{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Silvercore Podcast with Travis Bader","title":"Ep. 174: Inside the CIA: A Case Officer’s Untold Stories","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/d8978369\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":5133,"description":"Doug Patteson spent years overseas as a CIA case officer recruiting assets, running operations, and navigating a world built on secrecy and human psychology. After leaving the agency, he brought that experience into Hollywood, advising major studios on how the intelligence world actually works.\nIn this conversation, Doug opens up about the realities of spycraft, the pressure of living a hidden life, the toll secrecy takes on families, and the lessons he carried forward into leadership, resilience, and emotional intelligence. We talk about failure, character, why good officers think differently, and how real fieldwork looks nothing like what you see on screen.\nThis is a rare look at the human side of intelligence work from someone who lived it.\nhttps://www.instagram.com/texasspydad/ \nhttps://x.com/GrayManActual\nhttps://linktr.ee/Dougpatteson\n_____\nSilvercore Club - https://www.silvercore.ca/club \nOnline Training - https://www.silvercore.ca/course/category \nOther Training & Services - https://www.silvercore.ca/course/category \nMerchandise - https://www.silvercore.ca/collections/all-merchandise \nBlog Page - https://www.silvercore.ca/blog Host Instagram - @Bader.Trav https://www.instagram.com/bader.trav\nSilvercore Instagram - @SilvercoreOutdoors https://www.instagram.com/silvercoreoutdoors____\nTIMESTAMPS00:00 - CIA Case Officer Shares His Untold Story\n00:27 - Hollywood, Field Ethos, and Experience in the Real World\n01:01 - Hunting in Alberta and a Windstorm That Took Out the Camp\n03:27 - Jet Lag, Knee Surgery, and Still Making the Hunt Happen\n05:05 - Tents Collapse and a Middle of the Night Escape\n06:40 - Learning Elk Country and the Strength of a Good Team\n07:39 - Too Many Hunters in the Backcountry and Finding True Remote Ground\n08:51 - Blaze Orange, Local Laws, and Staying Visible in the Field10:52 - Doug’s Path Into the CIA\n11:47 - Analysts vs Operators and Why Doug Was an Unlikely Recruit\n13:34 - Thinking Differently in the Field\n14:24 - Living Under Cover and...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/B8WTW1_pTQK-2h9DfU1TlgOqrgcmMPFrunfof0Y4JM8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83ZDM3/YzE1NjU0ZjU4YzY3/ODljOTE3YzY0ZTlj/MmVhZi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}