Jesse Fink, Author of 'The Eagle in the Mirror'

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🗓️ 29 June 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Jesse Fink is the author of 6 books, including 'The Youngs,' 'Pure Narco,' 'Bon,' and his latest book, 'The Eagle in the Mirror'. Fink shares his incredible literary journey that saw him spend a decade chronicling AC/DC, delving deep into Pablo Escobar's cocaine empire, and most recently, uncovering the secrets of Dick Ellis, the top spy of MI6 during World War 2.

Ellis is a controversial figure, accused of being a triple agent—allegedly working for the Allies, the Nazis, and the Soviets. Fink discusses how the Americans recognized Ellis's contributions, yet his reputation suffered in the aftermath of the war. Nonetheless, Ellis played a pivotal role in the formation of the CIA, the premier agency in global intelligence and counterintelligence today.

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1:47.4	enroll in it these books are picked and and curated by the guys behind the scenes like Brandon Webb and Guy and all everybody out there even myself and my next guest hopefully his book and books will become part of our book clubs and let me introduce Jesse Fink who is an
2:05.7	author and he has written quite a few books actually so let me just read a little bit
2:10.9	of his bio here Jesse Fink British Australian author of six books,
2:14.4	including twin biographies of the Hard Rock Band ACDC,
2:18.4	the Youngs, the brothers who built ACDC,
2:21.2	and Bonn, the last highway.
2:23.2	The Cocaine Trafficking Story Pure Narco.
2:26.2	And the book that we're going to talk about more than the other ones is The Eagle in the
2:29.4	Mirror, a biography of British intelligence officer Dick Ellis.
2:33.2	His books have been translated into several languages and I just want to welcome to the show.
2:37.8	Welcome to the show Jesse.
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