a Spy Among

A legal analyst for NPR, NBC, and CNN, delves into the facts surrounding what has been called the "worst intelligence disaster in U.S. history": the case of Robert Hanssen—a Russian spy who was embedded in the FBI for two decades.

From the bestselling author comes a beguiling comic memoir about a young woman who discovers her father is a spy (and was the model for John le Carré's George Smiley) and goes to work as a secretary in 1950s MI5.

Michael Andrew has two jump swing bands. On the West Coast it's the Coconut Club Orchestra, and the one featured on this album is the East Coast version, Swingerhead. They both feature Andrew's ear-catching vocals and snappy compositions and arrangements. The group cleverly employs call-and-response device between singer and bandmembers so popular in the 1940s among groups headed by Cab Calloway, Louis Jordan, and others.

There are a select few people who get things done. Spies are first among them. In this 45-minute listen, a former spy introduces two simple tools for thinking. The first describes how we think. The second helps us think ahead. They are the essential tools for getting things done.