State Secrets
Hosted by Suzanne Kelly · The Cipher Brief
4.6from 100 ratings
- 178
- Episodes
- 61
- Transcribed
- 100
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2017
- First episode
About State Secrets
State Secrets is a weekly interview podcast featuring Cipher Brief experts and national security leaders.
- Publisher
- The Cipher Brief
- Category
- news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 1 Oct 2017
- Latest episode
- 8 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
61 of 178 episodes have a transcript.
8 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
A Decade of Warning Signs: How America's Threats Have Changed
29 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Changing Character of War: Inside the Future Battlefield
22 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Making of the Modern Middle East
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A Decade of Warning Signs: How America's Threats Have Changed
Published 8 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I. my own prediction, no AI associated, I don't think that we can afford to sit back and imagine that people aren't plotting to do something again like that in the future. So I think we have to kind of remain vigilant. As I look back over the 10 years, what really concerns me about that too is You know, General Hayden, he said a lot of things in 2017, the first conference that I think stuck with a lot of people. One of those, if you recall, he kind of did the arc over the world. He categorized the threats to America and to our allies with China being the most you know, most urgent threat, the pacing threat. […]
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- Bryan Fenton
- Simon Sebag Montefiore
- Shawn Chenoweth
- Trey Whitworth
- Emad Shargi
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.6 / 5
- 95 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.6 / 5
- 5 ratings
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- Quality
- 80
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 51
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Suzanne Kelly host the show. Published by The Cipher Brief.
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