KGB agent explains recruitment process | Jack Barsky and Lex Fridman

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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".
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  • @chaffeecityusa1129
    @chaffeecityusa1129 Жыл бұрын

    Imagine the guys that didn't get caught. The stories they will never tell.

  • @damienholland8103

    @damienholland8103

    Жыл бұрын

    We hardly know anything. Bits and pieces from history. Some whistleblowers. That's it.

  • @ambikox3530

    @ambikox3530

    Жыл бұрын

    @M J Faulkner Actually, intelligence agencies are intentionally compartmentalized so that when one block becomes compromised, the entire structure doesn’t collapse.

  • @Michael_Scarn556

    @Michael_Scarn556

    Жыл бұрын

    @M J Faulkner ya that war on drugs is going great😂🤦‍♂️

  • @Nat3_H1gg3rs

    @Nat3_H1gg3rs

    Жыл бұрын

    Google hasn't been caught yet

  • @Daniel_25

    @Daniel_25

    Жыл бұрын

    @M J Faulkner did you not get the analogy that he responding to? Can you read?

  • @conradapplebeef208
    @conradapplebeef208 Жыл бұрын

    When he died laughing after lex said how do you know that I’m not a secret agent, it caused a genuine lol out of me

  • @InnocentFormalities

    @InnocentFormalities

    Жыл бұрын

    He’s mossad he is an agent

  • @brentfellers9632

    @brentfellers9632

    Жыл бұрын

    And concern 😟

  • @jongriggs6622

    @jongriggs6622

    Жыл бұрын

    He is an agent but for Israel not Russia.

  • @penelopegarcia7413

    @penelopegarcia7413

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jongriggs6622 no he is double agent

  • @nimmha6708

    @nimmha6708

    4 күн бұрын

    @@jongriggs6622 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 good one

  • @nunyabisniz8047
    @nunyabisniz8047 Жыл бұрын

    While watching the podcast, he legitimately felt like a well meaning uncle telling a mundane story. it made me drop my guard. THIS GUYS IS GOOD, even after retired, you just like talking to him.

  • @johnaddi6654
    @johnaddi6654 Жыл бұрын

    Just found you yesterday Lex and have already seen so many of your videos. Love your style unique and different and overall original; a true breath of fresh air.

  • @jdgoesham5381
    @jdgoesham5381 Жыл бұрын

    Lex is seriously on his way to becoming a legendary interviewer with interviews like this. Great stuff(as always).

  • @user-zd3ts4yj8r

    @user-zd3ts4yj8r

    Жыл бұрын

    In my opinion Lex's podcast has high quality guests. His interviewing skills don't need to be legendary. Lex is knowledgeable and appears to quickly grasp complex concepts that his guests are known for, and that is what makes the podcast work.

  • @JR-ii5de

    @JR-ii5de

    Жыл бұрын

    @@user-zd3ts4yj8r I agree with you. In this clip alone I asked why he was interrupting the guest like 15 times....

  • @chaffeecityusa1129

    @chaffeecityusa1129

    Жыл бұрын

    Both of these dudes work for the same guy 😆

  • @JR-ii5de

    @JR-ii5de

    Жыл бұрын

    @@chaffeecityusa1129 ?

  • @tylerdavis849

    @tylerdavis849

    Жыл бұрын

    Raise your standards please, kind sturgeon.

  • @johnburman966
    @johnburman966 Жыл бұрын

    As a student in South Africa many years ago, there were all kinds of informers. I had nothing to hide but we all had a 6th sense about random acquaintances. Anyone too friendly for no reason, asking about your hobbies etc. Normal people are too full of themselves to be that interested. I despise these skunks in any country.

  • @juspagg

    @juspagg

    Жыл бұрын

    "Normal people are too full of themselves to be that interested" word on.

  • @petecabrina

    @petecabrina

    Жыл бұрын

    That is a pretty cynical take on people, and even implies a pretty toxic type of environment to be in, that someone asking you about your hobbies is suspicious lol

  • @johnburman966

    @johnburman966

    Жыл бұрын

    @@petecabrina Not cynical, but I have become good at picking out phonies. I respect honesty.

  • @johnburman966

    @johnburman966

    Жыл бұрын

    @@petecabrina Of course this was late 1960's. There was this posh english guy, dressed all arty, used to know all the english sounding students on the campus ( university of of Cape Town) I thought he was ok, bit of a nerd. Many years later a friend told me this guy was a skunk. Many British agents in South Africa too, one did a bad thing to a girl I knew, but that's another story.

  • @petecabrina

    @petecabrina

    Жыл бұрын

    @@johnburman966 dodgy posh English guy is enough for me, most of them are full of sh*t. So why were they scouring campuses for info back then?

  • @TEETIMEE
    @TEETIMEE Жыл бұрын

    I love listening to two spies talking to each other

  • @rfrakctured

    @rfrakctured

    Жыл бұрын

    Read Susan Lindauer's book: *Extreme Prejudice* where she details her work as the primary CIA backchannel to Iraq in 2001. Susan Lindauer was one of the first people indicted under The Patriot Act. She was held in military prison and went 5 years without trial. Since her release, she has made numerous appearances in the independent media as a 9/11 whistleblower exposing US pre-war intelligence about WMDs, Terrorism, and Iraq's full diplomatic cooperation on all fronts. If you think this KGB interview was deep stuff, I refer you Susan's 2011 speech outlining her role in peace negotiations to help lift economic sanctions- and the consequences she faced for revealing that American and Israeli intelligence knew exactly what was coming on 9/11. She takes 30 minutes of live audience questions at the end. Now THAT'S some good spy stuff. kzread.info/dash/bejne/pYqcl6SgmKzXfJs.html

  • @TEETIMEE

    @TEETIMEE

    Жыл бұрын

    @@rfrakctured okay I will now thanks

  • @ittybittybunnymilkies6577

    @ittybittybunnymilkies6577

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@rfrakcturedmuch appreciated

  • @nokiot9
    @nokiot9 Жыл бұрын

    Only lex can call 40+min a “clip” ❤️

  • @torchtitan7108

    @torchtitan7108

    Жыл бұрын

    Well its less than 40 minutes so

  • @ronmka8931

    @ronmka8931

    Жыл бұрын

    @@torchtitan7108 literally 1min less than 40

  • @torchtitan7108

    @torchtitan7108

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ronmka8931 crazy how it’s nowhere near over 40 minutes

  • @torchtitan7108

    @torchtitan7108

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ronmka8931 the point is the comment says the clip is over 40 minutes when it’s not even at 40 minutes

  • @ethanallen1236

    @ethanallen1236

    Жыл бұрын

    @@torchtitan7108 I bet you’re fun at parties

  • @ag4832
    @ag48329 ай бұрын

    Let's appreciate the PERFECT AMERICAN ACCENT he has. The training these people went through must be absurd.

  • @trixdream

    @trixdream

    Ай бұрын

    for a older german speaking guy that is actually insane. normally they sound more like klaus schwab. 😅

  • @Joker-no1uh

    @Joker-no1uh

    Ай бұрын

    Definitely not perfect. The German comes through sometimes.

  • @CNCTEMATIC

    @CNCTEMATIC

    10 күн бұрын

    The guy's "th" sounds are clearly not native, amongst several vowels

  • @trevorbird9907
    @trevorbird9907 Жыл бұрын

    Two agents talking, amazing

  • @penelopegarcia7413

    @penelopegarcia7413

    Жыл бұрын

    Lol lex melius agente fore... alter guy est fake.

  • @DG-oo8zf

    @DG-oo8zf

    2 ай бұрын

    You sense it too, right?

  • @AlexKarasev
    @AlexKarasev Жыл бұрын

    When Jack Barsky mentioned remembering his meal reminded me of the character in Matrix talking to agent Smith about how he likes his steak.

  • @jf7243
    @jf7243 Жыл бұрын

    Quite a fascinating interview; I loved the way Alex got his subject to open up. He revealed his weaknesses so freely! Vanity, pride, desire, sport, lust, greed; it was all there! Just fabulous. And then you’re left wondering what good such a brilliant chemist might have made to world productivity.

  • @colehenderson9952

    @colehenderson9952

    Жыл бұрын

    You right except the guy straight up said “I’ve never hid any of myself from anyone” so idk if it was lex opening him up. Anyway I’m lonely and feeling like I’m right is important to me, have a good one

  • @jf7243

    @jf7243

    Жыл бұрын

    @@colehenderson9952 no worries man, no offended. Funny thing is about spies and spooks, he said that, but surely the life of a spook is to hide one’s identity, work,and motives from all and sundry. Keep well and be blessed. There is One who cares more than a brother.

  • @TheNattybohman

    @TheNattybohman

    Жыл бұрын

    @@colehenderson9952 hey man I hope you have a good day tomorrow

  • @WSK1234

    @WSK1234

    Жыл бұрын

    It’s not everyday one sees a civil discourse on KZread

  • @PhysicsGaunt

    @PhysicsGaunt

    Жыл бұрын

    what the fuck is this comment, why would you call him "his subject" lol

  • @n7warhound885
    @n7warhound885 Жыл бұрын

    For a guy who proclaimed superior intellect and his mastery of a situation in one statement then in the next statement say… I had no idea at the time… is very telling. He knew exactly what the secret police were doing to people and if the Cold War turned out differently his tale would be in another light

  • @girthbrooks39

    @girthbrooks39

    Жыл бұрын

    A lot inside wink winks going on between these two tribesmen. It's no coincidence that a major aspect of this whole ordeal was never discussed. That being the fact that he's a 'you know Hew', which is not at all an insignificant component to the story. Of course one 'you know Hew' wouldn't coax that out of another.

  • @PhysicsGaunt

    @PhysicsGaunt

    Жыл бұрын

    You can have great intellect and still lack information

  • @emmano6340

    @emmano6340

    Жыл бұрын

    i don't think you got the point m8

  • @scott19087

    @scott19087

    Жыл бұрын

    Let me guess, you go to college?

  • @edmundduke1296

    @edmundduke1296

    Жыл бұрын

    @@girthbrooks39oy vey

  • @luminousfractal420
    @luminousfractal420 Жыл бұрын

    "i fell for myself. hook, line and sinker" what a comment 😍 There's a very unused cafe in a overly large building here in Puerto Rico called the kgb cafe..always has me wondering🤣 More seriously there's a large warehouse here that's always powered up, always in the exact same state of disrepair for ten years now (clean but old looking), and the doors never ever are open, the truck or two in the courtyard never move, never get more dusty or old looking. Property here costs a fortune in the center of the city...I do wonder how it affords itself given it doesn't seem to be functioning, active but not functioning.

  • @NonBathingApe6969

    @NonBathingApe6969

    Жыл бұрын

    🇷🇺

  • @younes2415

    @younes2415

    Жыл бұрын

    Or could be cartel...

  • @smallfry9829

    @smallfry9829

    Жыл бұрын

    What’s the address to this building?

  • @NonBathingApe6969

    @NonBathingApe6969

    Жыл бұрын

    Good luck

  • @matapka

    @matapka

    Жыл бұрын

    Set it on fire!!!!!!!! ,🔥 And find out.

  • @todordaskalov
    @todordaskalov Жыл бұрын

    Lex, please tell us about how you first got contacted by the KGB?

  • @emowookie9337

    @emowookie9337

    Жыл бұрын

    Patreon

  • @Theboxingdungeon

    @Theboxingdungeon

    Жыл бұрын

    @@emowookie9337 what did he say

  • @matthewanderson1308
    @matthewanderson1308 Жыл бұрын

    I cannot stop watching this.

  • @dadamager3000
    @dadamager3000 Жыл бұрын

    really interesting one, and brilliant interviewing too

  • @floowfs714
    @floowfs714 Жыл бұрын

    My drummer teacher used to tell me stories about how he got a „talk“ with stasi he sayed the so called „talk“ was held in another language while you were beaten to a pulb, you had to sign contracts you counselor understand etc etc

  • @desssval
    @desssval Жыл бұрын

    NKVD later KGB created Stasi and trained its leading officers. The relations between them resembled relations between headquarters and a country branch. Autonomy and local specifics were observed but lines of control were very clear.

  • @KRaikkonenSF

    @KRaikkonenSF

    Жыл бұрын

    Relations deteriorated with time, the 50s were not the 80s.

  • @danielfloyd9742
    @danielfloyd9742 Жыл бұрын

    Now that you watched 38 minutes of it, go watch the rest, it's fantastic

  • @justinsmith3854

    @justinsmith3854

    Жыл бұрын

    just realised this was 38 minutes...

  • @voyageeats1409

    @voyageeats1409

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes dad

  • @Wendy____
    @Wendy____ Жыл бұрын

    Great interview. Thanks.

  • @sammcpeak6854
    @sammcpeak6854 Жыл бұрын

    Got a Space Force recruiting ad before the vid, nice.

  • @darthnihilus511
    @darthnihilus511 Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely fascinating

  • @giannisupafly
    @giannisupafly Жыл бұрын

    Love how he always nearly switch into talking German.

  • @Hummingbird_Singer
    @Hummingbird_Singer Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely fascinating.

  • @linuspleasedont8861
    @linuspleasedont8861 Жыл бұрын

    I bought his book and read it. Indeed one of the best book I ever read.

  • @scottenosh4548
    @scottenosh4548 Жыл бұрын

    Interrogating the inept interrogator. I can see why Jack was selected. I really am beginning to love this channel.

  • @PhysicsGaunt

    @PhysicsGaunt

    Жыл бұрын

    I think it's called a interview

  • @jk76111

    @jk76111

    Жыл бұрын

    ????

  • @MS-up6uj
    @MS-up6uj Жыл бұрын

    He is surely charismatic.❤️

  • @nicknoss5341

    @nicknoss5341

    Ай бұрын

    Gotta be to be a spy. 😊

  • @stanmarge6326
    @stanmarge6326 Жыл бұрын

    I put a 70% odd on the fact that Lex is actually a Russian agent

  • @vadimsegida2320

    @vadimsegida2320

    Жыл бұрын

    Slavic haircut gives him away?)

  • @onlyinyaks

    @onlyinyaks

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah he’s already said he’s not 100% planning on making it back out of Russia lol I’m assuming that means the “interview trip” is his ticket to the homeland before shit cracks off 😂 I’m also drunk so ignore me

  • @hsundthhzthn985

    @hsundthhzthn985

    Жыл бұрын

    @@RabbitConfirmed That is a possibility or ya know he could also just enjoy his homeland....

  • @Ira__L

    @Ira__L

    Жыл бұрын

    @@hsundthhzthn985 yep, he could enjoy 15 years in a homely prison if he says 'war' instead of 'special military opeartion'

  • @johnsheetz6639

    @johnsheetz6639

    Жыл бұрын

    @@onlyinyaks me too.

  • @spiritea5640
    @spiritea5640 Жыл бұрын

    Great movie to learn about Stasi is « The lives of others ».

  • @KidLoveWax
    @KidLoveWax Жыл бұрын

    7:42 "Das unsichtbare Visier" great Soundtrack by Walter Kubiczeck

  • @benjaminrichard7741
    @benjaminrichard7741 Жыл бұрын

    3:49 there’s that word security again Hahahahaha

  • @obiwanyutuben
    @obiwanyutuben Жыл бұрын

    I'm fascinated for 99% of this. But he has some little comments like the food at the hotel and how he figured out it was the govt that came to his room which don't ring true to me. But I wouldn't be surprised if the story has been massaged or altered for whatever reasons. Time tends to be friendly to war stories.

  • @rickys4371
    @rickys4371 Жыл бұрын

    Fridman…Lex Fridman 21st century 007 no question,keep killing it Lex you’re a legend.

  • @shoutitallloud
    @shoutitallloud Жыл бұрын

    I think I once saw a movie with very similar plot. Was his biography ever screen played?

  • @driplerthadripper
    @driplerthadripper Жыл бұрын

    I love how a kgb spy in America can just be on an American podcast no strings attached apparently

  • @bickyboo7789

    @bickyboo7789

    Жыл бұрын

    He's an ex-KGB agent. KGB was replaced with the FSB after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

  • @driplerthadripper

    @driplerthadripper

    Жыл бұрын

    @@bickyboo7789 i dont need a history lesson mate im very aware ,replaced or renamed and assimilated in to...same people same agenedas different name

  • @danielanderson9995

    @danielanderson9995

    Жыл бұрын

    americans 🙄🙄

  • @Holiday_Ringo

    @Holiday_Ringo

    Жыл бұрын

    It appears hes part of a protected class lol

  • @jk76111

    @jk76111

    Жыл бұрын

    @@driplerthadripper lmfaooo so defensive💀💀

  • @inesemelke7275
    @inesemelke7275 Жыл бұрын

    So, so interesting 🙌

  • @dragospahontu
    @dragospahontu Жыл бұрын

    When I was in University, I was approached by both Romanian internal & external secret services. They were interested in me, because I knew how to speak Russian fairly well.

  • @javanesemystic

    @javanesemystic

    Жыл бұрын

    Cool

  • @DaDudeClub

    @DaDudeClub

    Жыл бұрын

    We told you to keep quiet about all that, tovarăşe...

  • @richardarnez4932

    @richardarnez4932

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah that never happened

  • @just_winston7779

    @just_winston7779

    Жыл бұрын

    Same

  • @jpw6984

    @jpw6984

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah I remember when they happened to me just after I disembarked the space shuttle

  • @redsofaanimation
    @redsofaanimation Жыл бұрын

    Amazing interview!! This reminds me of the manga Spy x Family

  • @SubtractZero
    @SubtractZero Жыл бұрын

    In the U.S., we have *too many* tenured professors. More than half of them have no real-world experience in the subjects they are teaching, which means the education you're paying 10's of $1,000's for is hugely flawed. For a primary education, this is fine. But you're supposed to get a better education in university, which we are not getting.

  • @richardhands904

    @richardhands904

    Жыл бұрын

    Citation needed

  • @SailorGerry

    @SailorGerry

    Ай бұрын

    Yes, and these tenured professors with 'no real world experience' are advisors to the US government at the highest levels and then one wonders why our foreign policy, and relations are such a mess. 'No real world experience' - beware of those in ivory towers.

  • @badstar9670
    @badstar9670 Жыл бұрын

    You are definitely the best. High 5!

  • @sxanep
    @sxanep Жыл бұрын

    "I'm a storyteller and became pretty comfortable at lying later". And now we have to guess how many of his stories are true.

  • @pgpro8691

    @pgpro8691

    Жыл бұрын

    I doubt he has to make up or embellish much considering the life he lived. There’s gotta be enough crazy shit in there already, that there’s no need to lie.. but u never know.

  • @hisoka1577

    @hisoka1577

    Жыл бұрын

    @@pgpro8691 You are right

  • @truthtime4924

    @truthtime4924

    Жыл бұрын

    @@pgpro8691 once an agent you’ll always be an agent he probably still doing his job if not he’d be dead a long time ago

  • @tysonscham

    @tysonscham

    Жыл бұрын

    @@truthtime4924 not when the government you were an agent for falls

  • @edmundduke1296

    @edmundduke1296

    Жыл бұрын

    @@truthtime4924 considering his employer no longer exists, I doubt it.

  • @stefan2serb
    @stefan2serb Жыл бұрын

    This was absolutely fascinating

  • @vicentef514
    @vicentef514 Жыл бұрын

    great interview lex

  • @HALODMG
    @HALODMG Жыл бұрын

    Anybody have the link of the agent podcast

  • @delphipascal
    @delphipascal Жыл бұрын

    To clarify, I've been at university in the UK for 5 years and have been taught by 3 professors and only in the last 2 years of my degrees.

  • @Aurelisk
    @Aurelisk Жыл бұрын

    Starts at 3:30

  • @Arkstromater
    @Arkstromater Жыл бұрын

    Imagine moving to another country , speaking their language and eventually losing your foreign accent…..but I imagine this man had to speak like an American from the jump

  • @Kuro-he2zx

    @Kuro-he2zx

    Жыл бұрын

    I didn't know him before watching the video, but right at the start of the video I realized his german accent while talking english and therefore was confused. I can't believe he could get through as a spy, with the first sentence his english was suspicious.

  • @adrianalexandrov7730

    @adrianalexandrov7730

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Kuro-he2zx you don't have to have perfect speak, just a good legend which would explain your accent. Plenty of Germans moved to US back then.

  • @BichaelStevens

    @BichaelStevens

    Жыл бұрын

    We wud laik sree biers, please

  • @XxMidnightToker420xX
    @XxMidnightToker420xX Жыл бұрын

    I remember when we first moved to the United States from the soviet union my parents constantly bought watermelons. No matter what day it was if you opened the fridge there was always a watermelon in there. When I asked my mom about it later on when I was older why we had so much watermelon and why they don't buy it as often anymore. And she pretty much told me there never was watermelon back home and it was so rare to see good watermelon that that had it once a year if they got lucky to get one and it was decent and sweet. Mom told me my dad lost his shit when he seen that watermelon was around all year long in abundance the supermarket never ran out it had no seeds and was sweet as sugar. Watermelon wasn't the only thing there was alot of stuff my parents bought constantly because they never had it like that. For my mom it was coffee. I was maybe 13-14 when my mom explained this all to me and I really didn't think anything of it I was just like ok whatever. It wasn't until I was in college and started really getting into history and literature I started reading more "adult books" and it was only then that I finally realized how hard it really was over there growing up I was only 2 when we left so I didn't really get to experience it. I went back when I was 6 and again at 13 and from there I went ever single year during summer break even by then 4 years after we left Ukraine had already become more western food wasn't a problem and things were much easier to get. All though I do remember the first time my mom packed like 3 boxes of lucky charms and some kind of jurassic park themed cereal because that was the movie to watch that year if I recall correctly. Now that I think about it they must have not had American cereal yet and my mom knew I would freak when I found out so she planned ahead lmfao I can't believe that memory just came back to me. I can vividly remember being at my grandpa's dacha sitting at the table and pouring the cereal into the bowl and seeing the jurras8c park box and I also remember the milk came from a cow from the neighbor 2 doors down and it tasted fucking amazing it came in a big like 10 gallon metal bucket and you could see the fat floating at the top it looked like oil in water and it had a slight off white color to the milk and it was like room temperature and I used to microwave my milk so it was a win for me. But man did that milk taste good it was so creamy and had a good amount of fat in it. Best cereal iv ever had. I still to this day add alil half and half into my cereal to somehow replicate the taste but it's not even close to the real thing. Crazy how the human brain works thanks for bringing this memory back for me to the front of my mind 🙂

  • @jrcs7

    @jrcs7

    Жыл бұрын

    Interesting. But Ukraine is going down for good.

  • @Itsmeeee12345

    @Itsmeeee12345

    Жыл бұрын

    Welcome to America

  • @gavinconway1423

    @gavinconway1423

    Жыл бұрын

    You fried as shit writing this lmaoooo. Great story, thanks for that

  • @dimadobrik4516

    @dimadobrik4516

    Жыл бұрын

    Pleeeeeease put more effort into your style of writing. Ten paragraph sentences are terrible to read

  • @trtvitor1385

    @trtvitor1385

    Жыл бұрын

    @@dimadobrik4516 It’s a KZread comment. Why don’t you buy him grammarly if it’s so hard for you.

  • @lead111
    @lead111 Жыл бұрын

    Lex clips need their own clip channel

  • @SDRDS96169
    @SDRDS961697 ай бұрын

    My connection with James Bond is like a fairytale, no joke, the coincidences are just.. ❤

  • @NonBathingApe6969
    @NonBathingApe6969 Жыл бұрын

    12:44 he made his KGB comrades proud by that nasty fart he blasted this reporter with 😆 hahaha

  • @lukasethan6429
    @lukasethan6429 Жыл бұрын

    What I wouldn’t give to sit down and have a dinner with Jack. As far as mindset, interests (basketball) and our approach to complex situations, we are very similar. What an excellent person and experience. Thanks Lex, always impressed.

  • @C4RL1NN

    @C4RL1NN

    Жыл бұрын

    You are afraid and shy around women and you’re halfway decent at basketball. So unique. Lol I’m kidding. That was me talking to a mirror really lol. Anyway, what do you think of Lex? I’ve been seeing LOTS of people recommending him but the vids I’ve seen of him aren’t all that great. This one is interesting but Alex never seems very interested in the conversations he’s initiated. He’s always half asleep and asking half assed questions. Maybe I’ve just not been watching the right videos/interviews of his??

  • @thedawapenjor
    @thedawapenjor Жыл бұрын

    If this is a clip I'm scared of what full episode is

  • @anewdayali2538
    @anewdayali2538 Жыл бұрын

    The only thing I didn’t believe was when he said there was two things he didn’t like doing was when he would be sent someone to get information, I feel like why he didn’t like it because he was given the job to infiltrate and then I bet those people got taken out.. and that’s why he didn’t like it

  • @thetomschaeffer
    @thetomschaeffer Жыл бұрын

    How is this guy not in a US federal prison?

  • @jacobheavin

    @jacobheavin

    Жыл бұрын

    He gave away everything he new to the us government what he new about his own government

  • @mohammedalbj112
    @mohammedalbj112 Жыл бұрын

    Very interesting guests, I would love to add a request and I know you will accept it with an open mind, please lower the interruptions and add-ons when the guest is speaking and telling a story, it's very distracting and it really takes the conversation somewhere else.

  • @DaveDott
    @DaveDott Жыл бұрын

    In London April's a spring month...

  • @vikvik7262
    @vikvik7262 Жыл бұрын

    bruh when he started speaking german fluently out of nowhere caught me off guard lol

  • @patriciapalmer1377
    @patriciapalmer1377 Жыл бұрын

    I excelled and had an entire family that put me in my place ! Good thing you're smart, you'll never make it on your looks. You're not a doctor yet ? I'm 10 ! So? Short isn't a factor..it was always said tongue in cheek with a laugh, however.

  • @justinw2232

    @justinw2232

    Жыл бұрын

    Death by a thousand cuts

  • @ekay4495

    @ekay4495

    Ай бұрын

    Bro what? You alright?

  • @chris1082386
    @chris1082386 Жыл бұрын

    Lex will be great in the new Blues brothers movie ;)

  • @DVZ-one_three
    @DVZ-one_three Жыл бұрын

    Colonel call Snake and Otacon!...Ocelot is already on his way..I think theres some new plans/blueprints for a new Metal Gear

  • @hellaacapella
    @hellaacapella Жыл бұрын

    Lex sounds like a perfect mix between a scholarly Russian guy and dr. Steve brule

  • @dandare1001

    @dandare1001

    Жыл бұрын

    Now that you mention it, he really does sound like Dr. Steve Brule, at times. That's pretty funny.

  • @jonas.9210
    @jonas.9210 Жыл бұрын

    Can someone explain to me why his answer „yes but not as a chemist“ at 9:20 was so smart? Seems like a normal answer to me

  • @Abuyahya98

    @Abuyahya98

    Жыл бұрын

    Because the person interviewing him was trying to be coy and he understood that there was a reason for this person to be asking these questions in such a way instead of outright asking if he wants to work for espionage and if you ask if someone wants to work for the country and they give a answer like "yes but not as a chemist" that reveals that you probably would want to work to defend that country you are in whether that be in espionage in this case

  • @jonas.9210

    @jonas.9210

    Жыл бұрын

    Alright it makes sense now thanks man

  • @Abuyahya98

    @Abuyahya98

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jonas.9210 no problem dude language can be nuanced sometime if you dont understand context haha

  • @The_Not_So_Great_Cornholio
    @The_Not_So_Great_Cornholio Жыл бұрын

    A later-career Ben Gazzara would have made a great Jack Barsky.

  • @gsus3918
    @gsus3918 Жыл бұрын

    Me: Being added to the watch list.

  • @robertwildes3082
    @robertwildes3082 Жыл бұрын

    Jack's book was very interesting.

  • @Andreianable

    @Andreianable

    Жыл бұрын

    Complete garbage

  • @Abel-wb4xk
    @Abel-wb4xk Жыл бұрын

    I painted a former us spy’s house. He was one of the most fascinating people I’ve ever had the pleasure of talking to.

  • @brent2004

    @brent2004

    Жыл бұрын

    Please elaborate id love to know more

  • @emowookie9337

    @emowookie9337

    Жыл бұрын

    @@brent2004 Abel interrogated him before killing him.

  • @getmeoutofsanfrancisco9917

    @getmeoutofsanfrancisco9917

    Жыл бұрын

    My moms British husband (who was British Army) has a friend who was MI6. Another friend of his was an American test pilot with connections to Skunkworks allegedly. Them and their families always celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners with us at his house every year. Plum pudding galore lol Interesting conversations for sure though. Off topic but I find Brits celebrating American Thanksgiving and even Independence Day a little funny lol.

  • @bobufo5729

    @bobufo5729

    Жыл бұрын

    I thought you aren’t supposed to share that stuff. Is Lockheed gonna be on his ass now I’d guess he signed a nda

  • @PhyllisLiao
    @PhyllisLiao Жыл бұрын

    Awesome story

  • @sebastianmelmoth7331
    @sebastianmelmoth7331 Жыл бұрын

    When will we realise… going off the norm means the masses will come after you!

  • @darkno6493
    @darkno6493 Жыл бұрын

    Disclaimer- most spies/agents aren’t this big headed nor claim to be super intelligent. They are the least impressive individuals on the train.

  • @SaumBodhi

    @SaumBodhi

    Жыл бұрын

    Depends what their function is.

  • @ericm1462

    @ericm1462

    Жыл бұрын

    And you know this huh?

  • @joshraleigh101
    @joshraleigh101 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome

  • @scottcoley1906
    @scottcoley1906 Жыл бұрын

    Anyone else think that this looks like a interrogation instead of a interview since Barsky has the 1950's black tie with the black F.B.I. issue G-man suit on all the way down to the hair cut? 🤣🤣🤣

  • @dimadobrik4516

    @dimadobrik4516

    Жыл бұрын

    I think you might have something mixed up

  • @dicksyphilis3914
    @dicksyphilis39146 ай бұрын

    This guy’s life reminds me of a movie I saw. I can’t remember which movie.

  • @alanhoff89
    @alanhoff89 Жыл бұрын

    I thought I was the only one rocking a cereal bowl haircut

  • @javanesemystic
    @javanesemystic Жыл бұрын

    OMG i thought it was cool to get a visit from the Stasi at your dorm & get recruited to write profiles & get West German mags perks (HIRE MEEEEE) until Jack started talking about relatives stuff. Thank you both Jack & Lex 🙏🏼🙏🏼 I'll stick with the model railroads thanks 🤣🤣

  • @rustyshack1707

    @rustyshack1707

    Жыл бұрын

    This comment is so incoherent that you’re either a bot or someone with a very selective fluency in English. Suspicious comment is suspicious.

  • @javanesemystic

    @javanesemystic

    Жыл бұрын

    @@rustyshack1707 awesome this is the second time this year I've been mistaken for being a bot 🤖🤖

  • @dimadobrik4516

    @dimadobrik4516

    Жыл бұрын

    If you thought it was cool being a part of this organisation theres seriously something wrong with you. Getting paid to be a treacherous as*hole

  • @acidsurfers
    @acidsurfers Жыл бұрын

    Strange how Lex looks at the camera instead of the subject when he asks questions

  • @DG-oo8zf
    @DG-oo8zf2 ай бұрын

    Lex IS. Regular boy, with a lot of knowledge on sciences, a good hand combat foundation, good inquisitor, taking notes as he goes, building a social network and yes with a background. I would highly suspect of him being one. Notice that the old timer kind of notices the traits.

  • @themultiverse2992
    @themultiverse2992 Жыл бұрын

    I wish you asked him if he has seen a movie called "Goodbye Lenin"

  • @israelbonnard
    @israelbonnard Жыл бұрын

    Damn.. He sounds as Giorgio Moroder

  • @blicky35
    @blicky35 Жыл бұрын

    Why is every answer he gave the FBI some James Bond punch line. This dude got compromised and started squealing and it only took a chance at a do over in life. The NSA agent monitoring me would never. 😤

  • @origintrackz5235

    @origintrackz5235

    Жыл бұрын

    You'd be surprised the NSA and the other letter boys flip people all the time!!

  • @KAPANGAAAMASTER
    @KAPANGAAAMASTER Жыл бұрын

    THAT CODE I DON'T REMEMBER

  • @remy-

    @remy-

    Жыл бұрын

    Somewhat suspicious 🤨😂

  • @KAPANGAAAMASTER

    @KAPANGAAAMASTER

    Жыл бұрын

    @@remy- yeah he shouted it loud

  • @VBH8888
    @VBH8888 Жыл бұрын

    @Lex Clips How can I get in touch with you, my father is 1 of 12 people who was kicked out of East Germany. He was chased and hunted by Stasi , his friends disappeared and we’re murdered, my father had listening devices he found inside his home, my father was also in and out of jail due to martial arts and organized groups being illegal, until eventually being sent to military as punishment and having internal help get him out of the East.

  • @jpw6984

    @jpw6984

    Жыл бұрын

    Is your dad Batman?

  • @pgpro8691

    @pgpro8691

    Жыл бұрын

    Direct message him on instagram or Facebook whatever etc

  • @The13point1

    @The13point1

    Жыл бұрын

    So on and so forth

  • @Father_Quant
    @Father_Quant Жыл бұрын

    Lex asks the questions that I wish Joe would ask

  • @DG-oo8zf

    @DG-oo8zf

    2 ай бұрын

    Joe is a loving guy. But, doesn't have the intellectual background Lex has.

  • @theduckdiscussions789
    @theduckdiscussions789 Жыл бұрын

    The fact he’s a ball player makes him ever cooler

  • @bitsbobs8613
    @bitsbobs8613 Жыл бұрын

    You would make a great agent , how do you know I’m not ,PMS

  • @VW25
    @VW25 Жыл бұрын

    13:05 I share my feeling, yh g so do I and it sucks, for next min you explain me to me

  • @dr.badass702
    @dr.badass702 Жыл бұрын

    Very interesting! But I think this dude may have an overly rosy view of how easy it is to obtain a tenured professorship in the USA!

  • @mattyp8313
    @mattyp8313 Жыл бұрын

    Arnt we paying off the lend and lease act for a belfour declaration for a country what had nothing to do with the war like why are amends being made in Palestine? Does anyone know who doctor gobbles was?

  • @TheDRAGONCANAL
    @TheDRAGONCANAL8 ай бұрын

    Agencies make them feel they are and unique people talented and train them in the art of lying to serve "Unjustifiable Causes" 99.9% about money and power. Apparently, the most talented and valuable people are those who would never lend themselves to belong to those "agencies"

  • @bonez2450
    @bonez2450 Жыл бұрын

    Russia is still doing this stuff. When I got out of the US military I got a job interview. It was a sketchy company who claimed that the main company was Russian and they were trying to become only a US company. All the hr was hot 20 year Olds and the interview lasted 4 hours. They worked their way to asking about if i would be able to assist them in something like working on a government base. I drank nothing they offered and needless to say I never went back. No where to report this to, what would I report? Technically I don't have proof of anything

  • @IAMJEFFREY-cw9ns

    @IAMJEFFREY-cw9ns

    7 ай бұрын

    And this so called company interviewed you in the US?

  • @benjaminfairley3229
    @benjaminfairley3229 Жыл бұрын

    Forgot his paper

  • @DixieNormousEats
    @DixieNormousEats Жыл бұрын

    Lex you have been killing it lately!

  • @alext802
    @alext802 Жыл бұрын

    Not what I thought they meant by “recruitment” 🙄 tell us how you recruited assets

  • @adelinaquijano1083
    @adelinaquijano1083 Жыл бұрын

    place when I live

  • @manofkent6560
    @manofkent6560 Жыл бұрын

    Fridman aye? Every Single Time.

  • @xdude57
    @xdude57Ай бұрын

    I am pretty sure Lex is working for a a particular intelligence agency in some capacity. You can guess which one.. He has access, good cover, skills etc.

  • @MarksmanSpecialist
    @MarksmanSpecialist Жыл бұрын

    what a coincidence JB, james bond

  • @ultimatedriftz9318
    @ultimatedriftz9318 Жыл бұрын

    man let it out 12:45

  • @kreb7
    @kreb7 Жыл бұрын

    Professor is the Head of a department so in a medical school you have 1

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