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Jack Barsky is a former KGB spy and author of "Deep Undercover: My Secret Life and Tangled Allegiances as a KGB Spy in America". Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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\nOUTLINE:
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\n(00:00) - Introduction
\n(06:52) - KGB
\n(19:43) - Communism
\n(38:45) - Childhood
\n(45:32) - Becoming a KGB agent
\n(1:24:04) - Training
\n(1:37:53) - Language
\n(1:43:45) - Moscow
\n(1:58:45) - Spying
\n(2:15:43) - Putin
\n(2:18:35) - War in Ukraine
\n(2:30:02) - Putin in the KGB
\n(2:36:56) - Yuri Bezmenov
\n(2:47:33) - FSB and CIA
\n(2:55:24) - Putin and Zelenskyy
\n(3:04:13) - Quitting the KGB
\n(3:30:32) - Love and regrets
\n(3:38:44) - Mortality