#301 – Jack Barsky: KGB Spy

Jack Barsky is a former KGB spy and author of "Deep Undercover: My
Secret Life and Tangled Allegiances as a KGB Spy in America".
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the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click
the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (06:52)
- KGB (19:43) - Communism (38:45) - Childhood (45:32) - Becoming a
KGB agent (1:24:04) - Training (1:37:53) - Language (1:43:45) -
Moscow (1:58:45) - Spying (2:15:43) - Putin (2:18:35) - War in
Ukraine (2:30:02) - Putin in the KGB (2:36:56) - Yuri Bezmenov
(2:47:33) - FSB and CIA (2:55:24) - Putin and Zelenskyy (3:04:13) -
Quitting the KGB (3:30:32) - Love and regrets (3:38:44) - Mortality