635: Jack Barsky | Deep Undercover Pt. 2

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🗓️ 18 July 2017

⏱️ 47 minutes

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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; listen to part one here! The Cheat Sheet: We continue Jack Barsky's story that began in episode 633. 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... Full show notes at https://theartofcharm.com/635/ Find out more about the team who makes The Art of Charm podcast here! Distinctive style meets unique spirit in the all-new crossover Toyota C-HR. Check out Toyota.com/C-HR to learn more! Learn over 500 subjects (no tests or homework!) at The Great Courses Plus -- The Art of Charm listeners get one free month + 50% off three months here! Betterment is the largest independent online financial advisor. For one low, transparent fee, Betterment gives you personalized advice and invests your money. For a limited time, you can get up to six months managed for free -- learn more here! With pain-free invoicing, FreshBooks helps entrepreneurs and freelancers save time and avoid a lot of the stress that comes with running a small business. Try a month of unrestricted use for free here (no credit card required)! Enter ART OF CHARM in the How You Heard About Us section. Does your business have an Internet presence? Now save a whopping 50% on new webhosting packages here with HostGator by using coupon code CHARM! Free yourself from typing notes, reports, and documents by going with the transcriptionists we trust here at AoC: TranscriptionOutsourcing.net -- 99% or higher accuracy guaranteed! HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! If you dig the show, please subscribe in iTunes and write us a review! This is what helps us stand out from the crowd and help people find the credible advice they need. Review the show in iTunes! We rely on it! http://www.theartofcharm.com/mobilereview Stay Charming!

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0:00.0	When you have a really, really hard decision to make in life, do you have two alternatives?
0:04.6	And neither one is really that great.
0:07.0	So you kick the can down the road until there's a wall at the end of the road.
0:12.4	And you can't kick it anymore because if you do it, come right back that you'll hit you in the face.
0:23.9	Welcome to the art of charm.
0:25.6	I'm Jordan Harbinger.
0:26.8	I'm here with producer Jason to Philip.
0:29.1	On this episode, we're back with Jack Barski.
0:32.6	Jack Barski, author of Deep Under Cover, my secret life and tangled allegiances as a KGB spy in America.
0:39.7	All right, before we go any further, if you have not heard part one of this story from Jack Barski,
0:45.1	look in the episode feed.
0:46.6	Last week, Jack Barski part one, you need to listen to that first or this is just not going to make any sense.
0:51.8	Enter to priving yourself of the beginning of an amazing story.
0:56.0	And if you want to go there directly on the website, it's at the art of charm.com slash 633.
1:03.4	Last time we were here when we left off last week, KGB spy, Jack Barski had been trained in Moscow,
1:09.2	gotten schooled on how to pretend to be an American left his family in East Germany and just landed in Chicago.
1:16.6	Finally, stealing an identity of an American.
1:19.1	And on this episode, we're going to hear how he assimilated to American culture, how he managed to fool his family,
1:24.6	his friends, his colleagues into believing his false identity, as well as how Jack's double life and identity started to wear away at him.
1:32.4	How the allure of communism began to wane how his brainwashing started to wash away, if you will,
1:37.5	or just be brainwashing a different way.
1:39.6	I guess you could put it that way.
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