Claire Danes
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
It was maybe a couple seasons in where,
One of the writers of the show, Henry Brumell, who actually passed away way too early.
But his dad was in the CIA.
And so his, I guess, his...
Uncle also, you know, anyway, this man who was very closely connected to him was in the CIA and had a very senior position, just retired.
And so this became his project where he would assemble.
We ended up calling spy camp every year.
And there was a club for spooks in D.C.
And we would meet there for about five days, just as the writers were preparing.
starting to, you know, think about what the season might be.
And we interviewed a pretty wide range of people within that universe, people from within the CIA and also ambassadors and senators and, you know, journalists.
And we Skyped with Snowden when
That wasn't such a kind of common thing.
He started doing that.
Before he had his own SiriusXM channel.