Former Russian Spy Reveals Confirms Russia’s Secret Brazil Operation Against the U.S

Change Agents with Andy Stumpf

IRONCLAD

Society & Culture

4.8 • 607 Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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On this episode , Andy talks with Jack Barsky, a former KGB spy, who lived undercover in the United States during the Cold War. Barsky details how the Soviet Union recruited and trained him, the high-stakes challenges of creating a new American identity, and the constant pressure of balancing a normal life with espionage. He recounts the dramatic moment the FBI caught up with him, the tactics he used to escape the KGB’s grip, and what his story reveals about the hidden world of Russian intelligence. Change Agents is an IRONCLAD Original Sponsors Firecracker Farm Use code IRONCLAD to get 15% off your first order at https://firecracker.farm/ AmmoSquared Visit https://ammosquared.com/ today for a special offer and keep yourself fully stocked. With over 100,000 members and thousands of 5-star ratings, Your readiness is their mission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.1	The KGB, while I was with them, shared practically nothing with me.
0:42.3	I didn't even know that I was a part of the directorate S. I had no idea what the structure of the KGB was.
0:46.3	But that information I acquired in hindsight,
0:50.3	putting pieces together, and reading up on journal, you know,
0:57.9	on material that described how the KGB operated.
1:07.6	Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back.
1:10.2	Hope you're ready for another episode of Change Agents,
1:14.2	an Ironclad original presented by Firecracker Farm. Now, let's dive in.
1:27.5	Here's a question for you. For somebody who, I mean, we'll get into your backstory. There's somebody who was an intelligence asset.
1:30.6	They were a spy.
1:31.7	Do you ever just stop being a spy?
1:34.1	I mean, honestly, how do people know that you're truly who you say you are?
1:40.3	You just got to trust me.
1:43.3	That's, I mean, pooh, that's a. All right to trust me. That's, I mean, who, that's a...
1:46.0	Right.
1:47.7	There's a little bit of proof here.
1:49.9	I passed a lie detector test for the FBI swears by that thing.
1:55.1	Okay.
1:55.8	Well, the FBI does.
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