Dr. Jordan B. Peterson speaks with ex-KGB spy, author, and podcaster, Jack Barsky. They discuss Jack’s upbringing under the communist utopian dream, following the motivating sentiment of “freedom for the oppressed,” how he embedded himself in American society, what brought him into contact with the FBI, and how he was able to walk away.

Jack Barsky (born Albrecht Dittrich, Jack being at first an American alias) is a German-American author, IT specialist and former sleeper agent of the KGB. He spied on the United States from 1978 to 1988, and was exposed after the Cold War. Barsky then became a resource for U.S. counterintelligence agencies, which secured his citizenship. His autobiography, “Deep Undercover,” was published in 2017.

This episode was recorded December 9th, 2023

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For Jack Barsky: Psychology Podcast website https://www.kgbspychology.com/ 

Deep Undercover: My Secret Life and Tangled Allegiances as a KGB Spy in America (Book) https://www.amazon.com/Deep-Undercover-Tangled-Allegiances-America/dp/1496416821 Jack’s personal website https://jackbarsky.com/ 

On Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackbarsky/ 

On Instagram https://www.instagram.com/jackbarskyofficial/ 

On Facebook https://www.facebook.com/spybarsky

412. True Stories From a Soviet Spy | Jack Barsky

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445. An Honest Conversation About Hollywood | Adrian Grenier

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson sits down with actor and podcaster Russell Brand. They discuss the language of symbols, the collective unconscious, the evolution of theology, and why so many public intellectuals are coming back to Christ.

Russell Brand is an English comedian, actor, podcaster, and commentator. He first established himself as a stand up comedian and radio host before becoming a film actor. He presented for MTV UK and made appearances across media and TV throughout the 2000’s. In 2008, he leapt from British to U.S. film acting, appearing in the hit film “Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” followed by numerous international successes. In 2013, Brand guest-edited an edition of the weekly publication the New Statesman, launching his interest and later career as a political activist and commentator. His current podcast, Stay Free, sees Brand calling out major news, governments, and corporations for affronts to free speech, expression, spirituality, and thought.


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2024 tour details can be found here https://jordanbpeterson.com/events   

Peterson Academy https://petersonacademy.com/  


For Russell Brand:

Stay Free on Rumble https://rumble.com/c/russellbrand 

Stay Free on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/@RussellBrand 

On X https://twitter.com/rustyrockets

444. The Collective Unconscious, Christ, and the Covenant | Russell Brand

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson sits down in person with Mosab Hassan Yousef. They discuss the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, the chaos created by Yasser Arafat, how Palestine has globalized their radical cause, Mosabs time as a prisoner, what set him free, and the far-from-paved road going forward.

Mosab Hassan Yousef (born in 1978) is a Palestinian ex-militant who defected to Israel in 1997 where he worked as an undercover agent for the Shin Bet until he moved to the United States in 2007. Yousef was considered the Shin Bet's most reliable source in the Hamas leadership, earning himself the nickname "The Green Prince.” The intelligence he supplied to Israel led to the exposure of many Hamas cells, as well as the prevention of dozens of suicide bombings and assassination attempts on Jews. Yousef's father is Sheikh Hassan Yousef, a co-founder of Hamas. 


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2024 tour details can be found here https://jordanbpeterson.com/events   

Peterson Academy https://petersonacademy.com/  


For Mosab Hassan Yousef:

On X https://twitter.com/MosabHasanYOSEF?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor 

“Son of Hamas: A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue, and Unthinkable Choices” (book) https://www.amazon.com/Son-of-Hamas-Mosab-Hassan-Yousef-audiobook/dp/B006PJC4H2/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=PheAV&content-id=amzn1.sym.cf86ec3a-68a6-43e9-8115-04171136930a&pf_rd_p=cf86ec3a-68a6-43e9-8115-04171136930a&pf_rd_r=138-3764402-1287437&pd_rd_wg=fLHUm&pd_rd_r=8445617a-f7bd-45ef-bcff-98e77e6b26f5&ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dsk

443. The Brutal Reality of the Middle East | Mosab Hassan Yousef

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson sits down in-person with Canadian lawyer Bruce Pardy and podcaster Konstantin Kisin. They discuss Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Bill C-63 (aka The Online Harms Act), what powers it gives to the government, what rights it strips from citizens, and why even Americans should be concerned.

Bruce Pardy is executive director of Rights Probe, a law and liberty thinktank, and professor of law at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. He is a lawyer, academic, columnist, and outspoken critic of the illiberal managerial state, fighting at the front lines of the culture war inside the law. Bruce writes for the National Post, Epoch Times, and the Brownstone Institute, among others, and serves as senior fellow at the Fraser Institute, the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, and the Frontier Centre for Public Policy. He has taught at law schools in Canada, the United States and New Zealand, practiced civil litigation in Toronto, and served as adjudicator and mediator on the Ontario Environmental Tribunal. The legal ground, Bruce has written, is shifting beneath our feet. The individual is losing to the collective. An ever-expanding bureaucracy regulates life from cradle to grave, including private behavior and speech, in the name of common good. The law has become discretionary, arbitrary, and unequal. The end of Western liberal civilization, as we have known it, is conceivable.

Konstantin Kisin is a Russian-British satirist, social commentator, and co-host of the TRIGGERnometry Youtube show. He is also the author of “An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West,” a Sunday Times bestseller. He has written for several publications, including Quillette, The Spectator, The Daily Telegraph, and Standpoint, on issues relating to tech censorship, woke culture, comedy, and other topics, but he currently publishes articles on his popular Substack. Kisin made headlines in 2018 when he refused to sign a "safe space contract" to perform comedy at a British college and again in 2023 when he participated in an Oxford Union debate on the motion of "This House Believes Woke Culture Has Gone Too Far." His speech at the debate received viral attention and has been seen by over 100 million people around the world.


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2024 tour details can be found here https://jordanbpeterson.com/events   
Peterson Academy https://petersonacademy.com/  

For Bruce Pardy:
On X https://twitter.com/pardybruce?lang=en 
Rights Probe: https://www.rightsprobe.org/

For Konstantin Kisin:
TRIGGERnometry Podcast    / @triggerpod   
Substack https://konstantinkisin.substack.com/ 
Twitter https://twitter.com/KonstantinKisin?r...

442. BILL C-63 - Everything You Need to Know | Bruce Pardy & Konstantin Kisin

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson sits down with author and speaker Tor Nørretranders. They discuss the entropy of emotion, the nature of pointlessness, the over-civilization of societal structures, how relationships shape perception, and why play might be the antithesis to tyranny.

Tor Nørretranders is an independent author, thinker and speaker based in Denmark, serving an international audience. He has published over 30 books on topics ranging from society to human consciousness. 


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2024 tour details can be found here https://jordanbpeterson.com/events   

Peterson Academy https://petersonacademy.com/  


For Tor Nørretranders:

The User Illusion:
https://www.amazon.com/User-Illusion-Cutting-Consciousness-Penguin/dp/0140230122

The Generous Man:
https://www.amazon.com/Generous-Man-Helping-Others-Sexiest/dp/B005SNMU4I

Wild food and agriculture:
https://madfeed.co/video/from-wild-to-tame-and-back-again/
https://madfeed.co/video/we-are-here-because-we-have-appetite/
https://madfeed.co/video/whos-got-the-guts/

Website https://www.tor.dk/

Article “We Are Waking Up” : https://www.tor.dk/2019/05/06/we-are-waking-up/

412. True Stories From a Soviet Spy | Jack Barsky

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