Rewind: Everyday spy - with former CIA agent Andrew Bustamante

On this episode – a rewind of one of THE most popular Dot to Dot episodes - Fiona speaks to Andrew Bustamante, a former ‘covert CIA intelligence officer’. They delve into the psychology of being a spy. Among other things they discuss the extreme cognitive load experienced as an officer and the need to retreat to a safe space in order to recover. Getting this wrong means “you become a major liability, not just to the operation, but to yourself and your own life.”