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Beneath the veneer of the everyday

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lurks the realm of the spy.

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It's a dank, murky world full

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of dark corners, sinister motives, and

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corroded morals. From Wondery comes a

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new podcast, The Spy Who, revealing

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the invisible work of the world's

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intelligence services, unearthing daring missions packed

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with danger, deceit, and double-crosses. Each

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season, hosts Indira Varma and Raza

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Joffrey introduce shadowy figures who risked

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everything to achieve their mission. Like

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Oleg Layolin, the spy who sabotaged

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the KGB. Or, Nur

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Inayat Khan, the spy who was

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a princess. We're about to play

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you a clip from the first season, exploring the

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life of the spy who inspired 007.

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If you'd like to hear more, follow The

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Spy Who wherever you listen to podcasts. Or

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you can binge full seasons early and ad-free

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with Wondery Plus on Apple Podcasts or the

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Wondery app. The Spy Who Wakes

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From His Alcohol-Drenched Slumber Dushko

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Popov wakes from his alcohol-drenched

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slumber. Gestapo! Open

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up! It's 1937,

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and Popov studying law in

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Freiburg, Nazi Germany. Open

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up! Popov

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drags himself out of bed. He's

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in his mid-20s with short black hair. Yawning,

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he unlocks the door. Four

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Gestapo officers barge past. One confronts

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Popov as the others ransack his

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flat. Dushko Popov, you

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are under arrest. On what charge? The

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Gestapo officer punches Popov in the stomach.

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Popov crumples under the blow. Before

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he can recover, two officers grab him. They

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drag him outside to a waiting car, throw

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him into the vehicle's boot, and slam the

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door shut. The

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Spy Who Wakes From His Alcohol-Drenched Slumber Dushko

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Popov snaps awake as cold water hits

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his face. He's tied to a

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chair in a Gestapo interrogation room, and he's

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been there for days. days. Popov's

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interrogator tosses the metal bucket

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aside and leans in close. Admit it,

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you're a communist. That's ridiculous. You

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can't think. Listen, my

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father, he owns coal

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mines and factories. Why

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would I support communism? But

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I'm a Yugoslav citizen and I want a lawyer.

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The interrogator takes a step back. If you're

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not a communist, why are you dating one?

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Popov smirks, because she's pretty.

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The interrogator's face flashes with anger.

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A split second later, Popov

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sees his fist hurtling towards his

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face. A

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train blasts its whistle as it thunders through

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the Swiss Alps. On

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the road running alongside the tracks, a

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Mercedes burns rubber. The man at

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the wheel checks he's keeping it with the train. He's

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Johnny Yebesen, Popov's best friend.

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He's a wealthy German with a pencil

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moustache and he's on a rescue mission.

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Yebesen screeches to a halt outside

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Basel train station just as Popov

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exits the station. Dooshko!

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Popov runs over. Johnny,

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what are you doing here? We can't have you

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taking a taxi after all you've been through. But

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how did you know I'd

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be here? Yebesen smiles. Who do you

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think got you out? I

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got wind that you'd been arrested and called your

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father. He got the Yugoslav government to step in.

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Popov climbs into the passenger seat. They

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were going to ship me out to a concentration camp.

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Well, you're here now. No!

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Seriously. I

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thought I was done. Don't

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be silly. I owe you. Good.

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You can go to dinner on seen see

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me. He.

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He. Had from Smile. He won't forget

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that promise and when he called

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it in, Popov will be transformed

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into one of the greatest secret

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agents of World War Two. From

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one Juri, I'm Indra vomit.

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And this is the sky is.

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Beneath is it near if the every day

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lox. The Realm of The Spy.

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Kids A dark, dangerous world

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full of shadowy corners, sinister

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motives. And corrupted tomorrow.

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A place of paranoia

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and infiltration. sabotage. And

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manipulation. Every

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week the Spy who will take

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you inside that twilight. well, You.

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Hear true stories about the

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work of the world's intelligence

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services and follow spies on

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during missions packed with dangerous

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deceit and devil. And

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we begin by retrieving the

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files on Do Scope ah,

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past Visa Serbian playboy who

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outfox Nazi Germany while living

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a life full of cocktails,

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women and casino. And

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he also helped inspire the most

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famous fictional spy of all time

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again on. What?

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You're about to here are dramatized

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reconstructions based on real events and

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the information that's been made public.

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But remember, in the shadow

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Realm of the Spy, the

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full story is rarely clear.

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This is spy who

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inspires. Blue. Episode.

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Minimum. Follow

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The Spy Who now wherever you listen

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to your podcasts.