Podcast

Deep Secrets

Documentary, Society & Culture, True Crime

What would you do if you suddenly found out your Grandpa was in the CIA?

When siblings Hunter & Kaylan Hill embark on a quest to understand fatherhood by exploring their families past, they uncover a long buried secret that links their grandfather to one of the most covert operations in history.

Uncover the secret mission the National Smithsonian calls "a real-life Ocean's Eleven."

12 narrative episodes + 6 full-length celebrity interviews

Featuring Mayim Bialik, Ron Funches, Morgan Jay, and more.

Documentary chart
#16
Episodes
8
Releases
Weekly
Typical length
28 min
On air since
2026
Latest episode
5 days ago

Episodes

8 episodes, from the first

Season 1

  1. Season One Trailer Trailer

    Show notes

    When new dad and comedian Hunter Hill sets out to understand fatherhood by exploring his family's past, he uncovers a long-buried secret that connects his grandfather to one of the most covert CIA operations in history. Uncover the secret mission the National Smithsonian calls "a real-life Ocean's Eleven." 12 narrative episodes + 6 full-length celebrity interviews Featuring Mayim Bialik, Ron Funches, Morgan Jay, and more. Featuring Mayim Bialik, Ron Funches, Morgan Jay, and more.

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    2 min
  2. This Is Not The Secret (extended preview) Trailer

    Show notes

    Dip your toes into Deep Secrets with this extended look at Episode One—and the family secret that stayed buried until Grandma’s final days.

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    6 min
  3. Every Family Has Its Secrets

    Episode 1

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    As Hunter and Kaylan wrestle with the shocking secrets already unearthed, they're now faced with a secret of Cold War proportions

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    20 min
  4. An Orgin Story*

    Episode 2

    Show notes

    Hunter and Kaylan trace their grandfather's shadowy past from the brutal battlefields of Iwo Jima to a life of covert operations. Piece by piece they assemble the fragments of his early life - in order to better understand the buried truth that could shatter their families history forever.

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    35 min
  5. Finders Keepers

    Episode 3

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    Hunter and Kaylan chat with historian & comedian Dawn Brodey, and delve into the mysterious backstory of a sunken Russian Submarine, the K-129, the very catalyst for their grandfather's covert mission and the greatest intelligence heist of the Cold War.

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    24 min
  6. We're Going To Need A Bigger Boat

    Episode 4

    Show notes

    Hunter & Kaylan (with the help of Ron Funches), investigate the CIA's top-secret plan to locate Russia's missing submarine - a mission that would launch their grandfather's covert career. Along the way, they speak with their father to grasp how much he knew about his dad's double life.

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    23 min
  7. Heavy Lifting

    Episode 5

    Show notes

    While on a trip to DC, Hunter and Kaylan tour the Pentagon and delve into the staggering engineering behind the CIA's billion-dollar spy ship, The Glomar Explorer. A technological marvel as audacious as the moon landing and a boat which their grandfather served as first officer. They also ask Mayim Bialik how she might go about stealing a submarine, and uncover the Howard Hughes-fronted cover story that not only fooled the world but their entire family.

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    33 min
  8. Daddy Issues (ft. Mayim Bialik)

    Episode 6

    Show notes

    After accidentally making "friends" with CIA agents in Eastern Europe, Hunter stares into the abyss of his Grandfather's secret life - and finds himself questioning the very meaning of fatherhood. Was duty only a mask? Can he and Kaylan forgive a man who gave his country everything, but only gave his family half the story.

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    36 min