{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/616a3615e98b97001261c751/616a3622b567570014735234?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Russian Actress Evgenia Brik of THE AMERICANS-inspired TV Show ADAPTATSIYA Explains the Elusive Russian soul.","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/616a3615e98b97001261c751/616a3622b567570014735234.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>EPISODE 4: <a href='https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/03/23/the-next-must-watch-tv-show-is-russias-version-of-the-americans/'><b>Adaptatsiya</b></a><b> </b>is a runaway hit show in Russia - their answer to “The Americans” - Mark drops in with Russian actress Evgenia Brik to talk about playing a spy in Siberia, and living the dream in Los Angeles.<br/><br/>If any of you espionage nerds were wondering - she&apos;s no relation to <a href='https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/vol-61-no-2/shattered-illusions.html'><b>Yevgeni Brik</b></a><b> </b>KGB Illegal and RCMP double agent in the 1950s. Interesting story, he was the subject of <a href='https://www.amazon.com/Shattered-Illusions-Espionage-Professional-Intelligence/dp/1442269146'><b><em>Shattered Illusions</em></b><b> by Donald Mahar (2017)</b></a></p>","author_name":"Mark Valley"}