EPISODE · Feb 27, 2013 · 1H 37M
Argo - Mark and Cora Lijek
from The Best Ever You Show · host Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino and Dr. Katie Eastman
The Best Ever You Show is honored to welcome Mark and Cora Lijek. Mark and Cora Lijek are two of the 6 embassy staff who fled the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis by being sheltered by Canadian diplomats. The takeover of the embassy which left 44 hostages captured for 14 months is a significant event in history. The successful escape of the Lijek's and the other four Americans is depicted in Mark Lijek's memoir, The Houseguests: A Memoir of Canadian Courage and CIA Sorcery. The book describes the CIA plot having the six pose as members of a film production team in order to get them out of the country and safely home. He tells the actual accounts of how the Canadians courageously sequestered the Americans for weeks until the CIA managed to get them out of the country. Their story, depicted in the Oscar nominated film Argo , is one of courage, dedication trust and loyalty. Join us to hear the details of these events and learn more about the lives of two Americans committed to a life of Foreign Service . http://marklijek.com/author.phpSubscribe, share, and be part of a global movement to live with more peace, purpose, and gratitude.Learn more: https://www.BestEverYou.comExplore The Peace Guidebook + free gifts: https://www.BestEverYou.com/giftsJoin the Practical Peace Masterclass: https://www.besteveryou.com/peacemasterclassFollow Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino and Dr. Katie Eastman for more inspiration, tools, and real-life conversations on peace, change, success, and gratitude.Peace isn’t something you find.It’s something you practice.
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The Best Ever You Show is honored to welcome Mark and Cora Lijek. Mark and Cora Lijek are two of the 6 embassy staff who fled the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis by being sheltered by Canadian diplomats. The takeover of the embassy which left 44 hostages captured for 14 months is a significant event in history. The successful escape of the Lijek's and the other four Americans is depicted in Mark Lijek's memoir, The Houseguests: A Memoir of Canadian Courage and CIA Sorcery. The book describes the CIA plot having the six pose as members of a film production team in order to get them out of the country and safely home. He tells the actual accounts of how the Canadians courageously sequestered the Americans for weeks until the CIA managed to get them out of the country. Their story, depicted in the Oscar nominated film Argo , is one of courage, dedication trust and loyalty. Join us to hear the details of these events and learn more about the lives of two Americans committed to a life of Foreign Service . http://marklijek.com/author.phpSubscribe, share, and be part of a global movement to live with more peace, purpose, and gratitude.Learn more: https://www.BestEverYou.comExplore The Peace Guidebook + free gifts: https://www.BestEverYou.com/giftsJoin the Practical Peace Masterclass: https://www.besteveryou.com/peacemasterclassFollow Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino and Dr. Katie Eastman for more inspiration, tools, and real-life conversations on peace, change, success, and gratitude.Peace isn’t something you find.It’s something you practice.
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