Show Notes
COMING SOON: The Illegals: The Americans Rewatch Podcast revisits the acclaimed FX series The Americans through the lenses of history, intelligence, geopolitics, culture — and great television.
Hosted by Michelle Kinney, Julie Roginsky, Olga Lautman, Nina Jankowicz, Jeff Jarvis, Lt. Col. Jaclyn Urso (Ret.), and Craig Miller, the show brings together experts in Russian affairs, disinformation, national security, journalism, and culture to rewatch one of the greatest TV dramas ever made.
Yes, we’ll dive into the real spycraft, Soviet “illegals” program, and the Cold War history behind the story. But we’ll also talk about the music, the performances, the wigs, the Reagan-era pop culture — and why The Americans remains one of the smartest and most entertaining shows ever made.
More from The Illegals: The Americans Rewatch Podcast
Hosted by Michelle Kinney and Julie Roginsky with Jeff Jarvis, Lt. Col. Jaclyn Urso, Olga Lautman, and Nina Jankowicz.
Episode 10 hit differently this time around.
Things got a little crazy. Agent Amador got himself into the wrong mess. Nina is trapped with no way out. Julie is still baffled: why are the English subtitles not giving us the real Russian? And the wig survived circumstances it had absolutely no business surviving.
It seems everyone on this show is getting it on this episode. Everyone except Philip and Elizabeth, who are having the same fight again. It is a full women’s panel for Episode 8 and we cannot stop laughing — the wigs, the honeypots, and the wigs during the honeypots.
The full panel is back for Season 1, Episode 7 — Duty and Honor.