There is a new 8-part podcast coming out that will delve into the rumor that the CIA wrote the Scorpion’s hit Winds of Change. Given that we know the CIA was involved in lots of this kind of stuff – even today, they consult in movies and TV.

Whatever you think about the involvement of spies in entertainment I think we can agree that whoever wrote Winds wrote a jam and whoever helped make Jack Ryan helped make a mediocre show.