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On this episode of Newt's World I have a new novel coming out called Collusion which I co-wrote

with Pete Early. In the novel our main character is Brett Garroth, a Navy seal who is injured

in a helicopter crash and ultimately recovers and becomes a CIA agent and is able to thwart a

Russian poisoning attempt. In order to have a little bit of fun between the plotline of the book

and real life I thought it would be great to do an entire podcast on Russia's fascination

with poison as a weapon. Russia is one of the few countries in the world that assassinates their

opponents by poison. I thought we'd explore the most nefarious and ruthless Russian murder plots.

I'm pleased to welcome my guest Pete Early, my co-author of Collusion,

Amy Knight, author of Orders to Kill, the Putin regime and political murder, and Jack Devine,

a 32-year veteran of the Central Intelligence Agency, currently the founding partner

and president of the Arkhan Group which specializes in international crisis management.

I'm really delighted that my co-author Pete Early could join us because he's had an amazing career

daily newspaper reporter including at The Washington Post. Written a number of books

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