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Welcome to

Secret Police Podcast

A crucial and often overlooked aspect of authoritarian regimes are the ranks of the political or secret police. More akin to a paramilitary force than your average cops, secret police enforce the ideology of the State and the personal agenda of a dictator.

On this podcast, Jack takes a deep and detailed dive into the history, methods, and the people of the world's most infamous secret police forces such as the KGB or the Gestapo.

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The idea for Secret Police podcast came to me while reading The Dictator's Handbook by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith. There are plenty of references to secret police forces in this book. Being a curious person, I search for podcasts on the Okhrana for example and found a surprising lack of information. I discovered that while you can find content about specific secret police, no show had attempted to catalog all of them . . . until now.

I bring a long time interest in history, a bachelors of science in economics, a masters degree in epidemiology, and a couple years of podcast experience from running my OG show, Head Cold. I hope you enjoy the podcast!

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***TRAILER!*** Welcome to a new podcast called Secret Police. This show is dedicated to the lap dogs of dictators. Special operatives that employ surveillance and terror upon their own people. We will explore their histories, their brutal methods, and their eventual downfalls. Listen to Secret Police ad free wherever you get podcasts.

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Trailer: Secret Police

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