285: Jack Barsky | Deep Undercover with a KGB Spy in America Part One
The Jordan Harbinger Show
Jordan Harbinger
4.8 • 12.3K Ratings
🗓️ 3 December 2019
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Jack Barsky (@DeepCoverBarsky) joins us to discuss his book Deep Undercover: My Secret Life and Tangled Allegiances as a KGB Spy in America. This is part one of a two-part episode; part two airs later this week!
What We Discuss with Jack Barsky:- What Jack Barsky's childhood was like in postwar East Germany.
- The stickiness of Soviet-style communist ideology and how it appealed to young people on Jack's side of the Iron Curtain.
- How spies were recruited and trained during the Cold War.
- What skills Jack used to assimilate seamlessly into American culture.
- Why caution is a spy's best friend; paranoia is his enemy.
- And so much more...
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the show, I'm Jordan Harbinger. |
| 0:06.4 | As always I'm here with producer Jason DeFilippo. |
| 0:09.2 | On the Jordan Harbinger show we decode the stories, secrets and skills of the world's |
| 0:13.2 | most brilliant and interesting people, and turn their wisdom into practical advice that |
| 0:17.6 | you can use to impact your own life and those around you. |
| 0:20.8 | I want to help you become a better thinker and see the Matrix when it comes to how these |
| 0:24.1 | amazing people think and behave. |
| 0:26.4 | If you're new to the show we've got episodes with spies and CEOs, in fact this is one of |
| 0:30.2 | them. |
| 0:31.2 | Athletes and authors, thinkers and performers, as well as toolboxes for negotiation, |
| 0:35.2 | public speaking, body language persuasion, etc. |
| 0:38.0 | So look, if you're smart and you like to learn and improve then you're going to be right |
| 0:41.4 | at home here with us. |
| 0:42.7 | Today on the show, this is one of my favorites. |
| 0:44.8 | This is from the Vault. |
| 0:46.0 | I recorded it a few years ago. |
| 0:47.6 | It is a two-parter. |
| 0:48.6 | It is just one of my absolute favorites of all time. |
| 0:51.5 | Jack Barski. |
| 0:53.0 | Author of Deep Undercover, my secret life entangled allegiances as a KGB spy in America. |
| 0:59.2 | Now you know why I like it, right? |
| 1:00.7 | This is just unbelievable. |
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