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Deputy Mayor Putin

By: Maeve McQuillan
Narrated by: Fiona Shaw, Gwilym Lee
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How did a once faceless bureaucrat, a man whose own wife said he was born under the sign of the vampire, become the idealized face of Russian manhood and its authoritarian leader? Deputy Mayor Putin examines the man behind the myth. We will explore how Putin’s formative years shaped and drove him and how the supporting cast of characters he gathered along the way helped him get to the Kremlin’s inner sanctum. We will trace Putin’s many transformations and examine how each step brought him closer to the leader he is today: from scrawny street thug to the aggressive President Putin who invaded Ukraine in early 2022.

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About the Creator

Maeve McQuillan is a writer for TV, film, and podcasts. She majored as an undergraduate in Russian and Soviet history, literature, and language at Trinity College Dublin. In the nineties, she spent time living and working in St. Petersburg.

Fiona Shaw
Gwilym Lee

About the Performer

Fiona Shaw recently shot on the feature film Hot Milk alongside Emma Mackey and Vicky Krieps with Rebecca Lenkiewicz directing. Coming out in 2024, she has the Amazon series Anansi Boys, the Apple feature film Echo Valley starring Sydney Sweeney and Julianne Moore, Gaby Dellal’s feature film Park Avenue, and If directed by John Krasinski, which she stars in alongside Ryan Reynolds among others. Her other notable credits include: Killing Eve for which she won an Emmy, Andor for which she was nominated for a BAFTA, and her role as Aunt Petunia in Harry Potter.

About the Performer

Gwilym Lee is a London-based actor best known for his television work in The Great, Midsomer Murders, Fresh Meat, and Jamestown. He is also known for his work in the films Top End Wedding, The Tourist, and Bohemian Rhapsody. He is soon to appear in the Robert Zemeckis feature film Here and in the Steven Knight-penned BBC series SAS: Rogue Heroes.

Compelling Narrative • Captivating Story • Layered Information • Informative Content • Binge-worthy Material • Good Pace

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A Political Grand Master

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It's just 4 hours, but it's an education you need to have in 2024. Time well spent and you will know and understand more when you are fininshed.

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Imagine it is 1939. Nazi Germany has swallowed Austria and Czechoslovakia, made new alliances with Italy and Japan, signed a pact with the USSR, and has started the invasion of Poland.
The greater horrors of World War II are yet to come.

Now imagine hearing a biography-up-to-this-moment of Adolph Hitler. This is what I felt listening to this 2024 podcast. I’m a modestly well informed lay person who is curious about the who and why of Vladimir Putin. This podcast provided both the facts and thd context of his origin, development and unlikely abrupt rise to the height of power in today’s Russia.

Delivered in compact digestible segments, this is a masterful effort by a small dedicated organization. Highly recommended!!!

Informative, Current and Compelling.

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The factual information about one of the truly evil persons on the world stage and what a danger he poses to world peace.

How evil Putin really is

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Would recommend! Not enough is written about Putin outside of news articles and the media. Was very informative.

Great listen!

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