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Released to members on 20 Jan 2026
Run time: 38 minutes
AFIO Now Series Host: James Hughes, AFIO President and former CIA Operations Officer, and Former NSA Associate Deputy Director of Operations.
Interview #2 conducted Sunday, 02 November 2025 of author Robert Kim on the Five Kim Brothers.
TOPIC: In this second episode the author, Robert Kim, and two members of the Kim Brothers family, Art and Richard Kim, talk with AFIO's James Hughes about "Victory in Shanghai: A Korean American Family’s Journey to the CIA and the Army Special Forces" . This 2-part interview provides vignettes of US, Korean, Chinese history through eyes of five pre-WWII “undocumented” immigrant brothers who went on to bravely serve in US military and intelligence community. Shining light on decades of struggle, scant recognition, withheld awards, and long road to citizenship. Timely and inspiring.
Released to members on 10 Mar 2026
Run time: 16 minutes with several Q&As
AFIO Now Series Host: James Hughes, AFIO President and former CIA Operations Officer, and Former NSA Associate Deputy Director of Operations.
Interview of Friday, 20 Feb 2026 of Barry Broman, author, producer, photographer. Former Marine, CIA Clandestine Service Officer, Station Chief, Diplomat, on his newest historical novel: The Spy from Golden Valley. This latest historical novel continues the story from Broman’s first two novels, "The Spy from Place Saint-Sulpice" and "The Spy from Sukhumvit Road." Protagonist CIA Case Officer and ace recruiter Richard "Rick" Blayne is back and this time as a chief of station Rangoon, Burma. Used to dealing with friendly liaison services in Thailand, Rick must work with Burma’s dreaded and notorious military intelligence service ( DDSI ) against drug lords producing much of the world’s heroin. Rick will be reunited with Lucas Foley, his best friend in the State Department, from days together in Cambodia and France. Together they face challenges while reveling in the history and culture of the “hidden pearl of Southeast Asia.” Blayne's activities mirror the life of Barry Broman who spent time in Asia as an AP photographer, later as a Marine, and then with the CIA. Anyone who lived in the fetid jungles of Vietnam and stalked the dark alleys of Phnom Penh will be transported back.
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