Best H11 Podcasts (2025)

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Hanged with Hands Bound 32:42

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4d ago32:42

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Municipal lawmaker Vitaly Kapustin is found hanged in a tall tree using a cable attached to his car. The police rule it a suicide, that is until an eyewitness makes a statement saying Kapustin’s hands were tied behind his back… Jake Hanrahan's projects: www.hanrahan.tv See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

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An Uphill Battle to the Kremlin 40:56

11d ago40:56

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We’re halfway through season 2, so this episode is an interlude of sorts. As you can probably imagine, the work that goes into this project is massive. We’re fighting an uphill battle against Kremlin state media. FSB interference, and a huge Russian wall of silence. We want to share with you some of the behind the scenes struggles of the Sad Oligar…

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Hanged in a Secret Nuclear City 35:19

18d ago35:19

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Senior accountant Evgeny Postrigan hangs himself in the garage of his home in the closed city of Zheleznogorsk. This is a place shrouded in secrecy, where weapons grade plutonium and military satellites are produced. On the surface, Postrigan was just depressed. But we dug deeper and discovered a huge web of corruption and state embezzlement... Jak…

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Kaliningrad’s Decapitated Entrepreneur 35:07

25d ago35:07

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The dead body of Alexey Sinitsyn is laid out under a bridge in Russia’s European exclave, Kaliningrad. It is missing one very vital component—the head. This local CEO has somehow ended up decapitated. A nylon tow rope is laid out near the corpse. The head is further away. When the police arrive, their initial cause of death is “suicide”… How? Jake …

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The Rocket Scientist's Poison Mushroom 34:27

1M ago34:27

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Russian rocket scientist Vitaly Melnikov has been picking wild mushrooms his whole life. Somehow though, at 77-years-old, he picks a bad one and eats it up. This kills him. His body shuts down and he's entered the eternal cosmos for real. Coincidentally, this happens just after the extremely important Kremlin Lunar 25 mission he worked on malfuncti…

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The Kursk Raid Suicide 37:21

1M ago37:21

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Russian oligarch Roman Starovoyt is having a very bad day. He’s the Minister of Transport, a prestigious position in Putin’s regime. Well, he was the Minister of Transport. Starovoyt has just been fired for allegedly stealing money from the state. After clearing out his office, he cleared out his head with a bullet. At a glance, it's an open-and-sh…

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The Siberian Heart Attack 31:57

2M ago31:57

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Deep in the Siberian peninsula, a corrupt politician falls out of the window of his home and hits the ground hard. Eyewitnesses describe the scene, explaining how he plummeted to the concrete and died. By the time the news hits the government controlled media though, something has changed. The fall is now reported as a heart attack and the coroner …

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Introducing: SAD OLIGARCH Season 2 2:59

2M ago2:59

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Since January 2022, dozens of Russia's wealthiest oligarchs and power brokers have died suddenly. One was poisoned with frog venom. Two killed their whole families. Several fell out of high windows. Most of the deaths are suspicious. Russia says they're coincidental suicides—that the deceased were simply depressed. We don't think so... Sad Oligarch…

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Lil Noisy Loves Civics 28:06

3M ago28:06

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Today is the finale of the Away Days podcast. We hear from one of the mountain pass street racers about why he’ll only race a Honda Civic, and talk to the Away Days co-founder about the terror of Kanjo. Watch Away Days documentaries at youtube.com/@awaydaystv See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

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Racing Down a Secret Mountain 28:34

3M ago28:34

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Today we discover the Across Racing team, who take us all the way up a secret mountain pass for a race. Usually they'd ride the Kanjo, but the police are after them... Watch Away Days documentaries at youtube.com/@awaydaystv See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By H11, Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts

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Organized Crime on the Hanshin Expressway 27:38

4M ago27:38

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We go to meet the head of one of Osaka's best known underground racing crews. What we didn't know, is that he's allegedly involved in a notorious organized crime thing. This makes things tricky, and we see access slip through our fingers... for now. Watch Away Days documentaries at youtube.com/@awaydaystv See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inf…

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Illegal Racing on Japan’s Kanjo Loop 28:35

4M ago28:35

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We travel to Japan to find out how the next generation of illegal street racers are dodging police and keeping their counterculture alive. Watch Away Days documentaries at youtube.com/@awaydaystv See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By H11, Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts

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To Live and Die in a Rio Gang War 30:30

4M ago30:30

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Our final episode of the Favela Government chapter shows first hand the cycle of never-ending-violence in Rio's favelas. People we met are dead, sewers are wide open, and the gang war continues to keep civilians living in fear. Watch Away Days documentaries at youtube.com/@awaydaystv See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

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On Patrol With Favela Security 31:55

4M ago31:55

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Security in the favelas is impoverish young men with guns, who’re untrained and unscrupulous. We went on patrol with these armed foot-soldiers at the higher, more impoverished levels of the shanty town. There we saw a different side to the favela, one of precarious living and environmental degradation. Watch Away Days documentaries at youtube.com/@…

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Luta Livre in the Heart of the Favela 29:16

5M ago29:16

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We want to see what life is like for the civilians of the favela. So far we've only been around armed foot-soldiers and serious gang members. What we find in the heart of the favela is more incredible than we ever expected. Watch Away Days documentaries at youtube.com/@awaydaystv See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

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Inside Rio’s Gang Controlled Favelas 28:08

5M ago28:08

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Red Command is Brazil’s oldest gang. Inside the shanty towns they control, there’s no police, no government, no rule of law. Street justice only. We spent a week with Red Command to see how a gang takes on the role of a government. Welcome to the favelas… Watch Away Days documentaries at youtube.com/@awaydaystv See omnystudio.com/listener for priva…

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All Roads Lead to King of the Streets 29:11

5M ago29:11

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After almost two years of working on access and devolving our project on the underground scene of No Rules fighting, an entryway into King of the Streets finally opens up. Watch Away Days documentaries at youtube.com/@awaydaystv See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By H11, Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts

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The Criminal Connection 29:43

5M ago29:43

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We travel to a German border town to attend a hidden underground fight club in the heart of the underworld. Biker gangs, drug dealers, and hooligans all brush shoulders to watch the first ever female No Rules fight… Watch Away Days documentaries at youtube.com/@awaydaystv See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

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Introducing: Away Days Podcast - No Rules on the Riviera 28:17

6M ago28:17

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Hi, Sad Oligarch fans! We want to share a new show, Away Days: Reporting from the Underbelly. Away Days Podcast is an episodic documentary series focused on unreported stories from the fringes of society. We’re compassionately documenting the underground without watering it down or editorially obscuring it. This is independent journalism with no fi…

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Introducing: Away Days Podcast - A Cold Day for Violence 27:02

6M ago27:02

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Hi, Sad Oligarch fans! We want to share a new show, Away Days: Reporting from the Underbelly. Away Days Podcast is an episodic documentary series focused on unreported stories from the fringes of society. We’re compassionately documenting the underground without watering it down or editorially obscuring it. This is independent journalism with no fi…

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No Rules on the Riviera 28:17

6M ago28:17

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We travel to the south of France to see if a new clandestine No Rules fight club is the real deal. The underground fighters who’ve supposedly set this one up claim it’s in the most luxurious city in France—Cannes. Either we’ve been trolled or the No Rules scene really is spreading everywhere… Watch Away Days documentaries at youtube.com/@awaydaystv…

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A Cold Day for Violence 27:02

6M ago27:02

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Welcome to the world of ‘No Rules’, a new underground fighting subculture where anything goes. Biting, head stamping, eye gouging, hair pulling, elbows, headbutts—it’s all allowed. These fights are fought on concrete, with no gloves, and no rounds. It’s non-stop organized ultraviolence, and we’ve been allowed to see it first hand… Watch Away Days d…

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Introducing: Away Days Podcast 2:51

6M ago2:51

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Away Days Podcast is an episodic documentary series focused on unreported stories from the fringes of society. Journalist Jake Hanrahan, the host and creator of Away Days, has spent the last 10 years embedded in places he’s not meant to be. With unique access and a straightforward style of on-the-ground reporting, the listener will be taken deep in…

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Part Two: A War Criminal Oligarch Is Shot Out of the Sky 33:48

2y ago33:48

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In the finale of Sad Oligarch we look into the final weeks of Prigozhin's life and explain how his violent death casts the mysterious deaths we've looked into in a new light. We also take a more direct approach in explaining what we think is going on... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

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Part One: A War Criminal Oligarch Is Shot Out of the Sky 26:34

2y ago26:34

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In what will be a two-part final episode of Sad Oligarch, we take a deep dive into the violent life and violent death of Yevgeny Prigozhin—an oligarch, a war criminal, and the head of Kremlin backed private military contractor firm "PMC Wagner". This was a man with many enemies, but who shot him out of the sky? See omnystudio.com/listener for priva…

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Rich Russians Keep Dying 35:10

2y ago35:10

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In the penultimate episode of the series, Jake and Sergiy discuss the many mysterious Russian billionaire and millionaire deaths that have occurred since Sad Oligarch launched just three months ago. Several dark patterns emerge. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Cool Zone Media and H11

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DC Freemasons & Russian Psyops 20:19

2+ y ago20:19

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In the conclusion to the Dan Rapoport subplot, we discover how a Russian gossip blogger managed to break the story of his death and why a DC Freemason lodge is affiliated with his alter-ego. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Cool Zone Media and H11

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The Death of a Fake Pentagon Analyst 25:40

2+ y ago25:40

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In part two of our look into the bizarre circumstances surrounding the death of Latvian born Russian-American businessman Dan Rapoport, we expose his alter-ego. The fake Pentagon analyst Rapoport pretended to be caused so much trouble the Kremlin itself reported on it. Is this linked to Rapoprt’s death? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy infor…

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The Nightclub Owner Who Fell Out a Window in Washington, DC 28:40

2+ y ago28:40

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What does a Latvian-born nightclub owner have to do with you Russian oil and gas, Mitt Romney, and Donald Trump? More than you’d expect… Sadly we can’t ask him directly, as the man in question fell out the window of his luxury apartment in Washington, DC last year. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

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An Oil Magnate Jumps Out a Hospital Window 34:38

2+ y ago34:38

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A checkup at the hospital seems an unlikely place for a suicide, but when a multil-million dollar Russian oil magnate had to get his heart checked, that's exactly what happened. A man worth half a billion dollars, with awards from Putin himself, decided to jump from a sixth storey window without leaving a note. Russian state media said he was depre…

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A Rich Scientist Falls Down Some Stairs 30:57

2+ y ago30:57

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In September 2022 the former head of the Moscow Aviation Institute fell down some stairs at work and died instantly. Why is this suspicious? To clarify that we have to ask two questions… How does the head of a scientific research institute amass great wealth on a normal salary? What was his role within the Ukraine war? See omnystudio.com/listener f…

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A Business Assassination with a Non-lethal Firearm 29:49

2+ y ago29:49

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As Gazprom linked businessman Yury Voronov took a break at his cottage mansion, a gunman snuck through the trees and broke into his home. Voronov was shot at several times before a bullet struck him in the head. He was found floating in his swimming pool. So why was this death presented as a possible suicide in the Russian media? And how was Vorono…

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Axe Family Murder at the Holiday Villa 32:09

2+ y ago32:09

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On April 19th 2022, a Russian tycoon was found hanging from a railing inside his Spanish holiday villa. His wife and daughter were also found dead. They’d been hacked to death with an axe. The Spanish police ruled the incident a murder-suicide, but the businessman's adult son, who wasn't there, thinks otherwise. He believes someone else murdered hi…

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An Oil Baron’s Frog Venom Heart Attack 32:00

2+ y ago32:00

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In May 2022 a Russian billionaire engaged in a shamanic ritual in a bid to help cure his hangover and spiralling alcoholism. During the ritual, frog venom was injected into his blood stream. He soon died of a heart attack. Was this a case of misadventure, or did his Kremlin linked oil company have something to do with his demise? You can now listen…

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A Double Suicide at Gazprom's Nest 28:23

2+ y ago28:23

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One day after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a Russian Gazprom executive hanged himself in the garage of his villa in the affluent village of Leninskoye. As police started to investigate the scene, security from Gazprom arrived and pushed them out. This was the second Gazprom executive suicide in as many months in the same village. Was wo…

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A Family Annihilation in Moscow 31:46

2+ y ago31:46

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On March 23rd 2022, affluent Russian businessman Vasily Melnikov was found dead alongside his family in their upscale Moscow apartment. They’d all been stabbed to death: Vasily, his wife, and their two sons aged 4 and 10 years old. The killings were brutal and tragic. In the crime scene photos one of the murder weapons can be seen. It's a Russian S…