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Elvis Duran and the Morning Show ON DEMAND

The Backstory: The charming spy who got away with it all

Elvis Duran and the Morning Show ON DEMAND

Elvis Duran Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture, News, Music, Music History, Entertainment News, Comedy

4.71.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Espionage in the mid-1900s was very much like what you see in the early James Bond movies. Kim Philby, a British aristocrat and a notorious double agent lived a life a lot of us fantasize about. He was never arrested. But why…and what happened to him?

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0:00.0

All right, what motivates somebody to completely turn on their country to the point that they're willing to infiltrate deep inside the government and share top secret info with an enemy nation?

0:10.8

What about a guy who has it all?

0:12.6

Money, prestige, privilege?

0:14.8

He was one of the most dangerous double agents in British history.

0:18.7

Imagine a James Bond villain, and he got away with it.

0:22.6

I'm Patty Steele.

0:24.0

Kim Filby, charming everybody in the room while stabbing them in the back.

0:28.9

That's next on the backstory.

0:33.5

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0:39.5

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0:40.3

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0:53.0

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0:56.7

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1:02.5

terms apply in the aftermath of a transformative election like the one we just had is hard to read

1:08.8

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1:11.6

How did we get here? That's exactly what we're always trying to figure out on Fiasco,

1:16.6

a history podcast from the co-creators of Slow Burn. In our first season, Bush v. Gore,

1:21.7

we examine an unmistakable turning point in American politics, the 2000 election, which came down to a recount

1:28.6

in Florida and ended with one of the most controversial rulings in Supreme Court history.

1:33.4

In many ways, it's the beginning of the story we're living through right now.

1:37.3

So if you're trying to make sense at the present moment, check out Fiasco, Bush v. Gore,

1:41.8

and find out how a statistical tie in the Florida vote count

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