We're back with another Deadly Dose re-release! In this episode, Megan talks about the most incredible poisoning/assassination event to have occurred in the 21st century: the assassination of Kim Jong-nam, half-brother of Supreme Leader of North Korea Kim Jong-un. What starts as an investigation into two women accused as assassins, develops into an unbelievable plot of geopolitical intrigue, an elaborate network of North Korean agents, a deadly nerve toxin, months of orchestration, and two unsuspecting women manipulated by the promise of stardom. 

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In this episode:

• Assassins - a documentary on Kim Jong Nam's assassination by Ryan White 
• Harini's current book - Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures by Melvin Sheldrake 

Episode Sources:

• GQ: The Untold Story of Kim Jong-nam’s Assassination by Doug Bock Clark (photography by Jesse Chehak)
• WSJ Video: The Moment Kim Jong am Was attacked: CCTV Footage
• NPR Asia: North Korean Leader’s Slain Brother was Reportedly Working with the CIA by Scott Neuman
• WSJ: North Korean Leader’s Slain Half Brother Was a CIA Source by Warren P Strobel

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