It made me almost tear up, ive seen her talk about him several times now & you can see her struggle to stay composed. I became a widow a few years ago, he passed young but we had been together since I was 14 so we basically grew up together. I know how hard it must've been to go out and talk about the book they wrote together so soon after he passed. She reminds me so much of my grandma, its so hard to imagine her as this incredibly brave spy & master of disguise

Julia I’m so sorry for what has happened to you. I can’t even imagine what you must have went through. Maybe still are going through. It’s my life ambition to be married to my husband for 60 years or more, but he’s 9 years older than me so I said I’d settle for 50 😂. It hurts me to even think of these words to put in this sentence, so I have no idea how I’d cope if I lost him, well I do, I’d be crushed. I don’t know how I’d even go on. I agree with you, it’s so hard to imagine that sweet woman as a hardcore spy, but at the same time, I bet she was so bad ass!

@Sara Shepard -- Yes,of course the first thing you do when you join the intelligence services is keep your friends up to date with all the details??? Are you for real? if the answer's yes then heaven help us,seems stupidity has NO limits, why don't YOU give all your 'friends' your credit card details and pin Nos. and while your at it perhaps all your passwords as well ? I now feel temporarily 'stupid' for wasting time replying to someone who is quite clearly a short-sighted brainless idiot.

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@@MrBorerayshe's retired now, so she could talk about some things I'm sure. Besides, I'm sure she'd be an interesting friend even when not speaking on intelligence work. Your aggression towards this commenter is curious. Is this how you want to be in the world?

If I were in trouble, I would run to her.

i worked for a city government for 25yrs and in the military deployed/many times (context). in the past 25yrs and "post" 2011 amazing how many near "tell" all books from "dagger and cloak" personnel. almost "never" ending. one even about the "dog" that was in on may 2011. a "dog". a non-human animal now gets a (well-paid book deal) of his experience and "knowledge". yes, yes of course: all cleared via their agency of not revealing specific information. i read (many) there books; many (not all) is a like puzzle you can put together if you "read" them. one reason, obviously money. folks buy these books like the "unknown". one writing one; then the "next". 50yrs ago this was not so. but then again no internet, ebooks,and online speaking engagements. i was "deployed" to thailand in about 2010; i was in a rural area near korat (NE thailand). medium city, beautiful and about 200K population. some, now few; but not many "ex-pat". i met a guy at a coffee shop about 62yoa. no doubt a retired fella from "virginia". did he "look at me", no. he lived off his savings, pension and beautiful thai (30yoa) wife; in quietness and tranquility. knowing what he contributed was "substantial" to our nation's defense. he said he taught online (political science) to a university back in the US. nothing more than that: he knew that even 30+ yrs ago; the value/depth of his contribution(s) was valued in his quietness of today. can not "tell" that to the money providers and publishers of: simon and shuster and "others". do this: look for how many "agents" from the ISI, RaW or former KGB (in numbers) write a "book" of their 25+ yrs. of "knowledge". you will find "wisdom" in that search of barnes and noble or amazon. very, very few if any at all. their information is not "for" sale on noble and "barnes".

with her contacts and ability's you would be brave not to listen it could get painful

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Oh, you're so wrong! I would enjoy every minute of it.

That must have been awful for your great aunt to hear that. It was once like that for us Irish to hear countries calling us "a nation of terrorists." The world used to judge us by all the terrorist attacks by IRA in UK. That was in the days before IRA ceasefire. After that, we gradually gained respectability.

The part your great aunt didn't tell you is how she then "neutralized" everyone in that room with half a piece of notebook paper and a fanny pack in 12 seconds from a stationary seated position as any respectable spy would.

I was ten when " the Jewish nightmare " started. I was living in Kharkiv and was in 3rd grade. And since I was adopted by this wonderful Jewish family I had no reason to believe that I was anything else. So they started these " political education " classes and the teacher would tell us horror stories about the Israelis and how they torture and kill the Palestinians. And the students would turn and look at us like WE were the enemy. So THAT aspect never really changed. Sorry if you were hoping for something different.

​@@Goldie_Hawn_Solo Decades later, her great aunt would teach John Wick how to take a man out with just a pencil.

..and a full grown one at that.

My thoughts exactly. I could be like a little kid/grandson just sitting at her knee, and listen to every one of her stories that she’d share with me

I feel exactly the same! I've been watching her videos all afternoon and love her more with each one!

Although I agree that she's a fascinating woman she probably distributed crack to the hood back in the day and certainly got innocent kids killed more than once. Have a nice evening c:

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Sara Shepard Hmmmm... You sounded like a bitter Russian whose country was outsmart by an organization that she and her husband worked for. Are you the old KGB or the current FSB? Comrade?

We were all afraid, very afraid back then. For some reason, probably the wrong one, this fear is not as prevalent today. Might make a come back soon.

Thanks for your service to the country especially during the cold war.

Does she do the reading?

I got the audiobook too! It was amazing!! 💚💚Sadly, she does not narrate it, but the narrator they got did a really good job!

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Pls can I have a copy

Do you, maybe, have a link for her book?

Tell that to the innocent pro-democracy dissidents who were tortured in South America by police forces taught and propped up by thr CIA. I think you'd feel different if it were your children who had been sodomized to death in a CIA black site.

You thank them too for all the coups that destroyed countries? For the paramilitary death squads they supported in south America? For drone bombing weddings because a phone was detected? Wake up these people aren't heroes. They are mostly rats serving the powerful.

Same. I just saw her video with Wired where she reviewed Spy movies and talked about if each scene was realistic. She talks kind of like my grandma did,. Just very similar and its so hard to imagine this adorable lady as a badass CIA spy. Its also interesting to be reminded how volatile relations with US & Russia has been and continues to be. It makes their interference with the 2016 election feel much more ominous and violating than it initially registered as in my mind.

Her cadence seemed so familiar and relaxing to me. Then she mentioned her hometown and it all made sense lol There's a video of her being interviewed in French. Her voice is very different but still very lovely when she's speaking in French

@@Juwlz Julia, do try to remember that 2016 is two years AFTER the 2014 Ukrainian coup. Maybe that FSB officer who attacked our guy had just lost someone on Donbass. And the rules Jonna is talking about? A Gentlemen's Agreement about not being totally nasty to the " enemy " agents- well, the FBI broke it in 2014. So all the bets are off. Sorry.

@@Juwlz that was a great video!

I visited in December 2005 while visiting family and friends in the state. I skipped riding the commuter train back to my friend’s home - she had strongly recommended that I visit the museum - for supper because I absolutely HAD TO see EVERYTHING and read EVERY caption!! Fascinating, amazing place!!

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You're so polite and PC. It's adorable. Considering the fact I caught Aunt Jonna in a lie on at least two separate occasions. Love her anyway. 😀

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We hear you loud and clear on this one. We're working to improve the overall quality of our programs. Thank you for continuing to tune-in.

@@IntlSpyMuseum Thank you for keeping up with the comments! 😃 I know audio is hard, especially when recording a live event. Briefing the speakers on how to use the mic would be a good thing to do so they do not come too close to it or move too far away from it. Any stationary or handheld mic is prone to issues like that unless the speaker knows what they are doing and is experienced enough. I have certainly been burned by not telling people this. And even if you do, the speaker does not necessarily remember it in the moment. And there is only so much you can fix in post. Wireless Clip on / lav mics are (at least in my experience) the least problematic ones. As long as you find a place to clip the mic - ideally, upper chest and with the capsule pointing up, without it rubbing up against clothes/beards/chest hair - and to stick the belt pack you should be golden. The obvious downside is they require some prep work. Might be difficult if the speaker wears a dress or something. But that should generally be doable in a minute or two, and has a huge potential payoff in quality. And the batteries last half a day with no issues (my frame of reference being the Sennheiser EW series). Anyways: keep up the good work! All best from Germany 👍

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Same!

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@@TINGTONGPOWER Thanks, but not into that stuff. I have my own religion don't need another one.

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Cannot STAND Claire Danes

And the celebrities are so high on themselves for movie roles that imitate a small part of the life of Someone like Ms Mendez.

Wait Claire Danes is a real person? I thought she was just a character in the cursed Sims house

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I was thinking the same thing. ??? Why talk about lipstick and pen cameras? Aren't these techniques and devices still used today? Why tip your hand?

How ELSE are the curious, aware, logical and unProgrammed ones gonna be easily Tagged. "They" called it a WEB for an obvious reason (Truth in face). 🕷️🕸️🕷️👁️

@@lynskyrd Tesla Tech is far more convenient, effective and expeditous.

I was also amazed at a lot she said no doubt well they will be aware of what happened in her time in Russia and they would have bought the books too I guess. But then probably a lot of things have changed I guess from when she was there. But fascinating insight and she sure is a wonderful speaker.

All the world is a stage. Truth.

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He showed a photo of his daughter. I gave mine a picture of myself.

Lay off the crackpipe there fella

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Bro, these days, if you live in a wrong neighbourhood, or if you accidentally bump into people from a wrong neighbourhood, you really need similar, if not the CIA-level skills to maneuver your ass out of trouble. They should teach this stuff at school.

No. Really?! 🤣🤣⚰️

Very dangerous, not for the faint of heart.

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Jonna said in another interview on reddit, the “Ask me anything”, that she wants to “ un-demonetize the agency”

Good question. It’s been declassified by the CIA so she may now share with the public.