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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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  OUTLINE:
  Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
  (00:00) - Introduction
  (06:52) - KGB
  (19:43) - Communism
  (38:45) - Childhood
  (45:32) - Becoming a KGB agent
  (1:24:04) - Training
  (1:37:53) - Language
  (1:43:45) - Moscow
  (1:58:45) - Spying
  (2:15:43) - Putin
  (2:18:35) - War in Ukraine
  (2:30:02) - Putin in the KGB
  (2:36:56) - Yuri Bezmenov
  (2:47:33) - FSB and CIA
  (2:55:24) - Putin and Zelenskyy
  (3:04:13) - Quitting the KGB
  (3:30:32) - Love and regrets
  (3:38:44) - Mortality

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