Episodes

  • Wait, There Are Food Spies?
    Jul 18 2024

    A look into the world of culinary espionage. Nope, not a typo.

    You can find the July sale book, Love Death, for only 99¢ HERE.

    You can find the paperbacks of A Spy's Legacy and For My Country HERE.

    And you can find the eBook box set SECRETS HERE.

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    28 mins
  • And We're Done (with Classified Info)!
    Jul 11 2024

    The third and final part discussing the protection of classified information. On to new topics next week.

    On July 13, 2024, the paperback edition of For My Country, book two of the eBook box set SECRETS will be available for purchase HERE.

    The July sale book, the novel Love Death is available HERE for a low eBook price.

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    25 mins
  • Mishandling Classified Information - Part 2
    Jul 4 2024

    We explore some of the reasons people mishandle classified information, and the real world results of such actions.

    The sale book for July is LOVE DEATH from 2020, and "end-of-Cold-War" novel with its beginnings from before the Berlin Wall was constructed. The eBook is 99¢ all month, and you can find it HERE.

    And we're a little more than a week away from the print edition release of FOR MY COUNTRY, book 2 from the eBook box set, SECRETS. On July 13, 2024, you can find the paperback HERE.

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    25 mins
  • There's a Reason Why It's Classified
    Jun 27 2024

    P. A. Duncan talks about why securing classified information is so important and what the repercussions may be for mishandling it. This is part 1; part 2 is next week's episode.

    The paperback of A Spy's Legacy is available HERE, and next month the standalone novel Love Death will be on sale for 99¢.

    Also next month on 7/13, the paperback edition of For My Country will launch.

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    29 mins
  • Writing from the Rabbit Holes
    Jun 20 2024

    The author talks about the benefits and the distractions of researching historical fiction on a search engine.

    For a few more days, you can get the eBook of Phyllis A. Duncan's debut mystery novel, Supreme Madness of the Carnival Season, for only 99¢ Get yours before the weekend is over. You can find it HERE.

    A Spy's Legacy, book one of the eBook box set SECRETS, is now available in paperback, and you can find it HERE.

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    24 mins
  • Spying, Spying Everywhere
    Jun 6 2024

    Another form of espionage is corporate or economic espionage, which may have started with secrets about how the Chinese manufactured porcelain.

    No sale this month, but on June 15 the print edition of A Spy's Legacy (book 1 of the SECRETS eBook box set) will be available HERE.

    Also, there'll be no episode of the podcast on 6/13/24. We'll resume on 6/20/24.

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    28 mins
  • Retreat? Whatever For?
    May 30 2024

    Apologies for the poor audio. In our rush to record, edit, and upload this episode we must have used the laptop microphone instead of the cool, fancy mic, and there was no time to re-record because we're retreating.

    Today and tomorrow you can still preorder SECRETS for only 99¢ HERE. As well, A WAR OF DECEPTION is still only 99¢ to download through 5/31/24 HERE.

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    26 mins
  • A Mixed Bag of Thoughts
    May 23 2024

    Tradecraft in 18th Century France? Yep. The author discusses the conclusions to two historical streaming series, A Gentleman in Moscow and Franklin. Also, some thoughts on the harrowing documentary, 20 Days in Mariupol.

    Starting today through Monday, Memorial Day, the author's debut espionage novel (from 2017), A War of Deception, is free to download HERE.

    SECRETS, a 3-novel, eBook box set is still available for preorder HERE.

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    38 mins