"The Americans" Showrunners talk Russia, Reagan and the perils of period TV

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🗓️ 27 April 2017

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Joe Weisberg and Joel Fields, the creative duo behind the hit FX TV show "The Americans" discuss how their show came about, and why it's harder to tell a tale about Russian spying, now that the story is in the news.

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen, we invite you to meet the press.
0:03.6	Meet the press.
0:05.0	Meet the press.
0:06.0	Meet the press.
0:09.0	Welcome to 1947, the Meet the Press podcast.
0:11.8	My guests today are Joe Weisberg and Joel Fields.
0:14.6	They are the show runners for the hit series, The Americans,
0:19.2	which of course is on FX.
0:20.4	Many of you probably stream it many other ways.
0:22.8	It is now in its fifth season.
0:24.5	The show follows Philip and Elizabeth Jennings,
0:27.0	a family of secret Soviet spies living undercover in 1980s America.
0:32.8	Just imagine a time when tensions between Russia and the United States
0:36.7	were higher than they are now or were they higher.
0:41.2	Gentlemen, welcome to 1947.
0:44.0	Thanks very much for your time.
0:45.6	All right, so yes, I'm a super fan.
0:48.4	I will confess that I am a half episode behind.
0:53.6	Not a full episode behind, but about a half episode behind.
0:56.4	Let's start with just the overall concept of this show.
1:01.2	When did you first, who came up with it and when you did,
1:05.0	when did you start shopping the idea around?
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