Audible Original Podcast - My Dad The Spy.
Musician, composer and drummer with The Police, Stewart Copeland, sets out to uncover the truth about his father, Miles Axe Copeland II; musician, raconteur, international businessman… and secret CIA operative.
Across nine action packed episodes, Stewart learns about his father’s role in overthrowing governments and in assassination plots, and how he befriended an infamous Soviet double agent.
Going back to the 1940s and his father’s involvement in the birth of the CIA, Stewart traces his father’s footsteps around the world, and through some of the most pivotal moments of the 21st century.
Helped by his brother and sister, and those who knew his dad’s world of politics and espionage, Stewart investigates the impact his spy father had, both on their family and on the world.
Episode descriptions:
Episode 1 - At Home With The Copelands
Stewart and his sister Lennie remember a culturally rich and pampered upbringing, dragged around the Middle East by an often absent father. It felt like any normal family… until they discovered what dad really did.
Episode 2 - The Shoot Out
We’re in the company of Miles Axe Copeland II, in a world of lavish parties attended by great writers and mysterious colonels. Stewart’s older brother, music executive Miles Copeland III, remembers it well. The dangers of dad’s career become apparent when armed raiders break into the family home in Damascus.
Episode 3 - Joining Up
Miles survives the armed raid on his home, but was everything as it seemed? Stewart and his sister Lennie follow dad back to a childhood in Birmingham, Alabama, then into his exploits during the war. Miles meets the man who will eventually recruit him into the CIA, and receives the secret orders which change his life forever.
Episode 4 – London
A death at sea offers Miles some “exploitable opportunities”... Arriving in London, he chases German spies, plots to murder a love rival and attempts to steal a safe containing the plans for D-Day. Dodging trouble, and German bombs, he finds his true calling – and a wife.
Episode 5 - Game Of Nations
Miles convinces the CIA he is “thoroughly amoral” and is sent on special assignments in the Middle East. After masterminding a coup in Syria he turns his attention to regime change in Iran.
Episode 6 - Gamal Abdel Nasser
Moving his family to Cairo, Miles strikes up a close relationship with General Gamal Abdel Nasser, grooming him for the Egyptian presidency… and finds himself at the centre of the Cold War power struggle.
Episode 7 - Dirty Tricks
Miles is drawn further into a world of exploding cigars, truth drugs and double agents. He plots the assassination of his friend, President Nasser, and befriends a man who will shock the world by defecting to the Soviet Union.
Episode 8 - Spy Kids
Stewart and Lennie attempt to separate fact from fiction in their father’s extraordinary life and consider whether their own lives were affected by his lies and deception. And they hear from others who have grown up as the children of spies.
Episode 9 - The Legacy
Stewart and Lennie reflect on what they have learned about their father; his impact on the world and the legacy he left behind. Was he a hero, or did his interference in Middle East affairs sow the seeds for future conflict and bloodshed?
Stewart Copeland, host of My Dad the Spy, said: “My childhood wasn’t a regular upbringing. We moved around the Middle East and mixing with so many fascinating people. I shared my father’s passion for music, which eventually led to my career in The Police and beyond, and his job shaped me too. In sharing his story, and my family’s story, I hope to shed light on what it is truly like to be the son of a CIA agent.”
My Dad the Spy is the latest in a series of Audible Original Podcasts that aim to give new perspective and insight into historical events and their key players. Other recent highlights include Jon Snow: Making the News hosted by newsreader Jon Snow as he takes us behind the scenes of some of the most significant news events of his 45 year reporting career, including the fall of the Berlin Wall and 9/11; and The Sun King, celebrated as “a fascinating, sprawling six-parter” (Financial Times), in which veteran broadcaster David Dimbleby charts the seemingly inexorable rise of Rupert Murdoch.
My Dad the Spy will be available to download exclusively at audible.co.uk from 28th July
(Free for Audible members, free with Audible’s 30-day trial).
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