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The Eric Metaxas Show

Jack Barsky (Encore Continued)

The Eric Metaxas Show

Salem Podcast Network

Religion & Spirituality, News Commentary, Society & Culture, Christianity, News

4.63.6K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Jack Barsky tells the real-life spy story of how he came to America as a Soviet sleeper agent for the KGB, but started enjoying his new life in America so much he dangerously chose to leave his old life behind.

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0:00.0

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0:10.7

Learn how you can protect your wealth with noble gold investments. That's noblegoldinvestments.com. Welcome to the Eric Metaxus show. Did you ever see the movie The Blobs starring Steve McQueen?

0:33.1

The blood-curdling threat of the blob. Well way back when, Eric had a small part in that film,

0:39.0

but they had to cut his scene because the blob was supposed to eat him.

0:42.5

But he kept spitting him out.

0:44.2

Oh, the whole thing was just a disaster.

0:46.7

Anyway, here's the guy who's not always that easy to digest.

0:51.0

Eric, the Texas!

0:56.0

To continue my conversation with Jack Barski, absolutely fascinating story, the title of the book is

1:00.8

Deep Undercover, My Secret Life Entangled Allegiances as a KGB spy in America.

1:06.4

We haven't gotten to that really crazy part of the story yet.

1:09.5

Jack Barski, we were talking about your training

1:12.8

as a KGB agent. You're in Berlin. They're giving you all these assignments and so on and so forth.

1:18.4

And you study English. You choose English. At what point do you, do they realize that they may want to use you?

1:26.8

Yeah. I mean, because I still cannot believe that they may want to use you? Yeah.

1:36.6

I mean, because I still cannot believe that they sent you as a bona fide KGB spy to live in America among us.

1:38.0

This is like a Twilight Zone episode. And pretend to have been born here.

1:40.0

That is really the amazing thing.

1:43.4

So let's go back.

1:44.8

So you're still a KGB agent in training when we last left off?

1:48.3

And I study English like a maniac.

1:50.3

I threw myself into this.

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