Introducing To Die For

Host Neil Strauss (Rolling Stone, The New York Times) brings listeners on a journey through the dark world of Russian Sexpionage where, for the first time, a professed “sex spy” tells her story. From the creators of the hit podcast To Live and Die in LA, this is To Die For. Binge all 8 episodes now.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey, it's Matt Frederick from My Heart podcast's host of
stuff they don't want you to know. I have something
new to share with you from Tenderfoot TV and Neil Strauss.
This is the team behind to Live and Die in LA.
It's a new podcast called to Die For where Neil
Strauss takes listeners inside the dark and dangerous world of
Russian sexpionage, where, for the first time, a professed Russian

(00:23):
trained sex spy tells her full story. Check out this trailer.

Speaker 2 (00:33):
In June of twenty eleven, I received a call from
the FBI. The caller wanted me to fly to Washington,
DC and trained several dozen intelligence agents. As a writer
and journalist, I was confused trained them in what I asked?
His answer, seduction. I had written a book called The

(00:57):
Game about several years I spent undercover in a secret
society of seduction experts. Latest The Game details his journey
to the secret world of pickup artists. He knows how
to do it, and to my complete shock, the man
on the phone informed me that the book was required
reading for him and his colleagues in the FBI.

Speaker 3 (01:15):
In our work, where you're developing confidential human sources and
recruiting spies. The understanding of how to develop quick rapport
and attraction is key and critical.

Speaker 2 (01:26):
This is one of the agents who is present at
that session and the former head of the FBI's behavioral
analysis program. He told me that if I was surprised
that the American government uses seduction techniques, then just wait
till I hear how far the Russian government is willing
to go. As a journalist, I decided to find out

(01:46):
and soon uncovered a ring of Russian models sent around
the world with specific instructions.

Speaker 4 (01:51):
Oldest girls were sent out into the world and they
were told try to meet the important men. Try to
attach yourself to important men.

Speaker 2 (02:01):
But no Russian spy was willing to talk. I will
not be able.

Speaker 4 (02:04):
To respond to this question due to a professional secret.

Speaker 2 (02:08):
Until today, for the first time, a military train seduction
spy tells her story and reveals how the Russian government
turns sex and love into a deadly weapon.

Speaker 5 (02:20):
If you want to kill your target, it's easy. You
just induce him, take him somewhere, start having sex, and
then he's very vulnerable so you can kill him.

Speaker 2 (02:33):
Needs it. In I'm Niel Strauss and from Tenderfoot TV
This is to Die For Available now. Listen for free
on Apple podcasts. How long does it take to make
someone fall in love with you?

Speaker 5 (02:48):
To make someone fall in love.

Speaker 3 (02:52):
Like?

Speaker 5 (02:52):
Completely?

Speaker 2 (02:54):
Three dates?

Speaker 5 (02:56):
Well, minimum hour? I need an hour?

Speaker 1 (03:05):
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