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Every book Jack Barsky recommended on podcasts
Key facts
- Jack Barsky has recommended or discussed 5 books on podcasts, as of January 8, 2024.
- Jack Barsky has talked about books on 2 podcasts, as of January 8, 2024.
- Those books came up in 2 episodes, as of January 8, 2024.
- The 3 books Jack Barsky has mentioned in the most episodes, as of January 8, 2024: How to Win Friends and Influence People, Pere Goriot and Perestroika.
- The latest episode with a book mention from Jack Barsky aired on January 8, 2024.
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Across 2 podcasts. Every show Jack Barsky appears on, in one place, not just one.
Jack Philip Barsky is a German-American author, former chief information officer at a Fortune 500 energy firm, and former operative of the KGB who spied on the United States from 1978 to 1988. Exposed after the Cold War had ended, Barsky became a resource for U.S. counterintelligence agencies and held executive technology roles at major U.S. corporations, remaining in the United States without criminal charges while publishing his autobiography Deep Undercover in 2017 and speaking frequently on espionage. On podcasts, Barsky discussed several books related to his life and historical events. He mentioned reading Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People when discussing people skills and his work with the KGB. He shared that his love for the novels of Honoré de Balzac inspired him to visit Paris, and noted that the first book assigned during his KGB training was the History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. He also discussed Mikhail Gorbachev's book on perestroika and glasnost regarding how East German rulers handled its print run, and recalled receiving a copy of A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh from a French Canadian woman during a trip to Canada.
Books Jack Barsky recommended or discussed
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How to Win Friends and Influence People
Discussed“one day was the uh the book by uh Dale Carnegie how to um make friends and influence people it's ironic isn't it”
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Pere Goriot
Discussed“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.”
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Perestroika
Discussed“When Gorbachev wrote his book about perestroika and glasnost the East German rulers did not like it. They were much more orthodox. So they had to print the books in translation. Guess where they wound up? They were piled up in the hallways of the Stasi. They bought the entire print run.”
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Stalin's Master Narrative
Discussed“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.”
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Winnie the Pooh (Winnie-the-Pooh)
Discussed“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."”
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Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| 412. True Stories From a Soviet Spy | Jack Barsky | The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast | 2024-01-08 | 1 |
| #301 – Jack Barsky: KGB Spy | Lex Fridman Podcast | 2022-07-09 | 4 |
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“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.'”