Official Trailer: 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 on March 26th.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:03):
In June of twenty eleven, I received a call from
the FBI. The caller wanted me to fly to Washington,
d C. 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

(00:27):
called The 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 easier, 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 2 (00:45):
In our work, where you're developing confidential human sources and
recruiting spies, understanding of how to develop quick report and
attraction is key and critical.

Speaker 1 (00:55):
This is one of the agents who is present at
that session and the former head of the FBI 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.

Speaker 3 (01:10):
Is willing to go.

Speaker 1 (01:13):
As a journalist, I decided to find out and soon
uncovered a ring of Russian models sent around the world
with specific instructions.

Speaker 4 (01:21):
All these 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 1 (01:31):
But no Russian spy was willing to talk.

Speaker 4 (01:33):
Will not be able to respond to this question due
to a professional secret.

Speaker 1 (01:38):
Until today, for the first time, a military trained seduction
spy tells her story and reveals how the Russian government
turns sex and love into a deadly weapon.

Speaker 5 (01:50):
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 us.

Speaker 1 (02:03):
It in I'm Neil Strauss and from Tenderfoot TV. This
is to Die for coming March twenty six. Listen for
free on Apple podcasts. How long does it take to
make someone fall in love with you?

Speaker 3 (02:18):
To make someone fall in love like completely? Three dates?

Speaker 1 (02:26):
Wow?

Speaker 3 (02:27):
Minimum hour? I need an hour