The Illegals: The Americans Rewatch Podcast revisits the acclaimed FX series The Americans through the lenses of history, intelligence, geopolitics, culture — and great television. NEW EPISODES THURSDAYS. Hosted by Julie Roginsky, Michelle Kinney, 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, media, and culture to rewatch one of the greatest TV dramas ever made. 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 Reagan...
Latest episodes
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40 min
S1 E11 "Covert War" | The Illegals: The Americans Rewatch Podcast
Elizabeth is unraveling — Zhukov is gone, Gregory is gone, and Philip just got an apartment. he Jennings' marriage is in shambles. Sandra finally calls out Stan, Martha forces Clar…
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45 min
S1 E10 "Only You" | The Illegals: The Americans Rewatch Podcast
Episode 10 hit differently this time around. Gregory is gone — and we barely knew him, which somehow made it worse. Elizabeth breaks for the first time. And Stan, who we always roo…
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1 h 10
S1 E9 "Safe House" | The Illegals: The Americans Rewatch Podcast
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 re…
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59 min
S1 E8 "Mutually Assured Destruction" | The Illegals: The Americans Rewatch Podcast
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 an…
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57 min
S1 E7 "DUTY AND HONOR" | The Illegals: The Americans Rewatch Podcast
The full panel is back for Season 1, Episode 7 — Duty and Honor. Honeypots, the Polish Solidarity movement, Philip's reunion with Irina, and the lie he tells Elizabeth when he gets…
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48 min
S1 E6: "TRUST ME" | The Illegals: 'The Americans' Rewatch Podcast
"Trust Me." Good luck with that. Spies. Handlers. FBI agents. Creepy strangers in cars. Everyone on this show is asking for trust and almost no one deserves it. The full panel is b…
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49 min
S1 E5: "COMINT" The Illegals: The Americans Rewatch Podcast
Episode 5 of The Illegals: The Americans Rewatch Podcast covers "COMINT" — communications intelligence — but the real signal running through this episode is what women are required…
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60 min
S1 E4: "IN CONTROL" | The Illegals: The Americans Rewatch Podcast
"In Control." Pick your punctuation. Episode 4 covers "In Control" — the episode built around the assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan on March 30, 1981, and what happens when bo…
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58 min
S1 E3: "GREGORY" | The Illegals: The Americans Rewatch Podcast
Episode 3 of The Illegals: The Americans Rewatch Podcast digs into "Gregory" — and this week the full panel is back. Michelle Kinney, Julie Roginsky, Nina Jankowicz, Olga Lautman,…
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1 h 10
S1 E2: "The Clock" | The Illegals: The Americans Rewatch Podcast
Season 1 Episode 2 digs into "The Clock" — and the panel brings the kind of analysis you're not going to find anywhere else. A Soviet refugee who lived it. A former Marine who know…
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1 h 11
S1 E1 The Illegals: The Americans Rewatch Podcast | The Pilot
The Mayday Network co-founders Julie Roginsky and Michelle Kinney launch The Illegals — a rewatch podcast for the greatest spy drama ever made — with a panel that could actually ru…
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2 min
The Illegals: The Americans Rewatch Podcast Trailer
The Illegals: The Americans Rewatch Podcast revisits the acclaimed FX series The Americans through the lenses of history, intelligence, geopolitics, culture — and great television.…