Fellow ridiculous historians, welcome to our classic episode for this week.

We have been going through a bit of a phase with tradecraft and spying and World War II

and all those off-camera shenanigans, backstage shenanigans that determine the course of history.

Max, is it fair to, am I, like, am I alone in this between you, me, and Noel?

Am I the only guy who's obsessed with spies in World War II?

No, it's awesome.

I mean, especially get the story.

I mean, this is literally where the idea James Bond came awesome. I mean, especially you get the story, I mean, this is literally where

the idea James Bond came from. I mean, this is what Fleming worked in intelligence in World

War II. This is where our fictionalized, you know, obsessive view of spies come from, is this

era in the things they were doing.

Yeah, yeah, well said.

We're going to meet a guy named Juan Pujo, originally volunteered to spy for the British during World War II, and they didn't take him seriously.

In today's classic episode, we are exploring the story of one of the most successful

double agents in modern history. We can't wait for you to hear it. As a matter of fact,

why delayed? Here it goes.

This is an I-Heart podcast. Guaranteed Human.

Ridiculous history is a production of I-Heart podcast. Guaranteed Human. Ridiculous history, we often explore the stories of con artists,

people who make their way through the world via subterfuge and deception.

We often talk about this in a villainous sense.

We talk about malicious con artists, you know, liars, fraudsters, things of that nature.

But today we're talking about a good sort of con, a con for the greater benefit of humanity.

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