The spy who changed the cold war

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🗓️ 1 October 2018

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Bestselling historical author Ben Macintyre talks to us about his new book, The Spy and the Traitor, which tells the remarkable story of a KGB double agent who risked his life to help the west during the Cold War Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:44.5	who they'd never seen, by the way.
0:45.7	They had very little idea what he looked like.
0:47.7	They would walk past him and eat a British chocolate bar, either a Mars bar or a Kit Kat.
0:53.3	Now, I mean, again, if you made this up in fiction, people would say,
0:56.6	nah, that's completely unbelievable.
0:59.8	That was Ben McIntyre describing one of the most remarkable espionage stories of the Cold War.
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