I Interviewed an Actual Spy Who Spent 50 Years Undercover | Ex-IB Officer P.G. Balakrishna Kamath

Welcome to PGX: Raw & Real #212 PGX: Raw & Real is simple. I sit with people who’ve lived through something and/or made it big. This isn’t meant to be inspiration or a template for life (for that, you can check out PGX Ideas). This space is different. It’s their story, as they experienced it. In this episode, I spoke to P.G. Balakrishna Kamath — Former IB Officer. Timestamps: 0:00 - Trailer 1:40 - How Demonetization Broke The Naxals 6:56 - How Indian Intelligence Really Changed 16:07 - His Secret Life As A Field Officer 21:03 - Living Undercover For Life 23:28 - The Truth His Wife Never Knew 28:03 - The Chai Shop Spy Story 33:46 - How Pakistan And China Spy Differently 36:02 - Inside A Real Honeytrap Operation 40:22 - The Marines' Terrifying Heartbeat Technology 45:02 - The Pager Blast Explained 47:05 - The Officer With The Headache 53:26 - China's Secret Cyberattacks On America 58:48 - 10,000 Terabytes Stolen From China 1:03:14 - Is Your Phone Always Listening? 1:07:03 - The Submarine That Mysteriously Sank 1:10:12 - Was Epstein An Intelligence Operation? 1:17:43 - Why The US Banned Its Own AI 1:21:28 - How Trump's Lie Became "Truth" 1:26:05 - Were The Farmer's Protests A Campaign? 1:29:13 - The $21 Million US AIDS Mystery 1:33:15 - Why Intelligence Agencies Fail 1:36:41 - Honeytrap Cases That Shook India 1:40:54 - The 1985 Spy Who Sold Secrets 1:52:14 - His Best Advice On Reading People Enjoy. — Prakhar ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Watch Next If you’re looking for human stories & emotion, go to PGX Raw & Real →    • PGX Raw & Real   If you want ideas, insight, and perspective, go to PGX Ideas →    • PGX Ideas   ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Learn with Me Master the art of Conversation → https://www.artofconversation.in/ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Guest - P.G. Balakrishna Kamath ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ PGX Socials Instagram →   / pgxpodcast   X (Twitter) →   / pgxpodcast   LinkedIn →   / prvkhvr   Clips Channel →    / @pgxclips   ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Follow me Twitter:   / prvkhvr   Instagram:   / prvkhvr   LinkedIn:   / prvkhvr   ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ #prakharkepravachan #prakhargupta #pgbalakrishnakamath #spy #intelligence #raw #real