Pod39 - H I Sutton on 'Covert Shores', OSINT and Narcosubs

Episode 39, 10th December 2020 - This week SUT CEO Steve Hall interviews acclaimed author and specialist in open source intelligence 'H I Sutton' about his work documenting and illustrating via his books & Covert Shores website http://www.hisutton.com the secretive world of swimmer delivery vehicles, AUVs, military submarines and a particular niche as THE specialist author on the shadowy world of narcosubs, the semi- or fully-submersible craft used by drug and arms smugglers. H is highly regarded for his attention to detail and the excellent cut-away drawings and layouts he illustrates himself, and are widely used in the print and internet media - not always with his permission!By the nature of his work H I Sutton is a pen-name, and we won't reveal his identity or ask the usual questions about his background. We'll be back next week 17th December with our Christmas Questions and Answer special episode, then over Christmas and New Year we'll have two feature length episodes where Steve interviews ocean exploration legend Captain Don Walsh, first human, with Jacques Piccard, to reach the bottom of the Challenger Deep back in 1960.This is Steve's last episode as SUT CEO, but you'll hear his voice for several more episodes as he's recorded a batch before moving on to join the Pembrokeshire Coastal Forum as their CEO from 15th December - maybe he'll start a podcast there! Emily Boddy and Andrew Connolly will take over the recording and production of future SUT podcasts, there's plenty more to come :)Find out more about SUT at www.sut.org, contact us via [email protected] to Emily Boddy for podcast artwork and composing and performing the theme music. Support the show