Part One: Beria: Stalin's Pedophile Cop & the Soviet Oppenheimer

Robert sits down with Joe Kassabian to tell the sordid tale of Lavrentiy Beria, the head of Stalin's secret police, prolific sex criminal and ethnic cleanser, and nuclear weapon entrepreneur.

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