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Waiting for John Kiriakou to Call In
from Inside the Cia (with John Kiriakou) · #54
Audio-only archive episode — no video to seek.
3 minTim and Bobby joke about tech issues getting the CIA guest on the line, riff on his prison memoir about learning survival skills, and joke about the deputy CIA director trolling him on Twitter about "dropping the soap" before jail.
- 17:55Tim jokes about getting internet out of a potato.
- 18:30John Kiriakou left the CIA, went to prison for leaking state secrets, and says listening to real-ass podcasts got him through it.
- 18:48Tim speculates the book is about prison lessons, suggesting Kiriakou learned mortgage fraud while inside.
- 19:11Kiriakou's post-prison plan involves getting involved in prison reform, which Tim sees as likely to send him back.
- 19:33The CIA's deputy director was trolling Kiriakou on Twitter before he went to jail with a soap-dropping joke.
- 19:48Tim calls the CIA's joke hacky and bad, questioning what kind of infantile organization makes that line.
- 20:13A CIA agent calling in can't have a smooth appearance on the show like a stoned documentary filmmaker or writer would.
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