Usually, spies don't tell anyone they're spies. Unless you're James Bond, of course, in which case, you're announcing to anyone with 25 feet, "I'm Bond, James Bond."
A new podcast begins today called Impostors about a spy who may not even been a spy. Even though he claimed to be a spy for a quarter century!
Impostors from Parcast Studios is hosted by investigative journalist Alex French. Impostors is produced by Topic Studios and Transmitter Media.
Season one of Impostors runs for six episodes.
Parcast is a digital media firm and podcast network, which specializes in producing scripted podcasts and audio dramas. It was founded in 2016 by podcaster Max Cutler and his father Ron Cutler in LA. In 2019, it was acquired by Spotify.
Alex French has been a journalist, editor, and consultant at national magazines and web projects such as Vanity Fair, Esquire, GQ, Grantland, Wired, The Atlantic, New York, This American Life, Details, and The New York Times Magazine.
He is a mainstay on long-form journalism best-of lists. He is well-known for deep, nuanced investigations into misunderstood subcultures and personalities, as well as for collaborating with fellow writers, designers, and artists on immersive cultural reads.
The first season focuses on ex-CIA spy and Fox News commentator Wayne Simmons.
For more than a decade, Wayne Simmons was a Fox News star. Every time Wayne appeared on TV, he served up extreme opinions on war and terrorism that influenced an audience of millions. His dramatic 27-year career with the CIA—taking down cartels, busting arms smugglers, conducting interrogations—gave his opinions credibility.
Simmons' life as a spy led to friendships with high-ranking officials and lucrative military jobs. He was living his version of the dream… until the government, which he says he risked his life for, branded him a fraud.
But he insists his CIA career really happened.
French will dive into the story as we figure out who is Wayne Simmons? Is he an American hero or a charismatic villain?
In the first episode, released on May 3, host Alex French has been obsessed with Wayne Simmons for three years. Wayne’s tales of international espionage are captivating. But now he’s going to prison for fraud.
Alex is determined to find out if Wayne was really a spy… or if he’s just a conman. Because if Wayne’s telling the truth, there’s been a massive miscarriage of justice. And if he’s lying, he’s been misleading the American people for years.
Check out this podcast and its fascinating premise. After all, it's not every day you hear a tale of espionage where a man claims to be a spy and possibly fools a national news network, millions of viewers, and his family and friends.
A key question to ask Wayne Simmons is this: Do you like your martinis shaken not stirred?
Listen to the podcast here.
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