286: Jack Barsky | Deep Undercover with a KGB Spy in America Part Two
The Jordan Harbinger Show
Jordan Harbinger
4.8 • 12.3K Ratings
🗓️ 5 December 2019
⏱️ 43 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 two of a two-part episode; part one can be found here!
What We Discuss with Jack Barsky:- We continue Jack Barsky's story that began in episode 285. Make sure you start there!
- How Jack handled a double life -- complete with two families.
- Why the once-powerful allure of Soviet-style communism began to wane over time for Jack.
- Why Jack decided to stay in the United States and become a "real" American.
- How Jack shook his KGB handlers.
- And so much more...
- And much more...
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the show, I'm Jordan Harbinger. |
| 0:06.8 | As always, I'm here with producer Jason DeFilippo. |
| 0:09.3 | On the Jordan Harbinger show, we decode the stories, secrets and skills of the world's |
| 0:12.8 | most brilliant and interesting people, and turn their wisdom into practical advice that |
| 0:17.2 | you can use to impact your own life and those around you. |
| 0:20.2 | I want you to become a better thinker and see the matrix when it comes to how these amazing |
| 0:23.8 | people think and behave. |
| 0:25.8 | If you're new to the show, we've got episodes with spies and CEOs, athletes and authors, |
| 0:30.2 | thinkers and performers, as well as toolboxes for negotiation, public speaking, body language, |
| 0:34.9 | persuasion and more. |
| 0:36.4 | So if you're smart and you like to learn and improve, you'll be right at home here with |
| 0:40.1 | us. |
| 0:41.1 | Now, part two with Jack Barcy, we are back with Jack Barzky, author of Deep Undercover, |
| 0:46.3 | my secret life, entangled allegiances as a KGB spy in America. |
| 0:51.0 | If you haven't heard part one, go back now and listen, you don't want to miss that, |
| 0:56.1 | and you are depriving yourself of an amazing story. |
| 0:59.1 | This is one of my favorite episodes of all time. |
| 1:01.8 | Last time we were here, KGB spy Jack Barzky had left his family in East Germany, gotten |
| 1:06.7 | schooled in Moscow and how to be an American or act like an American. |
| 1:10.5 | He's just landed in Chicago, stolen the identity of a deceased American child in order to |
| 1:16.5 | pose as an American. |
| 1:17.5 | Now, in part two, we're going to learn how he is simulated to American culture and speech, |
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