Former British Intelligence Officer: The Truth About Real World Spies! - Gavin Stone | E58

Thriving Minds with Alberto Zandi · Feb 5, 2026 · 1h 33m

This week Alberto sat down with Gavin Stone, a former British intelligence officer with over two decades of experience working across government agencies and international intelligence operations.

Gavin shares what life inside the intelligence world actually looks like, how spies are recruited, trained, and deployed, and why the real work is nothing like the movies.

This episode you will learn:

• How intelligence officers detect lies and stress in real conversations

• Why body language should be read in clusters, not isolated gestures

• How persuasion and manipulation actually work

• Why…