The Spies Who Invaded Suburbia | Coming To America | 1
The Spy Who
Wondery
4.6 • 669 Ratings
🗓️ 25 February 2025
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
It's 1999 and a mole reveals that deep-cover Russian spies are lurking in American suburbia. The FBI finds itself walking a tightrope to keep these spooks in check without exposing its man in Moscow. But the longer the Bureau watches, the more dangerous and numerous the fake Americans become, with one Anna Chapman making moves to get to the West.
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| 0:00.0 | Wonderry Plus subscribers can binge full seasons of the Spy Who early and add free on Apple Podcasts or the Wondery app. July 2010, Moscow, Russia. |
| 0:21.6 | 16-year-old Alex Foley stares out of the plane window as it taxis towards the gate and takes in his first sight of Russia. |
| 0:31.6 | Welcome to Moscow. The local time is 4.15 p.m. |
| 0:36.6 | A few weeks ago, Alex was looking forward to this moment. |
| 0:41.3 | This was supposed to be a family holiday to a country he had never visited before. But then the |
| 0:47.3 | FBI arrived at his family home in Massachusetts and arrested his parents for spying. The FBI insists his mum and dad are Russians who are posing as Canadians. |
| 0:59.0 | Alex thinks that's ridiculous, some kind of mix-up, a case of mistaken identity. |
| 1:05.0 | His parents are Canadian. He's Canadian. |
| 1:09.0 | The plane stops at the gate. |
| 1:12.2 | Around him, passengers start retrieving their luggage. |
| 1:15.7 | Alex glances hesitantly at his older brother Tim. |
| 1:19.1 | Where Alex is tall and dark like their father, Donald Heathfield, |
| 1:23.0 | Tim is short and blonde, like their mother, Tracy Foley. |
| 1:27.2 | He also looks younger than his 20 years. |
| 1:30.2 | Tim? |
| 1:30.9 | Yeah? |
| 1:31.6 | What's the plan? |
| 1:32.8 | I don't know. Let's just get off the plane. |
| 1:35.6 | Alex stands and pulls a jacket on over his ice hockey sweatshirt. |
| 1:39.4 | The boys were born in Canada, but now live in the USA. |
| 1:43.1 | At least they did until their parents' arrest turned their lives upside down. |
| 1:48.0 | Now their parents are in prison awaiting trial. |
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