Arturo Castro
Appearances
Behind the Bastards
Part Three: Is Oprah Winfrey a Bastard?
I'm Arturo Castro, and I've been lucky enough to do stuff like Broad City and Narcos and Roadhouse and so many commercials about back pain. And now I'm starting a podcast because honestly, guys, I don't feel the space is crowded enough. Get ready for Greatest Escapes, a new comedy podcast about the wildest true escape stories in history.
Behind the Bastards
Part Three: Is Oprah Winfrey a Bastard?
Each week, I'll be sitting down with some of the most hilarious actors and writers and comedians to tell them a buck wild tale from across history and time. People like Ed Helms, Diane Guerrero, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Zoe Chao.
Behind the Bastards
Part Three: Is Oprah Winfrey a Bastard?
Alcatraz. Asada Shakur. The sketchy guy named Steve. It's giving funny true crime. I love storytelling and I love you, so I can't wait. Listen and subscribe to Greatest Escapes on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Behind the Bastards
Part Three: Is Oprah Winfrey a Bastard?
I'm Arturo Castro, and I've been lucky enough to do stuff like Broad City and Narcos and Roadhouse and so many commercials about back pain. And now I'm starting a podcast because honestly, guys, I don't feel the space is crowded enough. Get ready for Greatest Escapes, a new comedy podcast about the wildest true escape stories in history.
Behind the Bastards
Part Three: Is Oprah Winfrey a Bastard?
Each week, I'll be sitting down with some of the most hilarious actors and writers and comedians to tell them a buck wild tale from across history and time. People like Ed Helms, Diane Guerrero, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Zoe Chao.
Behind the Bastards
Part Three: Is Oprah Winfrey a Bastard?
Alcatraz. Asada Shakur. The sketchy guy named Steve. It's giving funny true crime. I love storytelling and I love you, so I can't wait. Listen and subscribe to Greatest Escapes on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Behind the Bastards
Part Three: Is Oprah Winfrey a Bastard?
Hi, I'm Arturo Castro and I've been lucky enough to do stuff like Broad City and Narcos and Roadhouse. And now I'm starting a podcast because honestly, guys, I don't feel the space is crowded enough. Get ready for Greatest Escapes, a new comedy podcast about the wildest true escape stories in history.
Behind the Bastards
Part Three: Is Oprah Winfrey a Bastard?
Each week I'll be sitting down with some of the most hilarious actors and writers and comedians, people like Ed Helms, Diane Guerrero, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. I love storytelling and I love you, so I can't wait. Listen and subscribe to Greatest Escapes on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Behind the Bastards
Part Three: Is Oprah Winfrey a Bastard?
Hi, I'm Arturo Castro, and I've been lucky enough to do stuff like Broad City and Narcos and Roadhouse. And now I'm starting a podcast because honestly, guys, I don't feel the space is crowded enough. Get ready for Greatest Escapes, a new comedy podcast about the wildest true escape stories in history.
Behind the Bastards
Part Three: Is Oprah Winfrey a Bastard?
Each week, I'll be sitting down with some of the most hilarious actors and writers and comedians, people like Ed Helms, Diane Guerrero, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. I love storytelling and I love you, so I can't wait. Listen and subscribe to Greatest Escapes on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Behind the Bastards
Part Two: Is Oprah Winfrey a Bastard?
Hi, I'm Arturo Castro and I've been lucky enough to do stuff like Broad City and Narcos and Roadhouse. And now I'm starting a podcast because honestly, guys, I don't feel the space is crowded enough. Get ready for Greatest Escapes, a new comedy podcast about the wildest true escape stories in history.
Behind the Bastards
Part Two: Is Oprah Winfrey a Bastard?
Each week, I'll be sitting down with some of the most hilarious actors and writers and comedians, people like Ed Helms, Diane Guerrero, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. I love storytelling and I love you, so I can't wait. Listen and subscribe to Greatest Escapes on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Behind the Bastards
Part Two: Is Oprah Winfrey a Bastard?
I'm Arturo Castro, and I've been lucky enough to do stuff like Broad City and Narcos and Roadhouse and so many commercials about back pain. And now I'm starting a podcast because honestly, guys, I don't feel the space is crowded enough. Get ready for Greatest Escapes, a new comedy podcast about the wildest true escape stories in history.
Behind the Bastards
Part Two: Is Oprah Winfrey a Bastard?
Each week, I'll be sitting down with some of the most hilarious actors and writers and comedians to tell them a buck wild tale from across history and time. People like Ed Helms, Diane Guerrero, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Zoe Chao.
Behind the Bastards
Part Two: Is Oprah Winfrey a Bastard?
Alcatraz. Asada Shakur. A sketchy guy named Steve. It's giving funny true crime. I love storytelling and I love you, so I can't wait. Listen and subscribe to Greatest Escapes on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Behind the Bastards
Part Two: Is Oprah Winfrey a Bastard?
I'm Arturo Castro, and I've been lucky enough to do stuff like Broad City and Narcos and Roadhouse and so many commercials about back pain. And now I'm starting a podcast because honestly, guys, I don't feel the space is crowded enough. Get ready for Greatest Escapes, a new comedy podcast about the wildest true escape stories in history.
Behind the Bastards
Part Two: Is Oprah Winfrey a Bastard?
Each week, I'll be sitting down with some of the most hilarious actors and writers and comedians to tell them a buck wild tale from across history and time. People like Ed Helms, Diane Guerrero, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Zoe Chao. Listen and subscribe to Greatest Escapes on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Behind the Bastards
Part Two: Is Oprah Winfrey a Bastard?
Hi, I'm Arturo Castro, and I've been lucky enough to do stuff like Broad City and Narcos and Roadhouse. And now I'm starting a podcast because honestly, guys, I don't feel the space is crowded enough. Get ready for Greatest Escapes, a new comedy podcast about the wildest true escape stories in history.
Behind the Bastards
Part Two: Is Oprah Winfrey a Bastard?
Each week, I'll be sitting down with some of the most hilarious actors and writers and comedians, people like Ed Helms, Diane Guerrero, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. I love storytelling and I love you, so I can't wait. Listen and subscribe to Greatest Escapes on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Behind the Bastards
Behind the Bastards Presents: Hood Politics with Prop
Hi, I'm Arturo Castro, and I've been lucky enough to do stuff like Broad City and Narcos and Roadhouse. And now I'm starting a podcast because honestly, guys, I don't feel the space is crowded enough. Get ready for Greatest Escapes, a new comedy podcast about the wildest true escape stories in history.
Behind the Bastards
Behind the Bastards Presents: Hood Politics with Prop
I'm Arturo Castro, and I've been lucky enough to do stuff like Broad City and Narcos and Roadhouse and so many commercials about back pain. And now I'm starting a podcast because honestly, guys, I don't feel the space is crowded enough. Get ready for Greatest Escapes, a new comedy podcast about the wildest true escape stories in history.
Behind the Bastards
Behind the Bastards Presents: Hood Politics with Prop
Each week, I'll be sitting down with some of the most hilarious actors and writers and comedians to tell them a buck wild tale from across history and time. People like Ed Helms, Diane Guerrero, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Zoe Chao.
Behind the Bastards
Behind the Bastards Presents: Hood Politics with Prop
Alcatraz. Asada Shakur. The sketchy guy named Steve. It's giving funny true crime. I love storytelling and I love you, so I can't wait. Listen and subscribe to Greatest Escapes on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Behind the Bastards
Behind the Bastards Presents: Hood Politics with Prop
I'm Arturo Castro, and I've been lucky enough to do stuff like Broad City and Narcos and Roadhouse and so many commercials about back pain. And now I'm starting a podcast because honestly, guys, I don't feel the space is crowded enough. Get ready for Greatest Escapes, a new comedy podcast about the wildest true escape stories in history.
Behind the Bastards
Behind the Bastards Presents: Hood Politics with Prop
Each week, I'll be sitting down with some of the most hilarious actors and writers and comedians to tell them a buck wild tale from across history and time. People like Ed Helms, Diane Guerrero, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Zoe Chao.
Behind the Bastards
Behind the Bastards Presents: Hood Politics with Prop
Alcatraz. Asada Shakur. A sketchy guy named Steve. It's giving funny true crime. I love storytelling and I love you, so I can't wait. Listen and subscribe to Greatest Escapes on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Behind the Bastards
Behind the Bastards Presents: Hood Politics with Prop
Each week, I'll be sitting down with some of the most hilarious actors and writers and comedians, people like Ed Helms, Diane Guerrero, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. I love storytelling and I love you, so I can't wait. Listen and subscribe to Greatest Escapes on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Behind the Bastards
Behind the Bastards Presents: Hood Politics with Prop
Hi, I'm Arturo Castro and I've been lucky enough to do stuff like Broad City and Narcos and Roadhouse and now I'm starting a podcast because honestly guys, I don't feel the space is crowded enough. Get ready for Greatest Escapes, a new comedy podcast about the wildest true escape stories in history.
Behind the Bastards
Behind the Bastards Presents: Hood Politics with Prop
Each week, I'll be sitting down with some of the most hilarious actors and writers and comedians, people like Ed Helms, Diane Guerrero, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. I love storytelling and I love you, so I can't wait. Listen and subscribe to Greatest Escapes on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 166
Hi, I'm Arturo Castro and I've been lucky enough to do stuff like Broad City and Narcos and Roadhouse. And now I'm starting a podcast because honestly, guys, I don't feel the space is crowded enough. Get ready for Greatest Escapes, a new comedy podcast about the wildest true escape stories in history.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 166
Hi, I'm Arturo Castro and I've been lucky enough to do stuff like Broad City and Narcos and Roadhouse and now I'm starting a podcast because honestly guys, I don't feel the space is crowded enough. Get ready for Greatest Escapes, a new comedy podcast about the wildest true escape stories in history.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 166
Each week, I'll be sitting down with some of the most hilarious actors and writers and comedians, people like Ed Helms, Diane Guerrero, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. I love storytelling and I love you, so I can't wait. Listen and subscribe to Greatest Escapes on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 166
Each week, I'll be sitting down with some of the most hilarious actors and writers and comedians, people like Ed Helms, Diane Guerrero, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. I love storytelling and I love you, so I can't wait. Listen and subscribe to Greatest Escapes on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 166
I'm Arturo Castro, and I've been lucky enough to do stuff like Broad City and Narcos and Roadhouse and so many commercials about back pain. And now I'm starting a podcast because honestly, guys, I don't feel the space is crowded enough. Get ready for Greatest Escapes, a new comedy podcast about the wildest true escape stories in history.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 166
Each week, I'll be sitting down with some of the most hilarious actors and writers and comedians to tell them a buck wild tale from across history and time. People like Ed Helms, Diane Guerrero, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Zoe Chao.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 166
Alcatraz. Asada Shakur. A sketchy guy named Steve. It's giving funny true crime. I love storytelling and I love you, so I can't wait. Listen and subscribe to Greatest Escapes on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 166
I'm Arturo Castro, and I've been lucky enough to do stuff like Broad City and Narcos and Roadhouse and so many commercials about back pain. And now I'm starting a podcast because honestly, guys, I don't feel the space is crowded enough. Get ready for Greatest Escapes, a new comedy podcast about the wildest true escape stories in history.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 166
Each week, I'll be sitting down with some of the most hilarious actors and writers and comedians to tell them a buck wild tale from across history and time. People like Ed Helms, Diane Guerrero, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Zoe Chao.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 166
Alcatraz. Asada Shakur. The sketchy guy named Steve. It's giving funny true crime. I love storytelling and I love you, so I can't wait. Listen and subscribe to Greatest Escapes on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 166
I'm Arturo Castro, and I've been lucky enough to do stuff like Broad City and Narcos and Roadhouse and so many commercials about back pain. And now I'm starting a podcast because honestly, guys, I don't feel the space is crowded enough. Get ready for Greatest Escapes, a new comedy podcast about the wildest true escape stories in history.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 166
Each week, I'll be sitting down with some of the most hilarious actors and writers and comedians to tell them a buck wild tale from across history and time. People like Ed Helms, Diane Guerrero, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Zoe Chao.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 166
Alcatraz. Asada Shakur. The sketchy guy named Steve. It's giving funny true crime. I love storytelling and I love you, so I can't wait. Listen and subscribe to Greatest Escapes on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 166
I'm Arturo Castro, and I've been lucky enough to do stuff like Broad City and Narcos and Roadhouse and so many commercials about back pain. And now I'm starting a podcast because honestly, guys, I don't feel the space is crowded enough. Get ready for Greatest Escapes, a new comedy podcast about the wildest true escape stories in history.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 166
Each week, I'll be sitting down with some of the most hilarious actors and writers and comedians to tell them a buck wild tale from across history and time. People like Ed Helms, Diane Guerrero, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Zoe Chao.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 166
Alcatraz. Asada Shakur. The sketchy guy named Steve. It's giving funny true crime. I love storytelling and I love you, so I can't wait. Listen and subscribe to Greatest Escapes on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 165
Hi, I'm Arturo Castro and I've been lucky enough to do stuff like Broad City and Narcos and Roadhouse. And now I'm starting a podcast because honestly, guys, I don't feel the space is crowded enough. Get ready for Greatest Escapes, a new comedy podcast about the wildest true escape stories in history.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 165
Hi, I'm Arturo Castro, and I've been lucky enough to do stuff like Broad City and Narcos and Roadhouse. And now I'm starting a podcast because honestly, guys, I don't feel the space is crowded enough. Get ready for Greatest Escapes, a new comedy podcast about the wildest true escape stories in history.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 165
Each week, I'll be sitting down with some of the most hilarious actors and writers and comedians, people like Ed Helms, Diane Guerrero, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. I love storytelling and I love you, so I can't wait. Listen and subscribe to Greatest Escapes on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 165
Each week, I'll be sitting down with some of the most hilarious actors and writers and comedians, people like Ed Helms, Diane Guerrero, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. I love storytelling and I love you, so I can't wait. Listen and subscribe to Greatest Escapes on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 165
I'm Arturo Castro, and I've been lucky enough to do stuff like Broad City and Narcos and Roadhouse and so many commercials about back pain. And now I'm starting a podcast because honestly, guys, I don't feel the space is crowded enough. Get ready for Greatest Escapes, a new comedy podcast about the wildest true escape stories in history.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 165
Each week, I'll be sitting down with some of the most hilarious actors and writers and comedians to tell them a buck wild tale from across history and time. People like Ed Helms, Diane Guerrero, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Zoe Chao.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 165
Listen and subscribe to Greatest Escapes on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 165
I'm Arturo Castro, and I've been lucky enough to do stuff like Broad City and Narcos and Roadhouse and so many commercials about back pain. And now I'm starting a podcast because honestly, guys, I don't feel the space is crowded enough. Get ready for Greatest Escapes, a new comedy podcast about the wildest true escape stories in history.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 165
Each week, I'll be sitting down with some of the most hilarious actors and writers and comedians to tell them a buck wild tale from across history and time. People like Ed Helms, Diane Guerrero, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Zoe Chao.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 165
Listen and subscribe to Greatest Escapes on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 165
I'm Arturo Castro, and I've been lucky enough to do stuff like Broad City and Narcos and Roadhouse and so many commercials about back pain. And now I'm starting a podcast because honestly, guys, I don't feel the space is crowded enough. Get ready for Greatest Escapes, a new comedy podcast about the wildest true escape stories in history.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 165
Each week, I'll be sitting down with some of the most hilarious actors and writers and comedians to tell them a buck wild tale from across history and time. People like Ed Helms, Diane Guerrero, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Zoe Chao.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 165
I'm Arturo Castro, and I've been lucky enough to do stuff like Broad City and Narcos and Roadhouse and so many commercials about back pain. And now I'm starting a podcast because honestly, guys, I don't feel the space is crowded enough. Get ready for Greatest Escapes, a new comedy podcast about the wildest true escape stories in history.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 165
Each week, I'll be sitting down with some of the most hilarious actors and writers and comedians to tell them a buck wild tale from across history and time. People like Ed Helms, Diane Guerrero, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Zoe Chao.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 165
I love storytelling and I love you, so I can't wait. Listen and subscribe to Greatest Escapes on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 164
Hi, I'm Arturo Castro and I've been lucky enough to do stuff like Broad City and Narcos and Roadhouse. And now I'm starting a podcast because honestly, guys, I don't feel the space is crowded enough. Get ready for Greatest Escapes, a new comedy podcast about the wildest true escape stories in history.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 164
Hi, I'm Arturo Castro, and I've been lucky enough to do stuff like Broad City and Narcos and Roadhouse. And now I'm starting a podcast because honestly, guys, I don't feel the space is crowded enough. Get ready for Greatest Escapes, a new comedy podcast about the wildest true escape stories in history.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 164
Each week, I'll be sitting down with some of the most hilarious actors and writers and comedians, people like Ed Helms, Diane Guerrero, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. I love storytelling and I love you, so I can't wait. Listen and subscribe to Greatest Escapes on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 164
Each week, I'll be sitting down with some of the most hilarious actors and writers and comedians, people like Ed Helms, Diane Guerrero, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. I love storytelling and I love you, so I can't wait. Listen and subscribe to Greatest Escapes on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 164
I'm Arturo Castro, and I've been lucky enough to do stuff like Broad City and Narcos and Roadhouse and so many commercials about back pain. And now I'm starting a podcast because honestly, guys, I don't feel the space is crowded enough. Get ready for Greatest Escapes, a new comedy podcast about the wildest true escape stories in history.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 164
Each week, I'll be sitting down with some of the most hilarious actors and writers and comedians to tell them a buck wild tale from across history and time. People like Ed Helms, Diane Guerrero, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Zoe Chao.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 164
Listen and subscribe to Greatest Escapes on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 164
I'm Arturo Castro, and I've been lucky enough to do stuff like Broad City and Narcos and Roadhouse and so many commercials about back pain. And now I'm starting a podcast because honestly, guys, I don't feel the space is crowded enough. Get ready for Greatest Escapes, a new comedy podcast about the wildest true escape stories in history.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 164
Each week, I'll be sitting down with some of the most hilarious actors and writers and comedians to tell them a buck wild tale from across history and time. People like Ed Helms, Diane Guerrero, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Zoe Chao.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 164
Listen and subscribe to Greatest Escapes on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 164
It's me, Harrison Ford. What the fuck is going on?
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 164
I'm Arturo Castro, and I've been lucky enough to do stuff like Broad City and Narcos and Roadhouse and so many commercials about back pain. And now I'm starting a podcast because honestly, guys, I don't feel the space is crowded enough. Get ready for Greatest Escapes, a new comedy podcast about the wildest true escape stories in history.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 164
Each week, I'll be sitting down with some of the most hilarious actors and writers and comedians to tell them a buck wild tale from across history and time. People like Ed Helms, Diane Guerrero, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Zoe Chao.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 164
Listen and subscribe to Greatest Escapes on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 164
I'm Arturo Castro, and I've been lucky enough to do stuff like Broad City and Narcos and Roadhouse and so many commercials about back pain. And now I'm starting a podcast because honestly, guys, I don't feel the space is crowded enough. Get ready for Greatest Escapes, a new comedy podcast about the wildest true escape stories in history.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 164
Each week, I'll be sitting down with some of the most hilarious actors and writers and comedians to tell them a buck wild tale from across history and time. People like Ed Helms, Diane Guerrero, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Zoe Chao.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 164
Listen and subscribe to Greatest Escapes on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 163
I'm Arturo Castro, and I've been lucky enough to do stuff like Broad City and Narcos and Roadhouse and so many commercials about back pain. And now I'm starting a podcast because honestly, guys, I don't feel the space is crowded enough. Get ready for Greatest Escapes, a new comedy podcast about the wildest true escape stories in history.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 163
Each week, I'll be sitting down with some of the most hilarious actors and writers and comedians to tell them a buck wild tale from across history and time. People like Ed Helms, Diane Guerrero, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Zoe Chao.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 163
We want to raise awareness and we want this to stop. Wow. Very powerful.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 163
Hi, I'm Arturo Castro, and I've been lucky enough to do stuff like Broad City and Narcos and Roadhouse. And now I'm starting a podcast because honestly, guys, I don't feel the space is crowded enough. Get ready for Greatest Escapes, a new comedy podcast about the wildest true escape stories in history.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 163
Hi, I'm Arturo Castro and I've been lucky enough to do stuff like Broad City and Narcos and Roadhouse. And now I'm starting a podcast because honestly, guys, I don't feel the space is crowded enough. Get ready for Greatest Escapes, a new comedy podcast about the wildest true escape stories in history.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 163
Each week, I'll be sitting down with some of the most hilarious actors and writers and comedians, people like Ed Helms, Diane Guerrero, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. I love storytelling and I love you, so I can't wait. Listen and subscribe to Greatest Escapes on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 163
Each week, I'll be sitting down with some of the most hilarious actors and writers and comedians, people like Ed Helms, Diane Guerrero, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. I love storytelling and I love you, so I can't wait. Listen and subscribe to Greatest Escapes on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 163
I'm Arturo Castro, and I've been lucky enough to do stuff like Broad City and Narcos and Roadhouse and so many commercials about back pain. And now I'm starting a podcast because honestly, guys, I don't feel the space is crowded enough. Get ready for Greatest Escapes, a new comedy podcast about the wildest true escape stories in history.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 163
Each week, I'll be sitting down with some of the most hilarious actors and writers and comedians to tell them a buck wild tale from across history and time. People like Ed Helms, Diane Guerrero, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Zoe Chao.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 163
Alcatraz. Asada Shakur. The sketchy guy named Steve. It's giving funny true crime. I love storytelling and I love you, so I can't wait. Listen and subscribe to Greatest Escapes on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 163
Hi, I'm Arturo Castro, and I've been lucky enough to do stuff like Broad City and Narcos and Roadhouse and so many commercials about back pain. And now I'm starting a podcast because honestly, guys, I don't feel the space is crowded enough. Get ready for Greatest Escapes, a new comedy podcast about the wildest true escape stories in history.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 163
Each week, I'll be sitting down with some of the most hilarious actors and writers and comedians to tell them a buck wild tale from across history and time. People like Ed Helms, Diane Guerrero, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Zoe Chao.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 163
We want to raise awareness and we want this to stop. Wow. Very powerful.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 163
If fashion is your thing, eBay is it. eBay is where I find all my favorites, from handbags to iconic streetwear, all authenticated. For real. This time, a little Supreme, some Gucci. I even have that vintage Prada on my watch list. That's why eBay is my go-to for all my go-tos. Yeah, eBay. The place for new, pre-loved, vintage, and rare fashion. eBay. Things people love.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 163
Hi, I'm Arturo Castro, and I've been lucky enough to do stuff like Broad City and Narcos and Roadhouse and so many commercials about back pain. And now I'm starting a podcast because honestly, guys, I don't feel the space is crowded enough. Get ready for Greatest Escapes, a new comedy podcast about the wildest true escape stories in history.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 163
Each week, I'll be sitting down with some of the most hilarious actors and writers and comedians to tell them a buck wild tale from across history and time. People like Ed Helms, Diane Guerrero, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Zoe Chao.
Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 163
We want to raise awareness and we want this to stop. Wow. Very powerful.
Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang
"We Hope We Dance" (w/ Matt & Bowen)
Hi, I'm Arturo Castro and I've been lucky enough to do stuff like Broad City and Narcos and Roadhouse and now I'm starting a podcast because honestly guys, I don't feel the space is crowded enough. Get ready for Greatest Escapes, a new comedy podcast about the wildest true escape stories in history.
Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang
"We Hope We Dance" (w/ Matt & Bowen)
Each week, I'll be sitting down with some of the most hilarious actors and writers and comedians, people like Ed Helms, Diane Guerrero, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. I love storytelling and I love you, so I can't wait. Listen and subscribe to Greatest Escapes on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang
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It was incredibly violent, incredibly bloody. So before this, Oleg had this dreamy idea of what the Soviet Union was. The stuff that he had learned from his dad about how good it was to be a communist, you know. But seeing the Prague Spring finally convinced him how brutal the USSR was. Sure. So...
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Oleg was an unhappy Soviet in 1972 when one of his old friends showed up at his apartment unannounced. By the way that he was talking, Oleg realized that he was being tested by Western spies to see if he would flip, right? Chatting with his buddy, he said how disappointed he was in the Soviet Union. And it was a message to them that he was ready to cooperate in the West.
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Now, I wonder, Ed, what do you think he was saying that made him realize that he was getting recruited about the West? Yeah.
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Yeah, and to your point, here's where we see how clever Oleg is, right? Because he also told the KGB that he was going to go meet with a British agent. So his bosses in Moscow told him to go for it. They wanted to see if they could use Gordievsky as a false double agent to fool the British. But they didn't know that Oleg was for real, for real, ready to switch sides.
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When Oleg finally met with the British, he agreed to work with them under three conditions. First, he didn't want to attack or injure any other KGB agents. He was not like offering to become a British assassin, you know. Second, he didn't want to be secretly photographed or recorded, which makes a lot of fucking.
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I can't imagine like a spy being like, but just takes a lots of pictures of me, please. Just like make sure that you get a good one. It's for my album. And third, he would take absolutely no pay. He wasn't doing this for the money. He was doing it because he no longer believed in this and how the Soviets were running it. Right.
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What would it take for you to become a spy, Ed, in this time? What would they have to offer you? You're in Soviet Union and you're like, they're like, you got a defect to America. What would it take? Let's see.
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A bottle of milk would, and then you're immediately a double agent. Immediately. Yeah. So in 1974, Oleg started sneaking rolls of microfilm of documents out of the Soviet headquarters on his lunch breaks, right? He would hand them off to be copied, pick them up on his way back, and drop them off again before anyone noticed they were missing.
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But this was also the year that he got his first codename from the British, and they named him Sunbeam. What would be your codename? Cowboy Red. No, I don't know. Cabaret. I would like mine to be a fish boner. Fish boner. Good one. Nobody would know. So 1974 was also the year that Oleg met his second wife, Leila.
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She was a secretary at the World Health Organization in Copenhagen, and the pair began a very low key, very slow motion affair. You know, he had code names for this affair too. Also, what is a slow motion affair? Overlords? What is this? Did it happen? Was it tantric? Is that what you're referring to? Like slow motion is just slow simmering? Answer me.
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Okay, slow motion affair. Got it. So Oleg was leaving the Soviets for the British, and he was also leaving his first wife for Leila. Also, women named Leila tended to make men in the 70s go insane. Sure. George Harrison, Eric Clapton, you know, which is also a crazy story in and of itself. Her name was actually Patti Void, but whatever. Leila. Something in the way she moves. Mashup.
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So after four years in 1978, things were going really well for both of them, right? But Oleg was recalled to Russia. So pack your bags, Ed. We're going to the Kremlin.
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Oleg was stationed in Moscow for the next few years, and he spent his time building his new family with Leila.
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Yeah, yeah. They were married in 1979, and their first daughter was born the next year. Now, meanwhile, she had no idea that he was actually a double agent between the Soviet Union for the British. And Oleg was never really comfortable in Russia anymore, so he wanted to be back in England.
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He's like, yes, yes, yes, democracy. But what about the gay porn? Where can we get this?
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Exactly. So in the summer of 1981, Oleg passed this super spy English exam that qualified him for a post at the Russian embassy in London. And this is what you're talking about. So by that fall, his second daughter was born and the KGB were finally convinced that the new marriage was more solid than the first one.
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This feels like a weird detail, but it was important because it helped the KGB decide that Oleg could be trusted, right? They're like, if he can make two marriages work, he can do this.
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Hey, guys, this is Greatest Escapes, a show bringing you the wildest true escape stories of all time. Today, we're telling the story of a Soviet spy who switched sides in his bonkers attempt to get away from the KGB, or as I pronounce it, KGB. KGB. I'm Arturo Castro, and my guest today is actor, writer, producer, comedian, musician, trapeze artist, and host of his very own podcast, Snafu.
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Yeah, of course. More collateral.
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Exactly. And they're like, well, this man wasn't happy in his first marriage. He left and created a second marriage. This is a reliable man. So they let him take the job in London, and because if there's anything to be said about the KGB, it's that they're romantics. Finally, when Oleg arrived in London in June 1982, he was in easy reach of his British spy friends.
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Now he could pass them even more information at even lower risk. The British spies decided to switch it up with his nickname, with his codename, and the new codename was Nocton. This was his British codename. Okay. So the Brits were passing along until to the CIA too. And the Americans didn't know Nocton's identity, which is important later.
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But they did know that he was a high ranking KGB officer. So they gave him their own nickname and codename. The spy community is going to be up in arms that I keep calling it a nickname. They called them Tickle. So now he is Tickle. Right, right, right. I love the idea of like a copywriter being like, what's a catchy one? You know, that that's their only, their only job is to pick code names.
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Tickle. Let's call him Tickle. Tickle's fun. Because that's what we feel. We feel tickled when we get this information.
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He makes us giggle. So once he was in London, he was able to spend hours talking with them, discussing the KGB methods, the identity of hidden agents, you know, just tons of secrets that MI6 had never understood before. Now, meanwhile, the rest of the KGB was focused on the idea of whether or not the United States and the rest of their European allies were going to start a nuclear war.
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That's where it comes in. Boom. But one important thing is that the KGB spies were supposed to be tracking all sorts of weird things, right? Like looking for signs that the West was preparing for a sudden nuclear attack.
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Arbitrary. I was going to say it just seems like so like.
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ineffable where people are like i don't know tell me how much how many burgers are they're stashing right because they wanted to know how many they did they wanted to know how many cows were getting killed at a slaughterhouse and the one that you're talking about is like they were monitoring how much blood was being stashed in blood banks which makes a little more sense but like cows i don't fucking know man
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So our guy Oleg is caught in the middle of this, right? He was telling MI6 everything he knew about the KGB. And then he was telling the KGB whatever they wanted to hear about how many cookies were in the fucking shop or whatever it was, right? Right. So he knew that this put him in a really dangerous spot. And he was right to be worried, right?
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It's Ed Helms. Welcome, Ed. Thank you so much.
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The KGB didn't know that someone was passing their secrets to the British because the British were sharing those secrets with the Americans and the Russians, which I did not know, had a spy in the CIA. Yeah. So fortunately for Oleg, the Brits weren't telling the CIA about Tickle's identity. That was in part because they enjoyed dangling secrets over the Americans.
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So that's really a win for being petty, you know? Sure. They're like, thank you. Thank you for being mad at your cousins. So the Russians were really on the hunt for their traitor. And if the KGB found out that it was Oleg, they were probably, this is what they do. They call him back to Russia to squeeze him for information before they finally did away with him, right?
SNAFU with Ed Helms
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But now, if he needed an escape route back to England, he would need to get his wife and his two kids out as well. So together with the British spies, they cooked up this plan called Operation Pimlico, named for the Pimlico neighborhood in London. Are you ready for the super intelligence spy plan, Ed? Oh yeah, this is a good one. Okay, here we go. Very elaborate.
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If things go bad in Russia, they would stuff Oleg in the trunk of a car and drive like fucking hell to Europe. That's it. That was the plan. I should do not. And if the whole Gordievsky family was together, then the plan became much more elaborate. They would stuff one man, one woman, and two children in the trunks of two cars and then drive like hell to Europe. Thank God.
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I would be like, guys, I feel safe. I feel heard. I feel understood. Yeah.
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No. Also, but you bring up a really interesting point that I'm like, why do you go back anyway? Like, you know what I'm saying? If you know that you are an imminent threat, why go through the fucking process of just checking in, you know?
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I feel like it wouldn't take that much. If they tell me, come back to Russia. I was like, that's it. I'm dead. Fucking I'm safe. But, you know, to your point, too, like that once you're in that mindset and you've been so used to just playing this card, I don't think it dawns on you the option of just staying. Right.
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Because then that just defeats the whole thing that you like, whatever you build your personality around and your mind games about, like you don't know how to do anything. You're sort of going on autopilot by going back to the Soviet Union.
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But that confidence almost bit him in the ass. It really did. Yeah, it did. So in May 1985, it finally happened, right? The KGB recalled Oleg to Moscow via telegram. So they said that he was getting a promotion and needed to come back for some high level secret preparations. but things didn't feel quite right for Oleg, right? So he confirmed with his British contacts.
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If he gave the signal, they would launch Operation Pimlico to get him out of Russia. On May 19th, 1985, Oleg arrived in Moscow where he had an apartment. There's a feeling that he got. He describes a chill shooting up his spine, which if you're a spy like Oleg that doesn't seem overly paranoid, that's a really bad sign.
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The deadbolt lock on his apartment had been turned, so his place must have been combed by other agents before he arrived. They were searching vigorously for gay pornography. On the bright side, he was now a colonel in the KGB. So there were rules about how to treat somebody of his rank. The Soviets actually have to gather evidence and hold a trial if they suspected him.
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So that bought him some time, you know, but Oleg knew that they were onto him. After a few days, Gordievsky was called in for questioning. And this is what we're talking about that we would have fucking folded. This guy in the interrogation, the other KGB agents gave him spiked brandy and dug for details about his British and Danish contacts.
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You're fantastic. You're fantastic. Really, it means a lot to me that you did this, man. I'm such a fan of your podcast, which we'll get into in one second. Something about myself is I find white bearded dudes harmonizing incredibly soothing. So I love folk music, man. I'm such a big fan of folk music. Fleet Foxes, give me that. Mumford and Sons, give me all that good stuff.
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They asked him questions for hours and eventually Oleg blacked out. Now, he doesn't even know what the fuck happened. He was just allowed to leave after he came to. So he could only guess that he didn't give up anything about his counter espionage. How fucking scared would you be, bro? If you're like, if you're like, do you think you have your shit together?
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And then you black out and then you come back and we have what we wanted. Like, I'm like, what have I like? Dude, I have two tequilas. I'm like spilling fucking family secrets, man. I cannot even imagine that. Yeah. So at the end of May, Leyla and the kids were brought back to Moscow and told that Oleg was sick. But when they get there, he didn't want to let them know how dangerous things were.
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So he acted like things were, you know, like everything's fine. I'm fine. You guys OK? Like, don't be weird about it. And he sent them off to a vacation at the Caspian Sea. Now, he says the saying goodbye was the hardest thing that he'd ever done. By the time they would get back to Moscow, he was either going to be dead or in exile.
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And you were in a folk band, is that right?
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After this time in the hospital, he was back in Moscow that July. He felt eyes on him everywhere, right? He feared it was only a matter of time before he was snatched. So it was finally time to engage in Pimlico. So the plan was supposed to go like this. Oleg was supposed to stand on the street at 7.30 a.m.
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and he would be holding a crucial signal, this plastic bag from the Safeway grocery store, signaling that he needs a safe way out of this fucking place. Can you believe?
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But we're going to bring really positive attitudes.
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We're bringing our energy coach, Ananda. His real name is Jeff, but he is coming along for the ride, and he's very excited. I just want to be clear.
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So in response to this fucking Safeway bag, another man would walk past him holding a green bag from the luxury department store Harrods and he would be eating a chocolate bar. Then Oleg was supposed to wait for three days, go to church and pass a little note with the details of his situation and then wait again. So Oleg followed his plan, right?
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He did his little Safeway shopping bag thing at the street corner, message sent, but he didn't notice anybody else following the plan. There were no Harrods bag, no chocolates being eaten. So Oleg nervously waited three days and went to church and he scribbled on a little note that he was ready to pass along, right? And it said, need exfiltration.
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He worried the whole way that he was going to be found out because part of the plan was for him to wear a hat in church and no one wears a hat in church. No, not in Moscow. Not in Moscow, you don't. When Ole got to the church, there was a sign hanging out in the front, which said, all hats are welcome. No, they just said that it was closed for redecoration. So Ole freaked the fuck out.
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He dashed back home, chewed up and swallowed his note so it would never be found. And to sleep, he crammed himself with sedatives and Cuban rum. Which also, to be honest, at this stage of his exfiltration, I would be a full-blown alcoholic, man. Like, you got to have something going on for you to calm the nerves. I mean, the anxiety. Horrible.
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I spend sleepless nights if a waiter says, welcome to the restaurant. I say, thanks, you too. Like I'll spend a sleepless night and be like, oh, fuck. I fucked it up. I fucked it, you know. He was already there. He didn't need welcoming. He didn't know. He doesn't. Yeah, I'm the one coming to his establishment. God damn it. What a rude thing to say.
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So the next Tuesday, anxiety driven as he is, he went back to the street corner once again. He flew his Safeway shopping bag and he was just screaming internally the whole time until finally another man walked by him carrying a green bag and munching on a chocolate Mars bar while making direct eye contact with Oleg as he marched by. Message received. Boom.
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Also, I mean, such an awkward fucking secret spy signal, but fuck it.
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And making uninterrupted eye contact. And it turned out to be the Danish agent. He's hoping for a second run at the honeypot. He's like, you're going to fucking look me in the eye this time. So for the next two days, Oleg visited friends and family saying his goodbyes. You know, he talked about literature with his friends. He jogged around his neighborhood. He tried to act as normal as possible.
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He was the only one that knew that he was about to run for his life in a very noncomplicated way. So now we get to the final bit of it, which is the day finally came. Oleg dunked out of his apartment. Now he knew he was being followed. So he jogged directly into a thick patch of trees and zigzagged his way to the train station where he boarded on a trip toward Finland. And this trip was wild, man.
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So Oleg took too many sedatives on the train and he ended up falling out of a high bunk bed and gashing his head open. So he stumbled around bleeding on people like, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Not exactly keeping a low profile, right?
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Screaming about Harrods and Safeways, like, shut the fuck up, Oleg. You're so close. Now, when he finally caught a bus near the Finnish border, Oleg went through a bonker sequence of events, right? To get the bus to stop at the right place, he convinced the driver to pull over, telling him that he was going to barf all over the seats.
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So the bus let him out on the side of the road where he pretended to yak into the bushes until it drove away. Once he was alone, Oleg realized that he was way too early for his meeting with the British spies to pick him up. So what does he do? This is amazing. This is truly the hubris of these guys. You know what? This is fucking nuts. So he waits.
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Does he wait for like a good little spider effect or no?
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You should fucking stand there and wait.
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Lonesome Trio. That's wonderful. And I got to tell you, you know, it's not even a bit that I love folk music. I've never... I've never been really good at being like kind of stereotypically Latin. Like most people assume that I like, I like salsa or like reggaeton and shit. And I'm really musically challenged, like rhythmically challenged in that sense.
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You don't have to survive. Just hide and take a nap. Watch people going by. Read a fucking book. But no, no. Our pal Oleg had a little rumbly in his little tummy. So he decided to hitchhike to the nearest town and sit down for lunch. He slammed down a beer. He ate some chicken, bought another beer for the road, and he started walking back to the meeting place.
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How fast are you walking, bro? Like, yeah, it's completely far. You got four hours. And only now he realized that he had taken too long and that he might be late. This is the first moment it strikes him when he's walking back, right?
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So internally, he was like, what the fuck am I doing? I'm like, why did I not just wait there? Because externally, he was just like walking around with a bottle of beer, sprinting down the road as fast as it could be like, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. You know, the worst of all, he was wearing corduroy pants, which is a very, you know, a lot of chafing, buddy. You know, I don't know about if you've ever.
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Well, it's going to make a lot of noise. That's a lot of swooshing. None of this is spy like he's a chicken. His pieces of chicken are falling off of him. He's drinking beer. He's just in corduroy. He's weird. So fortunately, Oleg finally heard a truck going in the right direction, so he stuck out a thumb and caught another ride back to cover the 16 miles. He would have never made it on his own.
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Now, this is a true story. He tried to, in order to convince the truck driver to stop in the middle of nowhere, Oleg told the truck driver that he had an appointment to have sex in the woods, and the driver agreed. Obviously, the driver didn't look at his corduroy pants, because everybody knows you can't have sex in the woods with corduroy pants.
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Is there any other good excuses that I would get to be like, I am so sorry. Listen, dude, I was planning on robbing you, but I've changed my mind. Leave me off here. Yeah. You know, one of these, which might get you shot. I don't know.
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It's like if I don't fucking catch this bird. I'm going to be the embarrassment. You understand? And the truck driver being a fellow Audubon Society member was like, say no more.
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The problem is getting him to go away. Keep me posted. That's right. Keep me posted. Here's my number. So Oleg swatted mosquitoes and swigged from his beer once he finally got there. And finally, he's waiting on the spot where his... Two cars pull up and his rescuers jumped out.
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Now they were surprised to see only one man and not the whole family as they had planned for but they opened the trunk for Oleg and he dove inside and they revved the engines and now Oleg was finally racing towards the border. Now in the trunk he had a bottle of water, sedatives for his children which he's not going to use now and a space blanket.
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They also knew that the Soviets scanned cars with infrared cameras at the Finnish border so they hoped that the metallic space blanket would hide Oleg from the cameras and allow them to pass through. Did they do any fucking tests on it? Like they were hoping? Here's like some plastic cellophane. Wrap yourself in this. Chew on these ice cubes. That's going to bring your body temperature down.
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And I, I, I heard Ray Lamontagne for the first time when I just moved to New York and I was, you know, I try to go to all my friends back in Guatemala and be like, you guys have to hear this shit called folk music. It's like really sensitive. Like, are you in the forest? You know? Yeah. So trying to convince people that I'm actually into folk music has been a, A lifelong journey. That's so funny.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
Introducing GREATEST ESCAPES with Arturo Castro
So the sedatives were Oleg's first move. He pounded them and fortunately they also gave him an empty jug for piss. Now, over the next half hour from the darkness of the trunk, Oleg felt them stop at four different Soviet checkpoints on the way to the border.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
Introducing GREATEST ESCAPES with Arturo Castro
They all seemed to be quick conversations while the drivers and the passengers showed papers, but they kept music playing in the car radios and it seemed like they were doing just fine. Now, the fifth stop is when it gets tricky. Oh boy. The engine switched off and Oleg could hear voices. They had reached customs. Oleg heard the officers talking and men with dogs circling the cars.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
Introducing GREATEST ESCAPES with Arturo Castro
Now, one of the British officers started feeding chips to the dogs, while another complained with a Soviet official about the annoyance of students in Moscow. That was it? That was like, what did I like? They found his one niche thing that he loves to complain about, so he let him go? So finally, after what felt like an hour, the British officers climbed back inside.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
Introducing GREATEST ESCAPES with Arturo Castro
The car crossed from the highway to a dirt road. Wait, hold on. They didn't just check the trunk? Nope. Because the British spies were just like, hey, fucking students, am I right? They were both from like, I don't know, Bensonhurst, Brooklyn in this scenario. But there was also one more thing, which was that the British agents brought a baby with them.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
Introducing GREATEST ESCAPES with Arturo Castro
And while the guards were talking with the driver, she actually got out and gave the baby a diaper change on the trunk of the car. So the Soviet guards was just like, I don't like a baby. This is poop. I don't like to do this. So they didn't even make them open it. What? So they managed to talk their way out of it by complaining about students in Moscow and by feeding chips to the dogs. All right.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
Introducing GREATEST ESCAPES with Arturo Castro
So finally, after all this tension, they're in a dirt road and they finally come to a stop outside a stand of pine trees. When the truck opened, Oleg was met by the friendly face of his English handler. He had just escaped the KGB. Yay. Good for you. Yay. But he had left his family behind.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
Introducing GREATEST ESCAPES with Arturo Castro
So because it was successful, Operation Pimlico is remembered as one of the most daring escapes of the Cold War. A lot of other KGB defectors died trying to escape. So it's kind of a miracle, like truly, that Gordievsky got out. Ever since, he's basically spent the rest of his life trying not to get killed by KGB assassins. Now, MI6 wasn't surprised, of course.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
Introducing GREATEST ESCAPES with Arturo Castro
Like one officer said, he made absolute fools of the KGB. The only way that they did have to get back at him was to hold his family hostage. So Oleg started lobbying world leaders, asking them for help. He even flew to the U.S. and he went to the White House where he met with President Reagan and he asked for the U.S. to get his kids back.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
Introducing GREATEST ESCAPES with Arturo Castro
To set the tone for this greatest escape thing, do you have one that you consider to be an escape of your own?
SNAFU with Ed Helms
Introducing GREATEST ESCAPES with Arturo Castro
Like it's a, it might be an unreliable narrative sort of idea. Yeah, exactly. If it was true, then it's, it was a great detriment to the easing of tensions that you lost. Like one of the only guys in the room being like, guys, nobody's fucking fighting. You're good. Everybody's okay. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But, like, unfortunately, he had to go to Britain to chill.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
Introducing GREATEST ESCAPES with Arturo Castro
So in the years since after he went to talk to Reagan, Oleg had been in hiding, and he has lived in safe houses and had to keep watch for Russian assassination attempts ever since. But there is one bright spot, though. In 1991, when the Russian government was in turmoil, new leadership stepped in, and looking to make amends with the Western world, they finally let Leila and the girls go.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
Introducing GREATEST ESCAPES with Arturo Castro
They reunited with Oleg that September. Three months after Oleg and his family got back together, the Soviet Union collapsed. So in the end, tickle, tickle, tickle won. Yeah. Anyway, that's our story. Ed, thank you so much for being a part of it, man. And thanks for adding so many interesting details of it. I didn't know that the conversation with Reagan was because a big part of it was.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
Introducing GREATEST ESCAPES with Arturo Castro
It was part of the color of that conversation. A hundred percent.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
Introducing GREATEST ESCAPES with Arturo Castro
Awesome, man. Well, listen, we can't wait to hear your band play and to watch you in whatever awesome movie or show you steal next. And I can't wait to listen to more Snafu, okay? Season two is out now and season three is coming soon, right? I appreciate you coming in, brother. Thank you so much. Thank you, Arturo. You're so awesome at what you do. Keep doing it. Thanks a lot. Thank you so much.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
Introducing GREATEST ESCAPES with Arturo Castro
Later, brother. Bye. Greatest Escapes is a production of iHeartRadio and Film Nation Entertainment in association with Gilded Audio. Our executive producers are me, Arturo Castro, Alyssa Martino and Milan Popelka from Film Nation Entertainment, Andrew Chugg and Whitney Donaldson from Gilded Audio, and Dylan Fagan from iHeartRadio.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
Introducing GREATEST ESCAPES with Arturo Castro
The show is produced and edited by Carl Nellis and Ben Chugg, who are also respectively our research overlord and music overlord. Our associate producer is Tori Smith, who's our other overlord. Nick Dooley is our technical director. Additional editing by Whitney Donaldson. Special thanks to Allison Cohen, Dan Welsh, Ben Ryzek, Sarah Joyner, Nikki Stein, Olivia Canney, and Kelsey Albright.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
Introducing GREATEST ESCAPES with Arturo Castro
Hey, thank you so much for listening. And if you're enjoying the show, please drop a rating or review. My mom will call you each personally and thank you. And we'll see you all next week.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
Introducing GREATEST ESCAPES with Arturo Castro
Were their fans called? call themselves fish boners or what stuff? I'd like to, I'm sorry, that's a stupid question, but I want to know. It's a really good question.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
Introducing GREATEST ESCAPES with Arturo Castro
I'm really happy you did. And also like, I love that
SNAFU with Ed Helms
Introducing GREATEST ESCAPES with Arturo Castro
oh fuck moment that we've all had when you realize that like you're in the wrong place at the wrong time you know yeah like you're ill-equipped yeah then you're ill-equipped you just don't have the knowledge or the the skill set i just want to dance you guys i'm wearing sneakers you all have combat boots all right man let's escape let's rock and roll oh yeah
SNAFU with Ed Helms
Introducing GREATEST ESCAPES with Arturo Castro
We're going to talk about Oleg's great escape, okay? Now to get us there, let's talk about who he was and what made him that Soviet spy and why he switched sides from the Soviets to the West. So first of all, he was in the family business, right? This was sort of like a thing that they did.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
Introducing GREATEST ESCAPES with Arturo Castro
Now his dad was a hardcore communist, like to the level where he joined the secret police and was put in charge of indoctrinating new recruits. And that was how he raised his kids. So, you know, no Barney for Oleg and his older brother. No, no. They became KGB agents. Why wouldn't you? In 1966, Oleg got his first assignment outside the USSR, where he was posted to the Soviet embassy in Copenhagen.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
Introducing GREATEST ESCAPES with Arturo Castro
The Danish government knew that he was there, but officially he was just part of the embassy staff. But secretly, his mission was to manage the network of undercover spies throughout the country. Not that this would have been a real surprise to the Danes because of the 20 workers at the Soviet embassy, 14 were spies.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
Introducing GREATEST ESCAPES with Arturo Castro
Yeah. I imagine the dates were too busy being happy to give a fuck about the spies. They were like, ah, uns spies? Yeah, it's cool. I don't know.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
Introducing GREATEST ESCAPES with Arturo Castro
Spy for it. Now, living outside the iron grip of the Soviet Union was really exciting for Oleg. He enjoyed seeing just how loosey-goosey things were in Copenhagen. Yeah. Do you remember the honeypot story? This honeypot story that I'm about to tell?
SNAFU with Ed Helms
Introducing GREATEST ESCAPES with Arturo Castro
So he went for a stroll this one time through the red light district, which it seems like the Nordic states seem to just all have red light districts, you know, they just call them. the district now, I guess? Sure. So he browsed a shop that was selling sex toys and he even bought some gay porn and brought it home to show his wife.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
Introducing GREATEST ESCAPES with Arturo Castro
He proudly displayed it on his mantelpiece because, you know, freedom. He's like, look, they are so flexible, these men. Yeah. And so he bought a gay porn magazine and he put it on his mantel.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
Introducing GREATEST ESCAPES with Arturo Castro
And so this little purchase is what kind of sets us up for the goofiness of it. Because one night, a local police captain invited Oleg and his wife over for a dinner so that the Danish spies could sweep the apartment. And they spotted the magazine and it made them think that he was 100% gay, right? Which is reasonable. Yes.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
Introducing GREATEST ESCAPES with Arturo Castro
I would say particularly if it's in your mantelpiece, like you're just like, you're like, hello, welcome to my house. And here is my, here's what I love to do when my wife's not here.
SNAFU with Ed Helms
Introducing GREATEST ESCAPES with Arturo Castro
Also, I can imagine like sort of the ego hit that that like devilishly handsome young man must have had. He's like, what the fuck? Like, what is wrong with this? You don't like Sikella?
SNAFU with Ed Helms
Introducing GREATEST ESCAPES with Arturo Castro
What the fuck is wrong with this guy? And meanwhile, Oleg's at his house being like, man, these Danes are really fucking nice. Yeah. So in the end, it wasn't actually the Danish recruiting that swayed him to turn against the Iron Curtain, but it was the Soviets themselves. Mm hmm. In 1968, the Soviets brutally crushed the Prague Spring when tanks rolled into Czechoslovakia to squash an uprising.
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Hi, I'm Arturo Castro, and I've been lucky enough to do stuff like Broad City and Narcos and Roadhouse. And now I'm starting a podcast because honestly, guys, I don't feel the space is crowded enough. Get ready for Greatest Escapes, a new comedy podcast about the wildest true escape stories in history.
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