Speaker 1: As important as choosing the right destination when traveling is
Speaker 1: choosing the right travel partner. Much of the joy you
Speaker 1: will find on the road comes from the person you
Speaker 1: share it with. There is nothing better than to have
Speaker 1: someone to appreciate the view with, enjoy a meal, discuss
Speaker 1: the history, and navigate the world. But be careful and
Speaker 1: choose your travel partner well and set correct expectations, because
Speaker 1: the worst trips result when two partners have two different
Speaker 1: agendas and don't leave room for compromise. Not everything has
Speaker 1: to be perfect. You can have different tastes, beliefs, and habits,
Speaker 1: and it's healthy to go off and venture alone. As
Speaker 1: long as your needs are communicated and your partner's needs
Speaker 1: are respected, every trip should be a joyous and harmonious occasion.
Speaker 2: Jean was bud it would you please stop zoning out?
Speaker 2: Are you even listening to me?
Speaker 1: Of course I am, but it's been a long night.
Speaker 1: I'm tired.
Speaker 2: Yes, you must be exhausted keeping this double life a
Speaker 2: secret from your wife.
Speaker 1: That's not what I meant.
Speaker 2: Well, I'm tired too, tired of traveling city to city
Speaker 2: to support our business while you run around playing spy
Speaker 2: with Rebecca. Also that you can track down the father
Speaker 2: who you thought was dead and haven't seen for fifteen years.
Speaker 2: Did you stop to think that perhaps he doesn't want
Speaker 2: to be found.
Speaker 1: I did many times. But I need to know the truth.
Speaker 2: But at what cost our marriage, your life.
Speaker 1: I'm not a spy, but Martin wasn't wrong. The skills
Speaker 1: of a travel writer come in handy, and since the war,
Speaker 1: I've forgotten I'm kind of good at this, and I
Speaker 1: kind of like helping the good guys. If I can
Speaker 1: save my father while helping prevent World War III and
Speaker 1: sell a few books in the process, Maybe it's more.
Speaker 2: I know what it is like to live under the
Speaker 2: tyranny of Soviet rule, so of course I value freedom
Speaker 2: above all else, and I understand what you say about
Speaker 2: your father. I would want to know the same. I
Speaker 2: suppose I am just being selfish. I thought this was
Speaker 2: finally our chance to build the business and maybe our family.
Speaker 2: But if all you say is true, we have to
Speaker 2: do our part.
Speaker 1: It is true, and I'll never keep anything from you again,
Speaker 1: no matter the risks.
Speaker 2: Well, then I guess if Martin can help us grow
Speaker 2: our company while keeping the world free for democracy, who
Speaker 2: am I to stand in the way.
Speaker 1: You don't have to get involved, though it can stay
Speaker 1: as it has been.
Speaker 2: No now that I know, I want to help, but
Speaker 2: first I want to speak with Martin. It's time we
Speaker 2: renegotiate a few.
Speaker 3: Things, permandex industries. How my director call.
Speaker 2: Lust a photo for Martin blending, Tell him it's urgent.
Speaker 3: One moment, please.
Speaker 4: Bluster. How are you doing enjoying Paris?
Speaker 2: Let's cut the crab, Martin. I know what's going on
Speaker 2: with you and Jean. Are we on a secure line?
Speaker 4: One moment? We are now good?
Speaker 2: You should know Jean told me everything, and I don't
Speaker 2: know who to be more angry with you or Yem.
Speaker 2: I trusted you, Martin, and you put my husband in
Speaker 2: danger and encouraged him to hide it from me while
Speaker 2: lying to me every step of the way. But well,
Speaker 2: I do not approve of your methods. I do understand
Speaker 2: the importance of the work being done, although it seems
Speaker 2: that for such a high level agency, these operations are
Speaker 2: often sloppy and put GENE at unnecessary risk.
Speaker 4: Flaster. I'm sorry you're upset, but I hope you understand.
Speaker 4: We try to take every precaution and Gene has always
Speaker 4: been able to stop at any time.
Speaker 2: Oh and you know very well you'll never do that.
Speaker 2: It isn't in his nature. But I'm sure you've known
Speaker 2: which buttons to press all along, which is why I'm
Speaker 2: here to tell you there will be some changes moving forward.
Speaker 4: What kind of changes?
Speaker 2: From now on, Each destination and all intended objectives for
Speaker 2: that location will be run through my office. All information
Speaker 2: will pass by my desk, and any country Gene steps
Speaker 2: foot in will have the proper security and agenda plan
Speaker 2: for a safe, pleasant and productive journey. No longer we'll
Speaker 2: have baked schemes and ill thought that plans be the
Speaker 2: basis for these missions that.
Speaker 4: Can be arranged. You will be completely informed, though I
Speaker 4: hope you understand, and we won't always be able to
Speaker 4: accommodate every request.
Speaker 2: Good now to business, as this revelation on Gen makes
Speaker 2: me realize why all the writing samples you've been sending
Speaker 2: have been barely literate. So in the future, if you
Speaker 2: are going to try to populate our company with spies
Speaker 2: like Rebecca, please start recruiting from journalism schools and literature
Speaker 2: departments instead of civil engineers. These people might be able
Speaker 2: to disarm a bomb, but they can barely complete a sentence.
Speaker 4: Understood, I'll speak to hr and provide you with new
Speaker 4: writing samples and new candidates of your choice.
Speaker 2: How does that sound fine? And one last thing, Our
Speaker 2: next travel guide destination is Pragg, Czechoslovakia, so start making
Speaker 2: the reservations. We're going to find the pathfinder.
Speaker 4: You'll be on a flight first thing tomorrow.
Speaker 2: Thank you, Martin. I think this is going to be
Speaker 2: a beautiful new chapter in our working relationship.
Speaker 1: Sounds like you laid down the law. Did he take it? Okay?
Speaker 2: Fine enough? Why don't you pack? He's sending us to Prague?
Speaker 1: Are you sure you want to go back there?
Speaker 2: If everything you said is true, then your father could
Speaker 2: be in real danger, and who knows how long he'll
Speaker 2: be there before they move him again. So the faster
Speaker 2: the better, and you will certainly find him faster with
Speaker 2: my help and my brothers.
Speaker 1: You're going to call Gustave.
Speaker 2: To let him know that we're arriving and see what
Speaker 2: he can find out. If anyone can find something in Prag,
Speaker 2: it's Gustave.
Speaker 1: Then I better pack my bag and get some sleep.
Speaker 1: You are a remarkable woman.
Speaker 2: That's right, and you are a very lucky man. Now
Speaker 2: off the pruge we Go.
Speaker 1: As one of the city's most revered residence. Franz Kofko
Speaker 1: once said, Prague never lets you go. This dear little
Speaker 1: mother has sharp claws. Mozart even named a symphony after it.
Speaker 1: The city is a political, cultural and economic hub of
Speaker 1: Central Europe, with a rich history of Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance
Speaker 1: and Baroque architectures. It was the capital of the Kingdom
Speaker 1: of Bohemia and residents of several Holy Roman emperors, most
Speaker 1: notably Charles the Fourth. Prague is also home to a
Speaker 1: number of well known cultural attractions, an astounding number of
Speaker 1: which survived much of the destruction Europe has faced over
Speaker 1: the decades. The main attractions include Prague Castle, Charles Bridge,
Speaker 1: and the Old Town Square with its famous astronomical clock,
Speaker 1: to name just a few. The city has more than
Speaker 1: ten major museums, along with numerous theaters, galleries, cinemas and
Speaker 1: other historic exhibits. But to simply walk around Prague is
Speaker 1: to get lost in time.
Speaker 2: Jean, there's my brother Alrooi Gustav.
Speaker 5: Wait a second, he's a cop.
Speaker 1: A firm hand runs in the family bluster. Jean, welcome,
Speaker 1: great to see you.
Speaker 2: Gustave, and this is only a photographer and assistant.
Speaker 6: Rebecca Ai, Rebecca new assistant. That's this Capitalism has been
Speaker 6: good to you.
Speaker 1: He've hit the big time. Look at us now, our
Speaker 1: very own police escort.
Speaker 7: Whatever it takes to bring on my little sister.
Speaker 2: It is good to see you, and I'm sorry for
Speaker 2: the short notice. But this isn't a social visit.
Speaker 7: You said there was something important. How can I help.
Speaker 2: We have reason to believe Jean's father is being held
Speaker 2: against his will somewhere in the city, and.
Speaker 1: We don't have much more information than that to go on,
Speaker 1: so any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Speaker 7: If your father is here, we'll find him.
Speaker 2: Thank you, Gustav, Jean, Rebecca, why don't you wait with
Speaker 2: the bags, Gustav and I will bring the car around.
Speaker 1: Great a cop Gene.
Speaker 5: They are notoriously pro Soviet around here.
Speaker 1: Gustav's no idealist. He's remained loyal to the Soviets because
Speaker 1: they were the ones to push out the Nazis, but
Speaker 1: he knows the stalinization has been slow and the country's
Speaker 1: economy is struggling. Their parents died working twelve hour shifts
Speaker 1: with nothing to show for it.
Speaker 5: But are you sure we can trust him?
Speaker 1: He's family and Velosta trusts him.
Speaker 5: Well, I guess we need all the help we can get.
Speaker 1: The Hotel International Prague is a four star hotel located
Speaker 1: in the Davitz quarter of Prague. The hotel was the
Speaker 1: idea of Alexi Chipichka, the Czechoslovakian Minister of Defense, who
Speaker 1: envisioned a monument to the newly formed Fourth Czechoslovak Republic
Speaker 1: that would reinforce ties with the Soviet Union due to
Speaker 1: the socialist realism style. It is the largest stalin this
Speaker 1: architecture building in Prague at eighty eight meters tall, and
Speaker 1: was inspired by the Seven Sisters in Moscow. The hotel
Speaker 1: is divided into two symmetrical wings, with a large tower
Speaker 1: at the center. The entrance hall and the main staircase
Speaker 1: include a stucco and painted ceiling, marble columns and artworks
Speaker 1: on its walls to create a palatial atmosphere. It was
Speaker 1: completed in nineteen fifty six and quickly became a Czech
Speaker 1: cultural monument and has the largest capacity in the entire country.
Speaker 6: Here we are the Hotel Intercontinental. You get checked in
Speaker 6: and I will see what I can learn book at
Speaker 6: the station discreetly, of course.
Speaker 1: De kuyu, Gusti, Yes, thank you, Gustav.
Speaker 5: Before we go inside the hotel, just remember it is
Speaker 5: still government controlled. All rooms are guaranteed to be booked.
Speaker 5: We should be careful not to threaten our.
Speaker 2: Cover, right, we understand, Gene, Why don't you go check
Speaker 2: us in. I want to have a word with Rebecca.
Speaker 3: For a moment.
Speaker 1: Sure, I'll be right back.
Speaker 2: Rebecca, while we still have our privacy. I want to say,
Speaker 2: I know you've been lying to me, but I also
Speaker 2: know you are just following orders, so I don't blame
Speaker 2: you for your deception. I know how hard it is
Speaker 2: to be a woman working in a man's world. Okay,
Speaker 2: thank you, But I want to make it clear to
Speaker 2: you right now that I don't care if we are
Speaker 2: rescuing Jean's father or even saving the world from nuclear annihilation.
Speaker 2: All I really care about is Gene, and his safety
Speaker 2: is more important to.
Speaker 1: Me than any mission.
Speaker 5: Funny, Jean said the same thing about protecting you when
Speaker 5: we first started. But don't worry, my objectives are aligned
Speaker 5: with yours to protect Gene and co fleet the mission.
Speaker 2: As long as it is in that order without.
Speaker 5: Jane, there is no mission.
Speaker 2: Good, just wanted to make sure we're on the same page.
Speaker 1: Ladies hate to interrupt, but the bags are being sent
Speaker 1: to our rooms, and Gustav just called saying to meet
Speaker 1: him at the Charles Bridge in an hour.
Speaker 5: Good spot, nice and public.
Speaker 2: Excellent. Then let's drop our things and go meet him.
Speaker 1: Charles Bridge is a medieval stone arch bridge decorated by
Speaker 1: a continuous alley of Baroque styles, statues and statuaries that
Speaker 1: crosses the Voltava River in the center of Prague. Its
Speaker 1: construction started in thirteen fifty seven under the auspices of
Speaker 1: King Charles the Fourth, a very superstitious man who believed
Speaker 1: deeply in astrology and numerology. That's why the official inauguration
Speaker 1: of the bridge was made at five thirty one am
Speaker 1: on July ninth, thirteen fifty seven. The time and date
Speaker 1: a palindrome a numerical seque you can read the same
Speaker 1: way from both ends one three five seven nine seven
Speaker 1: five three one year, day month time. As the only
Speaker 1: means of crossing the Voltava River until eighteen forty one,
Speaker 1: Charles Bridge was the most important connection between Prague Castle
Speaker 1: and the city's old town and adjacent areas. This land
Speaker 1: connection made Prague important as a trade route between Eastern
Speaker 1: and Western Europe throughout its history. Charles Bridge has suffered
Speaker 1: several disasters and witnessed many historic events, but has always
Speaker 1: been dutifully restored and remains a crown jewel of Prague's architecture.
Speaker 2: Jean, I siecle stuff up ahead.
Speaker 1: Hello again, that was a quick turnaround. Did you learn
Speaker 1: anything at the station?
Speaker 7: Yes?
Speaker 6: I learned not to ask too many questions. The moment
Speaker 6: I mentioned the missing person held by the KGB, I
Speaker 6: get called into the captain's office. I want to help you,
Speaker 6: but it's not safe to talk there. Do you have
Speaker 6: any clue besides the photo?
Speaker 2: Just this postcard from his father. It's the reason we
Speaker 2: think he's here in Prague.
Speaker 1: There's a Kafka quote on the back.
Speaker 6: From a certain point onward, there is no longer any
Speaker 6: turning back. That is the point that must be reached.
Speaker 1: It's from his book The Trial, about a man arrested
Speaker 1: and prosecuted by a remote, inaccessible authority, with the nature
Speaker 1: of his crime never revealed to him or the reader.
Speaker 2: It feels like a clear cry for help.
Speaker 6: I see well. Kofka lived in the Jewish Quarter. Perhaps
Speaker 6: that is where we should start looking good idea, but
Speaker 6: be careful though you are being watched. Your presence raised
Speaker 6: a red flag, and the captain instructed me to escort
Speaker 6: you on your sight seeing to make sure you only
Speaker 6: see what the government wants, and that is all that
Speaker 6: makes it into your book.
Speaker 2: But of course we would never want you to do this
Speaker 2: or our orders. We are just friend let tourists with
Speaker 2: a guidebook business. Who better to show us around than
Speaker 2: my brother?
Speaker 5: Precisely, I have an idea, Gustav. How about I go
Speaker 5: with you to photograph the major sites and establish the
Speaker 5: shark cover, while Gene and Vlost to search for clues
Speaker 5: in the Jewish Quarter.
Speaker 7: That would help.
Speaker 2: We'll be careful in staut of travel.
Speaker 1: And if we learn anything, we'll leave word for you
Speaker 1: at the hotel or meet you back there later.
Speaker 7: That'll affect me, Rebecca, where would you like to go first?
Speaker 1: The Jewish Quarter in Prague is located between the old
Speaker 1: town square and Voltava River. Jews are believed to have
Speaker 1: first settled in Prague as early as the tenth century,
Speaker 1: soon followed by the first pogram in ten ninety six,
Speaker 1: which eventually led to the community being concentrated within a
Speaker 1: walled ghetto. In the thirteenth century, when Jewish people were
Speaker 1: ordered to vacate their disparate homes and settle in this
Speaker 1: one area, the ghetto grew in size, but it also
Speaker 1: grew in prosperity. The ghetto was most prosperous towards the
Speaker 1: end of the sixteenth century, when the Jewish mayor Mordecai
Speaker 1: Masel became the Minister of Finance and a very wealthy man.
Speaker 1: His money helped develop the ghetto. Over the centuries, With
Speaker 1: Jews banned from living elsewhere in Prague, and with new
Speaker 1: arrivals expelled from Moravia, Germany, Austria and Spain joining them,
Speaker 1: even more people crowded into the quarter. To add to this,
Speaker 1: inhabitants of the ghetto were forced to endure structural changes
Speaker 1: at the whim of the Emperor or whichever ruler exercised
Speaker 1: control over them. Most of the quarter was demolished between
Speaker 1: eighteen ninety three and nineteen thirteen as part of an
Speaker 1: initiative to model the city on Paris. What was left
Speaker 1: were only six synagogues, the old cemetery, and the old
Speaker 1: Jewish town hall. Despite the horrors of World War II.
Speaker 1: Much of Prague's architecture managed to survive the conflict and
Speaker 1: encroaching Nazi rule. How did the buildings of the Jewish
Speaker 1: Quarriter in the heart of one of Hitler's most desired
Speaker 1: cities manage to survive. It is believed that Hitler wanted
Speaker 1: to establish a museum of an extinct race here once
Speaker 1: the war was over, and hundreds of thousands of Jewish
Speaker 1: artifacts were transported to Prague from all over Europe in preparation.
Speaker 2: It is such a beautiful neighborhood. Where do we start looking?
Speaker 1: I think I know a good place, and I could
Speaker 1: sure use a cup of coffee. Where is that Cafe Louver,
Speaker 1: where Kafka wrote many of his novels. It's just around
Speaker 1: the corner.
Speaker 2: Seems like the perfect place to start.
Speaker 1: Cafe Louver, opened in nineteen oh two, may be filled
Speaker 1: with tourists now, but it was once the favorite haunt
Speaker 1: of the Prague cultural elite, including Franz Kofka, who had
Speaker 1: come here to write, discuss philosophy, and meet with his
Speaker 1: friend Max Brode. Broade was Kafka's best friend and closest confidant,
Speaker 1: and would eventually go on to publish much of Kafka's
Speaker 1: work after the writer's death. Other famous visitors to the
Speaker 1: cafe throughout the years include Albert Einstein and Check play right,
Speaker 1: Karel Chopic.
Speaker 2: Ohoi, what can I get for you to espressos? Please
Speaker 2: keep the change, TAKHOI, I'll bring them to your table.
Speaker 1: Excuse me. I'm a writer and I've heard this cafe
Speaker 1: is famous for all the writers who have worked here.
Speaker 1: Do you happen to know which table Kafka used to
Speaker 1: sit at to write?
Speaker 5: Oh?
Speaker 2: Yes, that's one in the back corner.
Speaker 1: Thank you, I'm a big fan.
Speaker 2: Did you think there would be a clue taped under
Speaker 2: the table?
Speaker 1: I don't know what I thought, but I don't see
Speaker 1: anything helpful yet. It's a nice table, though. You can
Speaker 1: see the whole cafe from here.
Speaker 2: Here you are to espressos, JIKOI do you feel inspired
Speaker 2: to write?
Speaker 4: Yet?
Speaker 1: Still working on it? But I guess Kafka was a
Speaker 1: people watcher. I can enjoy my espresso and observe the
Speaker 1: whole place from here.
Speaker 2: Not Kofka. He hated to be bothered.
Speaker 3: That's why he always sat in that chair facing the
Speaker 3: wall so he wouldn't be disturbed or distracted the ball
Speaker 3: he worked.
Speaker 1: Facing the wall. Huh, let's see.
Speaker 5: Hmm.
Speaker 2: Certainly not as nice a view, but definitely less distractions
Speaker 2: unless you like the west gribblings of a child.
Speaker 1: Wait a second, what's that in the corner there? The drawing?
Speaker 2: This thing here? It looks like some kind of monster.
Speaker 1: Oh, that's not just a monster. That's a gollum. I
Speaker 1: remember it from when I was a kid. My father
Speaker 1: used to draw that. What it looks exactly the same,
Speaker 1: and look on his chest, my father's secret signature. It's
Speaker 1: a clue.
Speaker 2: Oh, you're actually serious. Why does it of what kind
Speaker 2: of monster?
Speaker 1: It's a gollumn, a mystical creature from the Jewish religion,
Speaker 1: created to protect the Jews in a time of need.
Speaker 1: My father used to tell me the story of the
Speaker 1: gollum of Prague when I was a boy. That's probably
Speaker 1: where Mary Shelley got her idea for Frankenstein.
Speaker 2: But what does it mean?
Speaker 1: The most famous gallum narrative involves Judah Low, the late
Speaker 1: sixteenth century rabbi of Prague, who, legend has it, created
Speaker 1: a gollumn out of clay from the banks of the
Speaker 1: Latava River and brought it to life. Through Hebrew rituals
Speaker 1: to defend the proge Ghetto from antisemitic attacks and pograms.
Speaker 1: At that time, the Jews in Prague were to be
Speaker 1: either expelled or massacred under the rule of Rudolph the second,
Speaker 1: the Holy Roman Emperor. The gollum was called Joseph and
Speaker 1: was said to be able to make himself invisible and
Speaker 1: summon spirits from the dead. But Rabbi Low deactivated the
Speaker 1: Gollum on Friday evenings by removing the shem before the
Speaker 1: Sabbath began so as to let it rest. But one
Speaker 1: Friday evening Rabbi Low forgot to remove the shem, and
Speaker 1: the Gollum went on a murderous rampage until the rabbi
Speaker 1: was able to remove the shem and the collumn fell
Speaker 1: to pieces. The Gollum's body was stored in the attic
Speaker 1: nisa of the old New Synagogue, where it would be
Speaker 1: restored to life if ever needed, but kept locked away
Speaker 1: so it wouldn't cause harm ever again. According to legend,
Speaker 1: the body of the column still lies there and the
Speaker 1: attic is closed to the public.
Speaker 2: Where is the synagogue.
Speaker 1: Just around the corner from here.
Speaker 2: Let me guess finish.
Speaker 1: Your espresso, darling, we're going to temple. The Old New Synagogue,
Speaker 1: also called the Altnushul, is Europe's oldest active synagogue, completed
Speaker 1: in twelve seventy in Gothic style and known as the
Speaker 1: Old Synagogue, It was one of Prague's first Gothic buildings.
Speaker 1: This synagogue was demolished in eighteen sixty seven and replaced
Speaker 1: by the New Spanish Synagogue. Hence the name, or another explanation,
Speaker 1: derives the name from the Hebrew Altnae, which means on
Speaker 1: condition and sounds identical to the Yiddish Altnae or Old New.
Speaker 1: According to that legend, angels brought stones from the Temple
Speaker 1: of Jerusalem to build the Synagogue in Prague on the
Speaker 1: condition that they be returned when the Messiah comes. The Nazis,
Speaker 1: wanting to use the synagogue as a museum, did not
Speaker 1: destroy the building, and forbid any soldier enter the attic,
Speaker 1: where it is said the body of the Gollum is
Speaker 1: still hidden.
Speaker 2: Where should we look first? And don't tell me the attic,
Speaker 2: because there is no way I'm going up there.
Speaker 1: Let's check for closer symbols on the walls. That's what
Speaker 1: my father did best.
Speaker 2: But there are symbols everywhere.
Speaker 1: M I'm gonna go check by the Bema, Eugene.
Speaker 4: Is that you?
Speaker 1: Oh?
Speaker 8: Pooh, my god, it is you, son.
Speaker 4: Father.
Speaker 1: I can't believe you found me. I thought you were dead.
Speaker 8: I know if anyone could find me, it would be you.
Speaker 8: I left those clues like a message in a bottle.
Speaker 1: But here you are, Bosta, Come here, father, this is
Speaker 1: my wife, Floster.
Speaker 8: Your wife is so wonderful to meet you.
Speaker 2: I heard so much.
Speaker 1: I can't believe this. What are you doing here?
Speaker 8: This synagogue is the one place the Soviets let me
Speaker 8: come alone. I tell them I come to pray, even
Speaker 8: though I'm not Jewish. It gives me space and time
Speaker 8: to think and read. And I know if anyone ever
Speaker 8: did track me down, it's the one place they wouldn't
Speaker 8: be looking. And look, my prayers have answered.
Speaker 1: I'm floss at Darling. Go contact Rebecca. Let her know
Speaker 1: we found him. We can't take him back to the hotel,
Speaker 1: but she should know a secure place we can meet.
Speaker 2: By the way, stay here and stay safe until I return.
Speaker 8: She's beautiful, like your mother.
Speaker 1: I would have invited you to the wedding if I
Speaker 1: known you were alive. What the hell happened to you?
Speaker 1: Why didn't you ever contact me? What the hell are
Speaker 1: you doing working for the Soviet Slow down, son.
Speaker 8: I know you have questions, but what you need to
Speaker 8: understand is that I never had a choice.
Speaker 1: After the war, the.
Speaker 8: Soviets controlled Hungry and most of Eastern Europe. The KGB
Speaker 8: came to me and promised as long as I cooperated,
Speaker 8: my family would be safe, including.
Speaker 1: You, and they forced you to work as Pathfinder.
Speaker 8: I figured drawing a few maps was worth your safety.
Speaker 8: I never know what they had planned, But how did
Speaker 8: you know about all of this?
Speaker 1: Martin Blanding from the OSS during the war, now works
Speaker 1: for the CIA. He told me that you were alive
Speaker 1: and promised if I helped find you and bring you in,
Speaker 1: he'd be given a fair trial. I'm sure if you
Speaker 1: cooperate and tell them what you know about the Soviet operations,
Speaker 1: they will be lenient.
Speaker 8: Martin always was the smartest of the Americans, but be
Speaker 8: careful trusting him. Everyone in his spy world makes compromises
Speaker 8: and betrayal is part of the game. Fortunately, I've got
Speaker 8: something Martin and the Americans will want.
Speaker 1: What's that?
Speaker 8: Copies of the Pathfinder operations, including the most important top
Speaker 8: secret mission I ever created.
Speaker 4: Here.
Speaker 8: Take these maps. They can stop the Soviets from igniting
Speaker 8: this Cold War into a nuclear annihilation.
Speaker 1: You keep them on you.
Speaker 8: I recreated the maps in miniature for memory. That is
Speaker 8: what I do with the synagogue. I've been working on
Speaker 8: it over many months. It should have all the details
Speaker 8: the Americans need to stop the Soviet operations.
Speaker 1: Ha pooh. These maps are your ticket to freedom, Jean.
Speaker 8: Please keep them safe for me so they won't be found.
Speaker 1: I will make sure that these maps get into the
Speaker 1: right hands and help clear your name.
Speaker 8: I trust you will do the right thing. I still
Speaker 8: can't believe you are here, my boy. Is this a
Speaker 8: dream come true?
Speaker 1: I have something for you as well, from a friend.
Speaker 4: What is this?
Speaker 1: It's a forged passport from Jivago. He was holding on
Speaker 1: to it in the lining of his jacket all this time,
Speaker 1: waiting to give it to you.
Speaker 8: He always was a great forger, but a better friend.
Speaker 8: Horrible taste than art, though we would spend hours arguing
Speaker 8: over it. He loved the Moderness crap, but I knew
Speaker 8: sending him that postcard was the best chance I had
Speaker 8: at being found.
Speaker 1: We got him out of East Berlin with his nephew.
Speaker 1: They should be in America by now. You can argue
Speaker 1: about Art again when you see him there. How wonderful.
Speaker 2: I contacted Rebecca and Gustav. They said, there's a train
Speaker 2: leaving for West Germany in thirty minutes, and she'll meet
Speaker 2: you both at the station.
Speaker 1: What about you.
Speaker 2: I'll go back to the hotel with my brother to
Speaker 2: keep up appearances. Check us out and say we're going
Speaker 2: to stay with family instead. If we are being followed,
Speaker 2: better to create the version. Then I'll meet you at
Speaker 2: the station. Martin is already making arrangements.
Speaker 1: All right, we'll head there now.
Speaker 2: And I'm moved to the hotel. See you soon.
Speaker 1: We should get going too.
Speaker 8: Yes, we can slip out the beck and take the alley.
Speaker 8: They'll come looking for me before long.
Speaker 1: Then we better be quick. This way, Jed. But if
Speaker 1: we head down this street we can stay more hidden. Yes,
Speaker 1: but this street is faster. We're looking for a short
Speaker 1: We should take another road altogether, down this alley.
Speaker 8: Fernando Trdofka, the narrowest road in Brogue. It's only twenty
Speaker 8: and she's quiet. We'll have to go one at a time.
Speaker 1: Good thing. I've been on the road and not had
Speaker 1: much time to eat lately.
Speaker 8: You remember your geography, I had a good teacher and
Speaker 8: your book business.
Speaker 4: How is that?
Speaker 8: I saw a copy at the cafe once. I was
Speaker 8: only sad I could brag about it.
Speaker 1: Do anyone? It's going well. Flosta is the real brains
Speaker 1: behind the operation, and we're in the midst of expanding.
Speaker 1: We love what we do, but we see an opportunity
Speaker 1: for more and the family that's part of the plan too.
Speaker 8: I'm so proud of the man you have become, my boy.
Speaker 8: I'm just sorry I wasn't there to witness it.
Speaker 1: Well, you're here now, but only if we make this train.
Speaker 1: We should hurry.
Speaker 8: I've got an old gene. My legs are moving as
Speaker 8: fast as they can.
Speaker 1: It's not much farther. Station's right there.
Speaker 9: You go on ahead, I'll catch up. No, no, we
Speaker 9: are doing this together. There's Vosta.
Speaker 8: It's the police.
Speaker 1: No, no, no, don't worry. That's her brother. He's just
Speaker 1: dropping her off. We'll meet them on the platform. Go
Speaker 1: the train's about to leave. Pardon me, excuse me, please me, please? Sorry?
Speaker 1: There she is just two more cars.
Speaker 9: Vosta here, Hell shun call the doctor.
Speaker 1: Just wreath, We love the Everything's gonna be okay.
Speaker 8: They can't find you here with me, they can't find
Speaker 8: the maps.
Speaker 1: I'm leaving you.
Speaker 8: There's no time get the maps to Martin. If they
Speaker 8: find them on you, it will have all been for nothing.
Speaker 8: Help me rid my wrongs, my boy.
Speaker 4: I love you.
Speaker 2: Oh no, jee, Jean, we have to go.
Speaker 1: The train is leaving. I won't leave him.
Speaker 5: He's gone, Gina.
Speaker 2: I'm so sorry.
Speaker 1: You have to go, Jean. You must go now. They're
Speaker 1: coming and the train is going.
Speaker 6: I'll make sure your father is taken care of, but
Speaker 6: now you must take care of my sister.
Speaker 1: Jean.
Speaker 5: It's time.
Speaker 1: He's lab all right, Let's go on, Harry, he's speaking up.
Speaker 1: Speed here, take.
Speaker 2: Oh je I'm so sorry.
Speaker 5: Did you see who shot him?
Speaker 1: That all happened so fast.
Speaker 5: Someone must have been following you.
Speaker 2: I thought they needed him. Why would they shoot him?
Speaker 5: He was too valuable to let him leave alive. It
Speaker 5: was a desperate move. They knew if we got him,
Speaker 5: he could destroy all of their plans. And now we've got.
Speaker 9: Nothing, no, not nothing. We've got his maps, and we're
Speaker 9: going to use these maps to end this once.
Speaker 3: And for all.
Speaker 10: Phodor's Guide to Espionage is created by Lars Jacobson, written
Speaker 10: by Lars Jacobson and Sabrina Jagulain, and directed by Sabrina Jagulin,
Speaker 10: Produced by Lars Jacobson and Sabrina Jagulin, and executive produced
Speaker 10: by Noel Brown or iHeartRadio. Fodor's Guide to Espionage stars
Speaker 10: Ethan Korn as Eugene Fodor, Lelia Symington as Volosta Fodor,
Speaker 10: and Jackie Emerson as Rebecca Ralston, with additional performances by
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