WIRED's new animated series takes you inside the secretive world of a slightly askew NSA, with the eccentric Agent Topple, played by John Hodgman, and his young hacker protégé, Nicole Winters.
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3min
June 21, 2013
2. Meet Big Data
Agent Topple reveals a few tricks of the pre-digital trade when Winters attempts to explain to him how computers work. Agent Topple is Not Impressed.
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2min
June 26, 2013
3. How To Hack a Website
Nicole finally gets a chance to hack into a personal email, only to find herself in the bowels of Agent Topple's locked messages from the 90s. As imagined, this is unfortunate.
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3min
July 10, 2013
4. The Antisocial Network
After an urgent alert from the PRISM program followed by a shocking revelation from Nicole, Agent Topple doesn't not panic.
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3min
July 17, 2013
5. Spy vs. Spy
After recently discovering Winters is actually his supervisor, Agent Topple mobilizes the full power of the National Security State to neutralize this inconvenient threat on his own security. All while catching up on his "stories," also known to many as the illegal surveillance of private citizens in the comfort of their own home. This is surprisingly stimulating.
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2min
July 24, 2013
6. Blackmail at 4:20
Nicole strikes back with a hefty dose of new-school espionage, but Topple is not to be outdone. Hint: you can't topple Topple 'cuz Topple don't stopple!
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2min
July 31, 2013
7. 25 Reasons the NSA Should Hire Buzzfeed Staffers
After Nicole debunks Henry's Buzzfeed logic, he must chose between destroying all electronic music or preserving Downton Abbey.
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2min
August 14, 2013
8. How to Kill Your Boss
Topple settles into his new role as a cyber-spy, but hold on to your tequila sunrise: a hangover from his swinging '70s past leaves him odd-man-out at the counter-intelligence key party ... until his target conveniently "disappears."
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2min
August 21, 2013
9. How to Hack a Telegram
Hot on the trail of a devastating computer virus, Topple and Winters burn the midnight oil. Are the North Koreans sending encrypted telegrams or has Kim Jong-un taken up beat poetry?
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2min
August 28, 2013
10. How to Cheat to Win
Nicole accuses Topple of treason and Topple plays the class card. But do average Americans really want to live in world where elites are held to the same standards? We think not.
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3min
September 4, 2013
11. Shout to All My Lost Spies
Topple’s bravado is put to the test when his old-school spy game gets the green light. Winters busts out her best pep talk, but can Topple get back to his fighting weight? The fate of the world rests on the shoulders of one man—and his mustache.
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2min
September 11, 2013
12. The Cougar Lies with Spanish Moss
Agent Topple's mustache does its dirty work, and Nicole brokers a deal for peace. But why is the NSA collecting millions of Instagram brunch photos? And if your waffles have nothing to hide, what are they so worried about?