Russia Rising Podcast

• Curiouscast’s ‘Crime Beat’ tops Apple Podcasts’ Canada’s Best Listens of 2019

  'Crime Beat' and 'Russia Rising' took home top spots as some of the best Canadian podcasts of the year, according to Apple.

  Entertainment

  Dec 3, 2019
  
• Russia Rising, part 8: Interview with Niki Reitmayer

  Niki Reitmayer speaks with Jeff Semple about the making of Russia Rising and gets a few updates on the stories he covered this season.

  World

  Mar 18, 2019
  
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• Russia Rising, part 7: Meet the so-called ‘Putin Generation’

  This Putin Generation was born after the communist collapse and grew up during Russia’s gruelling economic transition in the 1990s.

  Canada

  Mar 11, 2019
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• Russia Rising, part 5: How the Kremlin uses an ancient strategy called ‘maskirovka’ to sow doubt and confusion

  In an age of fake news, social media and countless alternative online news sources, the Russian art of deception plays a key role in the country's political manoeuvres.

  Politics

  Feb 25, 2019
• Russia Rising, part 4: Russian spies getting sloppy, says journalist who revealed Skripal poisoning suspects

  The poisoning of Sergey Skripal confuses those who wonder how Russian intelligence agents could be so unintelligent.

  World

  Feb 18, 2019
• Russia Rising, part 3: Hackers targeting Canadian elections, banks and institutions

  Jeff Semple visits the front-lines of a growing cyberwar in the third episode of the Russia Rising podcast

  World

  Feb 11, 2019
• Russia Rising, part 2: The rise of Vladimir Putin

  Vladimir Putin's background as a KGB agent informs his view of the world and Russia's place in it.

  World

  Feb 4, 2019
• An ex-KGB agent reveals why Putin would want to interfere in Canada’s upcoming election

  Former KGB officer Alexander Vassiliev tells Global News podcast 'Russia Rising' about the spy training he received from the same school as Russian President Vladimir Putin.

  World

  Jan 28, 2019
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• Global News podcast Russia Rising: Hunting for internet trolls

  In the first episode of the new Global News podcast, Russia Rising, Jeff Semple investigates how Russian internet trolls operate and whether other countries, specifically Canada, are targeted too.

  World

  Jan 27, 2019