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Former CIA Analyst Barry Eisler on Fiction Writing, the Deep State, and Power
Thursday, 31 July, 2025

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit leightonwoodhouse.substack.comBarry Eisler, before becoming a best-selling novelist, worked in covert operations for the CIA. He joins Le Pod to discuss his career, the real-world inspirations for his work, and explains why fiction writing is more important than ever to understand the morally murky world of power politics and U.S. foreign policy. Eisler is on Substack and you can bu…