nation-states, including psychological manipulation. How do we defend against this? What tools does a democracy have that others don’t? Watch Mission Implausible on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MissionImplausiblePod

The Art of the Pardon: How The Dept. of Justice Became a Favor Bank (with Liz Oyer) 01.03.2026 48min

Former U.S. Pardon Attorney Liz Oyer was fired by Pam Bondi and Todd Blanche after she refused to recommend giving a domestic abuser back his gun. That criminal was Trump’s “Ambassador to Hollywood” Mel Gibson. Oyer explains how presidential pardons and clemency is supposed to work. With Trump’s Dept. of Justice, it’s been supercharged. Pardons seem to be driven by personal favors, political alliances and outright cash payoffs.  Watch Mission Implausible on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MissionImplausiblePod

The Midterm Power Grab (w/ Will Sommer) 22.02.2026 36min

Will Sommer (of The Bulwark) returns to unpack threats to federalize elections to renewed efforts to “prove” 2020 was stolen. We also diagnose the strange incentives and rivalries inside MAGA world — the influencers, grifters, true believers, and opportunists. Watch Mission Implausible on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MissionImplausiblePod

What Ghislaine Maxwell Knows and Why She’s Being Protected (with Tara Palmeri & Adam Davidson) 15.02.2026 33min

Tara breaks down what Ghislaine Maxwell’s current treatment, legal positioning, and pardon speculation actually signal. They describe the difference between the public narrative and the private reality journalists encounter inside the MAGA ecosystem. From pardon strategy to media pressure to the survival instincts of those closest to Trump, Tara and Adam connect the dots between Maxwell’s continued silence and the political incentives surrounding it. Watch Mission Implausible on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MissionImplausiblePod

Alex Jones and the Conspiracy Economy (with Jordan Holmes) 01.02.2026 37min

The co-host of the Knowledge Fight podcast knows too much about Alex Jones. How are conspiracy ecosystems built, monetized, and sustained? From cult psychology and propaganda laundering to Sandy Hook, supplement grifting, and political power, what are the conditions that keep figures like Jones alive and influential? Watch Mission Implausible on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MissionImplausiblePod

Eating Bugs, Shooting Bobby Kennedy, The Deadly Double: Conspiracy Theory Grey Areas (with Adam Tod Brown) 25.01.2026 34min

The host of CONSPIRACY! THE SHOW has insights on  why people believe wild things and how grifters and media personalities turn paranoia into profit. With questions about his own conspiracy theories:   - Was an ad in The New Yorker for a board game a tipoff about Pearl Harbor?  - Did the CIA want to kill Reagan?  - Why are there bans on lab-produced meat?  - Is there proof of The October Surprise?  - Do CIA Assassination Manuals exist?  - How much does the government lie to us? Watch Mission Implausible on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MissionImplausiblePod

The Overlooked Radicalization Crisis: How Women Become Extremists (with Leah Sottile) 18.01.2026 49min

Investigative journalist Leah Sottile, author of Blazing Eye Sees All, draws on years of direct reporting on anti-government movements, Christian nationalism, New Age spirituality, death cults and online radicalization to explains how fringe belief systems gain power amongst women in America. It’s very different from the path that men take. Watch Mission Implausible on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MissionImplausiblePod

From Hollywood to Human Rights: The Real Cost of Conspiracy Thinking (with Stephanie March) 11.01.2026 39min

Drawing on her leadership roles with Planned Parenthood Global and humanitarian organizations in Africa, actor & activist Stephanie March (ADA Alex Cabot on Law & Order: SVU) describes how ill-conceived policy decisions —particularly the dismantling of USAID programs — have immediate, devastating consequences. Plus, is there any actual nation-building happening in Venezuela, why CIA doesn’t use honey traps and the truth about Area 51.