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Badass in Heels

If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be a woman in the FBI, this podcast is for you! With special seasons and unique guests ranging from our extraordinary women in blue--police officers nationwide--to episodes with retired CIA operatives, you"ll find this podcast unique and full of genuine extraordinary people who have riveting true crime stories to share! This podcast is here to empower, educate, entertain and inspire! Brace yourselves as you listen to women with a badge talk about their

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Episode 11: Powerhouse Woman, Dr. Rhonda Glover Reese

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2023/11/08

Dr. Rhonda Glover Reese is a retired Supervisory Special Agent who served in the FBI for 34 years. She held various leadership roles from Program Manager/Program Coordinator, Supervisory Special Agent to Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC). She also had temporary duty assignments within the Senior Executive Service at FBIHQ. In part 1 of episode 11, Dr. Reese talks to us about her mother, a hidden figure! Yes, she was a mathematician for NASA! and how her mother was her inspiration. Dr. Reese

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Episode 10: Trailblazer Larissa Knapp

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2023/10/26

Larissa Knapp is the current Executive Assistant Director (EAD) of the FBI's National Security Branch. EAD Knapp is the highest-ranking FBI Special Agent and the first Asian American woman to achieve such branch. Talk about breaking the glass ceiling! EAD Knapp and I engage in a candid conversation about her life and career. Tune it to hear how a girl raised in New York climbed to the top and how she leads the FBI with excellence!

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The Israel-Hamas War with Special Guest Bob Dougherty

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2023/10/20

Special Guest Bob Dougherty, a retired CIA Operations Officer, with 26 years of Agency experience, 23 of which he spent undercover working terrorism matters, and I have a conversation about the Israel-Hamas war. We have a candid discussion and provide our thoughts on the war, perspectives based on working the Hamas threat and potential impact on the homeland, and talk about how to stay vigilant during these heightened state of security.

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Edición Especial: Doris Beaton

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2023/10/04

This is a Special Edition episode recorded in Spanish. Retired SSA Doris Beaton has 27 years of federal government experience, 25 of those dedicated to the FBI. Doris started her career in the FBI in 1997 as a Clerk at the HIDTA High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, then was promoted to FOIPA PA Paralegal Specialist. In the year 2000, she attended Quantico and became a Special Agent. During her career, Doris worked in San Juan, Puerto Rico and at HQ in Washington, DC. Doris worked investigations

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Episode 9, Part 2: No One is For Sale

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2023/09/27

Retired FBI Special Agent Ida D'Antonio Hangen shares with us her journey into the law enforcement world and talks to us about her 22-year career in the Bureau. Ida who had a remarkable 28 year career in law enforcement, worked against human trafficking, crimes against children, and Indian Country Crime. From heart-wrenching cases to tips that can save our children and teenagers, this episode is not to be missed! Listener discretion is advised as there is sensitive content related to violence,

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Episode 9, Part 1: No One is For Sale

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2023/09/20

Retired FBI Special Agent Ida D'Antonio Hangen shares with us her journey into the law enforcement world and talks to us about her 22-year career in the Bureau. Ida worked against human trafficking, crimes against children, and Indian Country Crime. In this episode we learn about Ida and what motivated her to join law enforcement, from becoming a probation officer, to a cross-trained firefighter and police officer, to joining the FBI! A true Badass! She then talks to us about human trafficking. From

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Episode 8: 9/11 - 22nd Anniversary- Let’s Never Forget

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2023/09/12

This episode is dedicated to everyone who was affected by the 9/11 terrorist attacks, to all of those who lost their lives that day, to their families, to everyone who responded from civilians to first responders, and to all of those whose lives were taken post 9/11 due to cancer and other health issues that arose from being at ground zero. Retired Special Agent Amy Loughney-Bytof, who had just joined the Bureau in 1998, and who was loving life in the Big Apple, joined me on the 22nd Anniversary of

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Episode 7: Let’s Follow the Money

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2023/09/06

Let's immerse ourselves in the world of retired Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) Debra LaPrevotte. SSA LaPrevotte is an expert in Kleptocracy! In her 20-year career with the FBI, she seized over one billion dollars from foreign corrupt officials. But, she did not just sit at a desk examining boxes and following the money trail, she also did some badass work for the Evidence Response Team (ERT) processing crime scenes and disaster scenes. From bank robberies to identifying corpses! Since her

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Episode 6, part 2:The world of an FBI hostage negotiator

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2023/08/30

In this episode, retired Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) Zorka Martinovich talks to us about some of the hostage cases she worked, some heartbreaking and some with a positive resolution. From kidnappings in the Caribbean to kidnappings by terrorist organizations, Zorka gets real. Perhaps my most thought-provoking content thus far, it'll get you thinking about the US hostage policies. Zorka also talks to us about her post-FBI life and some of the training that she has imparted.

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Episode 6, Part 1: Becoming an expert hostage negotiator

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2023/08/23

Retired FBI Supervisory Special Agent Zorka Martinovich, who has 30 years of public service experience, 22 of which were dedicated to the FBI mission, takes us on the hostage negotiation journey! Zorka is a renowned subject matter expert on hostage and crisis negotiations. Listen to the first part of our conversation and get immersed in her journey, from being born and raised in Chicago to becoming a hostage/crisis negotiator FBI. We conclude part 1 with her first hostage case! Make sure to tune in

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Episode 5: Let’s go to Quantico!

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2023/08/17

Retired Supervisory Special Agent Michelle Pickens takes us to Quantico. SSA Pickens has served the Bureau for 24 years, and since 2020, she has been an instructor at the FBI Academy. In this episode, SSA Pickens gives us a brief glimpse of her pre-Bureau life and talks about her motivations to join the FBI. She then takes us back to Silence of the Lambs and discusses what it's like to be an instructor at Quantico and what it's like to be an Agent at Quantico- taking us back to 1999 and bringing us

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Episode 4, Part 2: An FBI woman in Hoover,...

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2023/08/09

Retired FBI Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) Marella Ruelas and I have a conversation about her time as a Supervisor at Headquarters, the different units she worked, particularly the International Operations Division. Marella talks to me about what it was like being a woman at Hoover, Afghanistan and Quantico. We also discuss the benefits of working for the Bureau, recruitment of women New Agents, and her plans for the future as a retired FBI woman.

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Episode 4, Part I: Retired SSA Marella Ruelas takes...

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2023/08/02

Retired Supervisory Special Agent Marella Ruelas takes us into her law enforcement journey, from training with U.S. Marines to bringing down a corrupt Custom and Border Protection Inspector, who was working for the Gulf Cartel. Learn about the advantages of being bilingual in the Bureau and what it was like to be a woman opening up one of Puerto Rico's satellite offices!

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Episode 3: Off the Chain! From being undercover,...

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2023/07/26

Retired Supervisory Special Agent Tracy Bradford talks about her journey in the FBI, from her sources of inspiration, to being shot!, to making it all the way to the 7th floor of the Hoover building. She tells us about two undercover ops, her trips overseas, and what it was like to ascend the ladder at HQ. If you are looking for real advice and a mentor, don't miss the end of our conversation!

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Episode 2: Future Special Agent in Charge (SAC) in...

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2023/07/19

San Juan, Puerto Rico-based SSA "Claudia," a first generation Mexican-American, takes us through her journey from growing up in California and seeing her parents work hard so she could have a better future, to attending university and being recruited by the Bureau. She tells us her story about becoming an Intelligence Analyst and later changing her career to Special Agent and becoming a Supervisory Special Agent. Claudia joined the Bureau in 2011, as an Intelligence Analyst and after four years of

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Episode 1: From Medical Sales to becoming an FBI...

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2023/07/12

Retired Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) Nidia Gamba kicks off the Badass in Heels podcast! She will take us through her journey in the Bureau and will talk about how from being in medical sales she ended up work the 9/11 terrorist attacks and made it all the way to the Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) as an FBI Profiler. Listener discretion is advised for this episode as it contains language about terrorism and sexual assault.

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Welcome to Badass In Heels-Intro

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2023/06/01

Hi! I am Nancy Aguilar, a retired FBI Supervisory Special Agent, and your host. Here is a little intro into the world of Badass in Heels. I hope you come back once it's launched!

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