Podcast: Lex Fridman Podcast
Episode: Jack Barsky: KGB Spy | Lex Fridman Podcast #301
Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode, complete with an Amazon buy link and quotes from the episode.
Anne of Green Gables
Buy on Amazon"You've looked back at the predecessors and the history in writing your book; is there some way in which the KGB is grounded in the culture, the spirit, the soul of its predecessors? Oh, absolutely."
La père Goriot
Buy on Amazon"You know, I wanted to see Paris because I had fallen in love with Honore Balzac, who wrote- Balzac, yeah. A phenomenal set of novels that I just ate up."
Stalin's Master Narrative
Buy on Amazon"Interestingly enough, the first book I was given to read was the history of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Oh, so understand, yeah, that's interesting."
Winnie-the-Pooh
Buy on Amazon"And she gave me a book, 'Winnie the Pooh,' because we went to see the movie. And then she wrote the dedication, she says, 'To the nicest German I've ever met.'"