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Estimated from 40 chart positions in 40 markets.
By chart position
- 🇬🇧GB · Documentary#14300K to 1M
- 🇨🇦CA · Documentary#17300K to 1M
- 🇦🇺AU · Documentary#33100K to 300K
- 🇩🇪DE · Documentary#36100K to 300K
- 🇺🇸US · Documentary#38100K to 300K
- Per-Episode Audience
Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
683K to 2.2M🎙 Weekly cadence·15 episodes·Last published 3mo ago - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
1.4M to 4.4M🇬🇧23%🇨🇦23%🇦🇺7%+37 more - Active Followers
Loyal subscribers who consistently listen
410K to 1.3M
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Special Preview: "London Falling" by Patrick Radden Keefe
Mar 23, 2026
13m 39s
Introducing Dreamtown: The Story of Adelanto
Jun 7, 2023
33m 29s
Bonus #3 - Scorpions Live from New York | Fundraiser For Ukraine
Oct 11, 2022
19m 44s
Special Preview: "Rogues" by Patrick Radden Keefe
Jul 21, 2022
10m 28s
An Avocado Revolution | Introducing 544 Days
Oct 14, 2021
29m 18s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3/23/26 | Special Preview: "London Falling" by Patrick Radden Keefe✨ | true crimeinvestigation+4 | Patrick Radden Keefe | Penguin Random HouseLondon Falling | London | Zac BrettlerLondon Falling+6 | — | 13m 39s | |
| 6/7/23 |  Introducing Dreamtown: The Story of Adelanto✨ | legalizationcommercial cultivation+4 | — | Dreamtown | AdelantoCalifornia | AdelantoCalifornia+5 | — | 33m 29s | |
| 10/11/22 | Bonus #3 - Scorpions Live from New York | Fundraiser For Ukraine✨ | fundraisermusic+4 | — | ScorpionsUnited24 | UkraineUBS Arena | ScorpionsWind of Change+6 | — | 19m 44s | |
| 7/21/22 | Special Preview: "Rogues" by Patrick Radden Keefe✨ | true crimeaudiobook+3 | Patrick Radden Keefe | Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks | — | Patrick Radden KeefeRogues+3 | — | 10m 28s | |
| 10/14/21 |  An Avocado Revolution | Introducing 544 Days✨ | arrestjournalism+4 | — | The Washington PostGimlet+2 | TehranIran+1 | Jason RezaianWashington Post+8 | — | 29m 18s | |
| 7/6/20 | Out Now: Bonus Episodes✨ | bonus episodesmusic stories+3 | — | Spotify | — | Wind of Changebonus episodes+3 | — | 1m 30s | |
| 6/29/20 | 8. Hello, Klaus✨ | musicinterview+3 | Klaus Meine | — | GermanyHanover | Wind of ChangeKlaus Meine+4 | — | 50m 24s | |
| 6/22/20 | 7. Rorschach✨ | CIA propagandaKGB+4 | — | CIAKGB | MoscowMoskva River | CIAKGB+5 | — | 45m 48s | |
| 6/15/20 | 6. The Doctor Is In✨ | drug bustmusic history+3 | — | Scorpions | Cayman IslandsFlorida+1 | Doc McGheeManuel Noriega+5 | — | 57m 35s | |
| 6/8/20 | 5. I Follow The Moskva✨ | music historySoviet Union+3 | — | ScorpionsBon Jovi | MoscowUSSR | Moscow Music Peace FestivalKlaus Meine+6 | — | 41m 52s | |
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| 6/1/20 | 4. The KGB Rock Club | LENINGRAD, USSR, 1988: Patrick finds another person who has told an eerily similar story about the Scorpions and the CIA. But he won’t answer emails, so Patrick travels to a GI Joe convention in Dayton, Ohio to try to make contact. Plus, a former CIA clandestine officer suggests there may be other musical acts still collaborating with the agency. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 45m 09s | ||||||
| 5/25/20 | 3. America’s Secret Weapon | LAGOS, NIGERIA, 1961: One of America’s most beloved singers died without ever knowing that during the Cold War she had been used by the CIA. And a 40-year-old mystery resurfaces: when the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band was picked to tour behind the Iron Curtain in 1977, was an undercover CIA officer planted among their entourage? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 44m 12s | ||||||
| 5/18/20 | 2. You Call It An Operation, We Call It A Performance | KYIV, UKRAINE, 2019: Patrick flies to Ukraine and witnesses how fully the political message of “Wind of Change” still resonates with fans at a Scorpions show in Kyiv. Plus: what does the CIA say when you come right out and ask about the agency’s connection to the band? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 46m 08s | ||||||
| 5/11/20 | 1. My Friend Michael | LANGLEY, VIRGINIA, 2011: The Scorpions’ song “Wind of Change” became the soundtrack to the end of the Cold War. But decades later, New Yorker investigative journalist Patrick Radden Keefe heard a rumor from a trusted source: the Scorpions didn’t write the song. The CIA did. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 44m 17s | ||||||
| 4/25/20 |  Wind of Change, coming May 11 | A power ballad helped bring down the Soviet Union. Was it written by the CIA? Journalist Patrick Radden Keefe investigates the secret history of Cold War espionage and heavy metal. Wind Of Change is an Original Series from Pineapple Street Studios, Crooked Media and Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices | 3m 39s | ||||||
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