Tenderfoot TV's Laura Benson takes you inside “To Die For” with host Neil Strauss. Go behind the scenes into the making of the podcast - from Neil’s first discovery of Aliia Roza's unfathomable story to the lengthy and emotional twists and turns that led both Neil and Aliia on a very different journey than either expected.

Tenderfoot TV's Laura Benson takes you inside “To Die For” with host Neil Strauss. Go behind the scenes into the making of the podcast - from Neil’s first discovery of Aliia Roza's unfathomable story to the lengthy and emotional twists and turns that led both Neil and Aliia on a very different journey than either expected.

Imagine you were a fly on the wall at a dinner between the mafia, the CIA, and the KGB. That’s where this unprecedented story begins. A journey through the dark world of Russian intelligence where, for the first time, a professed “sex spy” tells her story. All of it. 

Host Neil Strauss (Rolling Stone, The New York Times) brings listeners into the dangerous world of sexpionage, where enemies of the State are not the only victims. So too are the spies themselves, brainwashed to believe that their bodies belong to Russia and meticulously trained to become “the perfect weapons.” Who is Aliia Roza? From the creators of the hit podcast series To Live and Die in LA, this is To Die For.

Imagine you were a fly on the wall at a dinner between the mafia, the CIA, and the KGB. That’s where this unprecedented story begins. A journey through the dark world of Russian intelligence where, for the first time, a professed “sex spy” tells her story. All of it. 
Host Neil Strauss (Rolling Stone, The New York Times) brings listeners into the dangerous world of sexpionage, where enemies of the State are not the only victims. So too are the spies themselves, brainwashed to believe that their bodies belong to Russia and meticulously trained to become “the perfect weapons.” Who is Aliia Roza? From the creators of the hit podcast series To Live and Die in LA, this is To Die For.

To Die For

Inside To Die For

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A source from a mafia-connected family introduces a true crime podcaster to a KGB-trained sex spy. What could possibly go wrong?

 

Show Credits:
Produced by Tenderfoot TV in association with iHeart Podcasts
Host/Writer: Neil Strauss
Guest: Aliia Roza
Executive Producers: Neil Strauss, Donald Albright and Payne Lindsey
Lead Producer and Editor: Tristen Bankston
Additional Editing: Miles Clark and Christian Brown
Supervising Producer: Tracy Kaplan
Consultants: Nooshin Valizadeh, Chelsey Goodan and Jaime Albright 
Cover Art Design: Byron McCoy
Original Music: Makeup and Vanity Set, with additional music by Ben Fleisch
Mixed and Mastered: Dayton Cole
Theme song: Killer Shangri-lah by Pshycotic Beats featuring Pati Amor
Special thanks to: Oren Rosenbaum and the team at UTA, Beck Media and Marketing, Oren Segal, Rebecca Jensen, Rose Baruc, The Nord Group, Meredith Stedman, and Alex Vespestad 

 

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A source from a mafia-connected family introduces a true crime podcaster to a KGB-trained sex spy. What could possibly go wrong?
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Show Credits:
<ul>
<li>Produced by Tenderfoot TV in association with iHeart Podcasts</li>
<li>Host/Writer: Neil Strauss</li>
<li>Guest: Aliia Roza</li>
<li>Executive Producers: Neil Strauss, Donald Albright and Payne Lindsey</li>
<li>Lead Producer and Editor: Tristen Bankston</li>
<li>Additional Editing: Miles Clark and Christian Brown</li>
<li>Supervising Producer: Tracy Kaplan</li>
<li>Consultants: Nooshin Valizadeh, Chelsey Goodan and Jaime Albright&nbsp;</li>
<li>Cover Art Design: Byron McCoy</li>
<li>Original Music: Makeup and Vanity Set, with additional music by Ben Fleisch</li>
<li>Mixed and Mastered: Dayton Cole</li>
<li>Theme song: Killer Shangri-lah by Pshycotic Beats featuring Pati Amor</li>
<li>Special thanks to: Oren Rosenbaum and the team at UTA, Beck Media and Marketing, Oren Segal, Rebecca Jensen, Rose Baruc, The Nord Group, Meredith Stedman, and Alex Vespestad&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
&nbsp;
For free, confidential, 24/7 support for survivors of sexual assault, as well as information and resources, visit rainn.org, or call 1-800-656-4673.
For more podcasts like To Die For, search Tenderfoot TV on your favorite podcast app, or visit us at tenderfoot.tv.

1) The Perfect Weapon (REPUBLISH)

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"On the ninth of July, with a few shots to the neck and the head, he was shot at about 11p.m. near the preschool."

"On the ninth of July, with a few shots to the neck and the head, he was shot at about 11p.m. near the preschool."

16) Is This Freedom

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"They pushed me into the middle seat. And then another guy put a bag over my head. And when he put this bag on my head, I understood, that's it." 

"They pushed me into the middle seat. And then another guy put a bag over my head. And when he put this bag on my head, I understood, that's it."

15) The Confession

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