Introducing About A Boy: The Story of Vladimir Putin
In the West, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is always seen as one of two things: KGB spy or judo master. But to anyone who’s ever lived in...
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Whirlwind: America, Russia & Ukraine
Written and narrated by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tim Weiner and created by the Peabody-nominated studio C13Originals, Whirlwind: America, Russia & Ukraine examines the ongoing war in Uk...
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15 episodesPart 2: Empire of Lies
As the war rages in Ukraine, experts examine the power of information and disinformation in the battle between democracy and autocracy--in U...
Part 1: The Invisible War
Four CIA veterans explore how American intelligence is shaping the battlefield in Ukraine--and taking the fight to Russia. To learn more abo...
Welcome to Whirlwind, Season 2
Russia is committing atrocities, destroying cities and killing thousands of civilians in Ukraine. But Putin’s dreams of conquest are being s...
Ep 10: Counterforce
As the United States moves on from the Trump presidency, it begins adjusting to meet the demands of 21st century geopolitics. In the final e...
Ep 9: Post-Truth
By undermining trust in facts and institutions, Donald Trump hasn’t just charted a new path for American government — he has followed a play...
Ep 8: Crossfire
In 2014, Russia began carrying out a new kind of Internet-based political warfare. It was an attack so brazen and so novel that American int...
Ep 7: Perfect Weapons
Russia develops new tools for political warfare in the 21st century, making Estonia and Ukraine victims of a new kind of combat - cyberwarfa...
Ep 6: The Cold Peace
The Cold War finally ends, but a series of American actions in the 1990s lay the groundwork for renewed tensions. Host Tim Weiner is joined...
Ep 5: The Department of Disinformation
The KGB specialized in fake news, and its Department of Disinformation successfully spread lies around the world. But starting in the 1980s,...
Ep 4: The Italian Job
In 1948, Italy has an important national vote and so begins one of the CIA's finest traditions: foreign election interference. Host Tim Wein...
Ep 3: Poland is Not Yet Lost
The story of the CIA’s secret support for the Solidarity movement in Poland. Host Tim Weiner is joined by Polish political activist Jacek Be...
Ep 2: Wilderness of Mirrors
The story of James Jesus Angleton, an obsessive reader of poetry who became the CIA’s chief of counterintelligence, and grew obsessed with t...
Ep 1: Agents of Influence
In the series premiere of Whirlwind, host Tim Weiner tells the story of Samuel Dickstein, an American Congressman who turned out to be worki...
Ep 0: Welcome to Whirlwind, Season One
Season One of Whirlwind is a 10-part documentary podcast franchise that tells the story of how the United States sped the collapse of the So...