#35 Ben Macintyre: The Cold War Spy Who Stopped Nuclear War

from The Next Best with Marcel Dirsus · host Marcel Dirsus

What happens when a senior KGB officer walks into the British embassy in revolutionary Iran and offers to spy for MI6?Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/DrMarcelDirsusRedwood: The Untold Story of the Cold War's Most Extraordinary Spy is out now.Buy Redwood: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/458783/redwood-by-macintyre-ben/9780241754801

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