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The Merchant of Death: Arms Dealer Viktor Bout

The Underworld Podcast

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How to Learn a Language for Your Business

Boot Deniedy is a Russian arms dealer who falls in love with an English-speaking woman at the Soviet Embassy. He gets her to leave her husband and they move to Moscow, where he sets up his own business selling old Soviet cargo planes. The pair get into trouble when she tries to steal some of Boot's money by telling reporters about their affair. This week on "The Brain Beach," Jarrett ponders whether or not this character was actually ever a secret agent.

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