Rick Kogan: ‘Underbelly’ podcast offers a most compelling tale of a most unlikely spy and his Chicago connections
CHICAGO — If you have never met a real spy in person — and who has? — you nevertheless carry an image of a spy in your mind and it may be that of James Bond, Napoleon Solo, Jason Bourne, George Smiley or maybe some combination of those and others.
There are a lot of fictional spies but none of them can prepare you for Dave Rupert, the compelling real-life centerpiece of a 12-part podcast series called “Underbelly: The Rebel Kind,” currently unfolding on various platforms.
New episodes come every Wednesday, each roughly an
