EverydaySpy Podcast
Andrew Bustamante
Hosted by former covert CIA intelligence officers Andrew Bustamante and Jihi Bustamante, the EverydaySpy Podcast gives you practical, powerful spy skills and insights you can use everyday. From parenthood fixes to career shortcuts, business hacks to geopolitical insights, this pod is for you if you are looking for frank, honest, and hilariously relatable truth from two real-world field operatives who have done and seen things they can't talk about (and will never forget).
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Feb 10, 2026 • 20min
The CIA Method to Seduce & Charm Anyone in 5 Minutes
They break down fast techniques for creating emotional connection and rapport. Learn how to read body language, eye movements, microexpressions, and vocal cues. Hear a live demonstration of subtle questioning and elicitation to uncover personal details. Explore using these observational skills in dating, business, and everyday conversations.
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Feb 6, 2026 • 30min
Ex-CIA Officer Explains What’s MISSING From the Epstein Files
They dissect how classified documents can be permanently destroyed and why sensitive records sometimes vanish. The conversation explores potential political maneuvers around pardons and information trades. Tradecraft scenes cover how celebrities can be targeted for intelligence and the technical methods used to collect signals. The guest also recounts fighting for publication against CIA suppression.
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Feb 4, 2026 • 21min
Why the CIA Bans Processed Food (But You’re Told It’s Safe)
They debate why elite operatives avoid processed food and how training on whole foods changes conditioning. CIA-style rapport techniques and a two-question method for rapid trust-building are demonstrated. The conversation explores persuasion types, informational superiority, energy transfer, and balancing tradecraft with real human connection.
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Feb 2, 2026 • 29min
Rewire Your Brain to Get Anything You Want (CIA's Dark Method)
They explore CIA-style cognitive wiring and how different memory types work. The five senses and sensory focus get spotlighted as tools for capturing moments. Practical tricks like repeating aloud, mirroring, writing and voice memos are demonstrated. Novelty, mnemonics, smell triggers and emotional hooks are discussed for making memories stick.
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Jan 30, 2026 • 20min
The CIA Routine That Turns You Into The 1% (Become A F*cking Weapon)
Practical CIA-style routines for resilience, focusing on measurable willpower tied to fitness, diet, and hydration. Morning habits swap coffee for fruit and water to avoid crashes. Mobility-first survival strategies and essential everyday carry items are discussed. Tactical safety tips use time and distance. Social tradecraft covers building rapport and managing social capital.
Jan 28, 2026 • 22min
Use These CIA Rules for Money, Power, and Control
A deep dive into CIA-style rules for money, power, and control. They discuss how seized crypto and USD are repurposed for operations and informant work. Learn about tradeoffs of agency careers, contractor pay, and the revolving door to private firms. Hear a spy-style quiz to reveal natural manipulation or motivational tendencies and how spy hiring and indoctrination inform business training.
Jan 27, 2026 • 12min
Give Me 11 Minutes and I’ll Kill Your Overthinking (CIA Rule for Rapid Decisions)
Short, actionable strategies for killing overthinking and ending analysis paralysis. Practical tips on shipping minimum viable products and using market feedback to improve. Battlefield-inspired advice that a good plan executed now beats a perfect plan delayed. Discussion of first-mover advantages and choosing action over endless categorizing of people.
Jan 27, 2026 • 12min
Give Me 11 Minutes and I’ll Kill Your Overthinking (CIA Rule for Rapid Decisions)
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Jan 27, 2026 • 12min
Give Me 11 Minutes and I’ll Kill Your Overthinking (CIA Rule for Rapid Decisions)
Practical tricks to stop paralysis by analysis and make faster decisions. Applied psychology techniques borrowed from intelligence tradecraft. A quick motivational quiz to reveal decision styles and vulnerabilities. Rules for launching fast, iterating from real feedback, and adapting on contact.
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Jan 23, 2026 • 15min
CIA 2026 Survival Guide: If You’re Predictable, You’ve Already Lost
A former intelligence officer recounts how being predictable led to capture and how routine audits can reduce vulnerability. He explains choosing meeting locations to retain control and how framing shapes interactions. He shares three covert tactics to seize control and when apparent agreement is actually giving power away.
