The Redefector

The Redefector

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Land Vereinigte Staaten
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Letzte 21.05.2025

The Redefector is a ten-part true-crime espionage series examining the 1985 defection of KGB colonel Vitaly Yurchenko to the United States. Host Julie Cohn explores whether Yurchenko was a genuine defector or a Soviet plant sent to mislead the CIA during the so-called “Year of the Spy.” Featuring interviews with CIA officers, FBI agents, reporters, and a former KGB general, the series unravels one of the Cold War's most baffling intelligence mysteries and questions what secrets Yurchenko may have been sent to hide.

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  • Holy Fool | Chapter 10 21.05.2025 57Min.
    After two years building a mosaic of research about the Vitaly Yurchenko mystery, finally a full picture emerges: the truth.
  • In Search of a Spy | Chapter 9 14.05.2025 39Min.
    The modern day hunt for Vitaly Yurchenko, the 90 year-old spy.
  • Joyride | Chapter 8 07.05.2025 52Min.
    Some old veterans from the Soviet and Eastern Europe division decide to take matters into their own hands and start a new hunt. It's unconventional, it's personal, and this time, it's successful.
  • It’s Hard to Find a Leak | Chapter 7.5 BONUS 30.04.2025 56Min.
    BONUS EPISODE: Bodies continue to drop, despite the leaks identified by Yurchenko. Despite intensifying debate over his legitimacy, the SE division has a new desperate focus: to find answers. It creates a special task force to identify the remaining leak before any more lives are lost. In this bonus episode, we track the three fascinating reasons why the task force took years: Masterful deception campaigns by the Soviets; the ghost of James Jesus Angleton; and a scandal at the White House.
  • Whiplash | Chapter 7 23.04.2025 51Min.
    Yurchenko... reappears, sowing chaos. A debate begins to rage in the press, at the CIA, and even in the White House: Was Vitaly Yurchenko a plant from the very beginning?
  • Vanished | Chapter 6 16.04.2025 52Min.
    To cheer up the despondent Yurchenko, the CIA takes Yurchenko on a road trip through the American Southwest, complete with a stop in Sin City. Soon after he returns from the trip, his spirits still low, Yurchenko... disappears.
  • Valentina | Chapter 5 09.04.2025 44Min.
    Yurchenko travels to Canada to be reunited with the love of his life, but plans go awry...
  • The Safe Safehouse | Chapter 4 02.04.2025 55Min.
    Yurchenko and his team of CIA and FBI officers start over in a new safehouse in the Virginia countryside. Meanwhile, the mole Yurchenko revealed... makes a run for it.
  • Goat Rodeo | Chapter 3 26.03.2025 36Min.
    Vitaly Yurchenko is a fountain of intelligence and quickly becomes a celebrity in US intelligence circles. But the higher his profile, the greater the threat to his safety...
  • Meet the Team | Chapter 2 19.03.2025 34Min.
    The CIA and FBI have less than 24 hours to prepare to welcome the KGB colonel who, in the defector world, appeared to be the catch of the century.
  • The Walk-in | Chapter 1 19.03.2025 38Min.
    It was August 1st, 1985, a year so full of espionage drama that it has since become known as "The Year of the Spy." The CIA had been suspiciously losing Soviet assets one after another. Just as the Agency was beginning to suspect a leak, around the world in Italy, a KGB Colonel named Vitaly Yurchenko made his way to the American Embassy in Rome, ready to trade Soviet intelligence in exchange for immediate exfiltration to the U.S. The first secret he revealed: The CIA had a mole in its midst. Two secrets he doesn't mention: Yurchenko believes he's dying, and wants to spend his last months reunited with a woman he met while stationed in America.
  • Trailer: The Redefector 03.03.2025 2Min.
    It was 1985, and the CIA had a painful secret. Soviet assets who had been secretly working for the CIA had begun ominously disappearing one, after another. One might be bad luck… But four was three too many to be a coincidence.

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