Mission Implausible
Hosted by Jerry and John · Jon Stern
3.9from 693 ratings
- 148
- Episodes
- 134
- Transcribed
- 693
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2024
- First episode
- 419M
- YouTube views
About Mission Implausible
Do you want to know the truth behind the world’s wildest conspiracy theories? Former CIA officers John Sipher & Jerry O’Shea try to determine where misinformation is coming from, when we’re being lied to and when a conspiracy theory is an actual real conspiracy. In the world of espionage, they were part of creating conspiracies. Now they and their circle of experts probe what’s true and when we’re being manipulated. New episodes every week. Watch Mission Implausible on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MissionImplausiblePod (https://www.youtube.com/@MissionImplausiblePod) Executive Producers: Adam Davidson, John Sipher, Jerry O'Shea & Jonathan Stern. Producer: Rachel Harner A production of Honorable Mention and Abominable Pictures
- Publisher
- Jon Stern
- Category
- comedy · news · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 31 Jan 2024
- Latest episode
- 1 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
134 of 148 episodes have a transcript.
1 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
So You Want to Join the CIA (with Jim Burke)
18 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
This Week in Conspiracy Theories: Pedophile Cannibals and Much Much More
12 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
t Was Never About Oil: Iraq, Afghanistan and the Conspiracy Theories That Followed (Toby Harnden)
Inside a recent episode
So You Want to Join the CIA (with Jim Burke)
Published 1 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Then there's, like you said, the analysts. It's a cadre that spends most of their career in Washington. And really they're almost experts on something. So they work on an account. So they're on the Algerian economy account or the Russian missile account or the Chinese Navy account, name your thing. […]
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- Jim Burke
- Toby Harnden
- Jesse Walker
- Rebecca Saltzburg
- Jason Bell
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 419,108,275
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.0 / 5
- 591 ratings
- Spotify
- 3.7 / 5
- 102 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 86 / 100
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- Quality
- 96
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 98
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Who hosts Mission Implausible?
Jerry and John host the show. Published by Jon Stern.
How often do new episodes come out?
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