Topic: Spy Magazine

3 chapters across the catalog

Taboose
Episode 672 10:15 - 11:42

672: Taboose

Airport Security, Microphone X-Ray Identification

Carrying a Rode Procaster microphone through airport security often triggers manual bag searches because the device resembles a canister of explosives or a large adult toy on X-ray machines. An anecdote is shared regarding a former Spy Magazine editor who intentionally packed bags with adult toys to annoy security personnel.

Episode 451 1:10:21 - 1:14:52

451: Mass of Tax Nuts

Los Angeles Airport Security Breach and Trench Coat Arrest

A man named Yongda Huang Harris was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport after flying from Asia while wearing a bulletproof vest and a trench coat. His checked luggage contained knives, smoke grenades, handcuffs, and body bags. The hosts discuss the failure of international security checkpoints and recall a past Spy Magazine editor who used to pack "grotesque" items to annoy airport screeners.

Code for Biodiversity!
Episode 246 45:04 - 46:49

246: Code for Biodiversity!

Anna Chapman Maxim Cover, Russian Spy Scandal

The hosts discuss Russian spy Anna Chapman appearing on the cover of the Russian edition of Maxim magazine. They find it ironic that a woman exposed as a spy in the United States returned to Russia to become a media celebrity and bank employee. They question the lack of transparency regarding the original spy ring story.