Just who is Maria Butina? – podcasts of the week
by Hannah J Davies, Hannah Verdier and Madeleine Finl from Technology | The Guardian on (#5G35W)
Spy Affair delves in to the tale of a gun campaigner arrested for espionage. Plus: true crime with a purpose in The Doodler, and Current Affairs looks at unionisation efforts at Amazon
Spy Affair
Another characteristically slick, ripped-from-the-headlines series from market leaders Wondery introduces us to Russian gun activist Maria Butina, who - as one does - fell in love with her father's shotguns as a child and subsequently became an arms lobbyist. In 2015, she started travelling to the US, improving inter-country relations and entering in to a relationship with a conservative activist - but was later arrested for spying. What was the truth about her life in America, and the relationships she forged? Hannah J Davies