CNN Presents
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Civilian or Spy: Double Blind
Civilian or Spy: Double Blind
About this podcast
CNN Presents is the home for powerful, narrative-driven audio storytelling, featuring in-depth reporting from CNN journalists. Leading off this feed: Civilian or Spy. When a Russian-born American citizen named Ilya Beloozerov is gunned down by the FBI in 2024, the authorities refuse to say why they’d killed him. CNN’s Isabelle Chapman embarks on a sprawling investigation that takes her from the Mississippi parking lot where he died to Washington, D.C. to unravel the mystery: Why did Ilya abruptly leave his family and his job and head for the border with laptops and cash? Why is there still no official explanation of his death? And maybe most importantly: Was Ilya a spy?
Also in this feed: Tortured Justice with Omar Jimenez, Persuadable with Donie O’Sullivan and All Over the Map with John King.
Episodes
- Civilian or Spy: Double Blind · 27 min · Season 4 Episode 3To date, the FBI has released no explanation of why they shot and killed Ilya Beloozerov in 2024. But after more than a year investigating the case, Isabelle is able to give his…
- Civilian or Spy: A Spy On the Run? · 29 min · Season 4 Episode 2When Isabelle starts digging into the mysterious death of Ilya Beloozerov at the hands of the FBI, her investigation quickly hits a wall. But the big breakthrough comes when she…
- Civilian or Spy: Death at the Super 8 · 28 min · Season 4 Episode 1The last person to talk to Ilya Beloozerov was Kennon Green, who was living out of his truck in a McDonald’s parking lot when Ilya approached him with an offer: $30,000 to take…
- Introducing: Civilian or Spy · 1 min · Season 4When a Russian-born American citizen named Ilya Beloozerov is gunned down by the FBI in 2024, the authorities refuse to say why they’d killed him. CNN’s Isabelle Chapman embarks…
- Tortured Justice: The Midnight Crew · 36 min · Season 3 Episode 1It’s 1989. James Gibson is back in Chicago for Christmas when he’s picked up by police on suspicion of murder. He will end up spending nearly 30 years in prison, convicted of a…
- Tortured Justice: The Unlikeliest Man · 50 min · Season 3 Episode 2James Gibson’s story might never have seen the light of day if not for one man — maybe the unlikeliest imaginable. Andrew Wilson’s relentless legal battle exposed a decades-long…
- Tortured Justice: What Does Justice Look Like? · 49 min · Season 3 Episode 3In the presence of torture, can real justice still exist? With the truth of torture under Chicago police commander Jon Burge and his detectives finally out in the open, the city…
- Coming Soon: Tortured Justice · 2 min · Season 3Imagine you were tortured by police and sent to prison for 30 years for a crime you didn’t commit. Is there anything that could make up for what was done to you? What would…
- Persuadable: Scrolling Alone · 34 min · Season 2 Episode 3If loneliness and social isolation are part of what pushes people down the rabbit hole, what’s the cure? CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan sits down with a cult survivor who explains why…
- Persuadable: Back Up the Rabbit Hole · 36 min · Season 2 Episode 2What would you do if the person closest to you woke up believing something that sounded completely crazy? That’s what happened to Stephen Ghiglieri when his then- fiancée…
- Persuadable: Why Do We Believe Crazy S**t? · 32 min · Season 2 Episode 1Conspiracy theories are not new. They’re as old as time itself. But if you feel like they’re everywhere right now, you’re not alone. So, what do you do when somebody you love has…
- All Over The Map: Why America Voted, From Actual Voters · 32 min · Season 1 Episode 9As the dust settled in the wake of election day, the All Over the Map team started calling up some of the 86 swing-state voters John King has been visiting and revisiting over…
- All Over The Map: The Pennsylvania Voters Who May Decide the Race · 33 min · Season 1 Episode 8With just hours before election day, we’re returning to a handful of people who represent a crucial voter segment: unhappy Pennsylvania Republicans. John King interviews three…
- All Over The Map: Why the Race Is So Close in the Rust Belt · 37 min · Season 1 Episode 7Wisconsin and Michigan, the big bricks of the former Blue Wall, are considered must-wins for Kamala Harris. They’re also both toss-ups at this point. This week, John talks to…
- All Over The Map: In Purple Georgia, The Election Math Is Not So Simple · 32 min · Season 1 Episode 6Vice President Kamala Harris’ goal in Georgia is to turn out the coalition that barely tipped the newly purple state to Joe Biden in 2020. That means firing up the base…
- All Over The Map: Why Nevada’s Economic Woes Make It an Election Wildcard · 32 min · Season 1 Episode 5Nevada — especially Clark County, home to Vegas and almost 75 percent of the state’s population — is a political bellwether in a very specific way. The pandemic gutted the…
- All Over The Map: Desert Demographics: Arizona in Play · 32 min · Season 1 Episode 4In a presidential race destined to come down to a handful of swing states, Arizona is a political puzzle: a Sun Belt state that’s historically gone red, but went for Biden in…
- All Over The Map: The Cracks in the Blue Wall · 34 min · Season 1 Episode 3Michigan and Wisconsin are Midwestern swing states with the power to make or break the election. They’re crucial bricks in the Democrats’ “Blue Wall” strategy, a wall that’s…
- All Over The Map: Georgia’s Swing-State Spotlight · 34 min · Season 1 Episode 2During the 2020 election, there was perhaps no bigger upset than Joe Biden carrying Georgia. This was the first time a Democrat had won the reliably red state in three decades —…
- All Over The Map: The Key to Pennsylvania? Nikki Haley Voters · 35 min · Season 1 Episode 1More than 158,000 Republicans cast Pennsylvania primary votes for Nikki Haley nearly two months after she quit the race for president. That’s enough votes to swing a state…
