Investigating Globemaster Down: Soviet Espionage and a Failed Nuclear Plot

About this episode

Tod Robberson discusses his book on Soviet espionage and a failed nuclear plot in Europe.

Tod Robberson is the author of  Globemaster Down: Soviet Espionage and the Doomed  Attempt to Sneak Nukes into Europe,  released on March 31, 2026. Tod is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who spent four decades as a reporter, bureau chief, correspondent and/or editor for various news organizations including The Washington Post, Dallas Morning News, St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Reuters news agency. He currently is a senior editor for investigative news at ESPN. Robberson has lived in London, Panama, Mexico, Cyprus, El Salvador, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia and holds a master’s degree from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. He has covered wars throughout Latin America, the Middle East and Afghanistan and has provided guest commentary for CNN, MSNBC, National Public Radio, Sky News and Telemundo. In addition to his 2010 Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing, Robberson has received a National Headliners Award, the SAIS-Novartis Award for international reporting, and statewide journalism awards in Texas and Missouri.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Guest: Tod Robberson

Topics covered

• Soviet Espionage
• Nuclear Plot
• Investigative Journalism
• Cold War History
• International Reporting

Keywords

• Soviet Espionage
• Nuclear Plot
• Tod Robberson
• Investigative Journalism
• Cold War

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ESPN, The Washington Post, Dallas Morning News, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Reuters

Books & works: Globemaster Down: Soviet Espionage and the Doomed Attempt to Sneak Nukes into Europe

Places: London, Panama, Mexico, Cyprus, El Salvador, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia

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