Chuck

Yeah, it really is. Because he got this nickname as a kid, like before he knew he was going to be a spy.

Oh, wow. Well, at any rate, he was born to a well-heeled family. His parents were gone a lot. He was raised by his Indian nanny. He went to Cambridge. So he was sort of on that track of not, you know, royalty or anything, but probably aristocracy, you could say. And when he went to Cambridge, it was the early 1930s. Pretty, pretty rocky time. The Great Depression was happening.

Oh, wow. Well, at any rate, he was born to a well-heeled family. His parents were gone a lot. He was raised by his Indian nanny. He went to Cambridge. So he was sort of on that track of not, you know, royalty or anything, but probably aristocracy, you could say. And when he went to Cambridge, it was the early 1930s. Pretty, pretty rocky time. The Great Depression was happening.

Oh, wow. Well, at any rate, he was born to a well-heeled family. His parents were gone a lot. He was raised by his Indian nanny. He went to Cambridge. So he was sort of on that track of not, you know, royalty or anything, but probably aristocracy, you could say. And when he went to Cambridge, it was the early 1930s. Pretty, pretty rocky time. The Great Depression was happening.

And that's when the fascists, especially in Germany and Italy, saw their sort of opportunity when people were wrecked by poverty to step in and start controlling things.

And that's when the fascists, especially in Germany and Italy, saw their sort of opportunity when people were wrecked by poverty to step in and start controlling things.

And that's when the fascists, especially in Germany and Italy, saw their sort of opportunity when people were wrecked by poverty to step in and start controlling things.

Yeah. And it was especially a way for, you know, kids to to rebel against what their parents loved, which is a classic thing that that kids and teenagers and young adults do. And in this case, these like you said, these young Cambridge elites were like, hey, communism is where it's at. Forget the this was about to say patriarchy, but it was really, you know, everybody, the upper class altogether.

Yeah. And it was especially a way for, you know, kids to to rebel against what their parents loved, which is a classic thing that that kids and teenagers and young adults do. And in this case, these like you said, these young Cambridge elites were like, hey, communism is where it's at. Forget the this was about to say patriarchy, but it was really, you know, everybody, the upper class altogether.

Yeah. And it was especially a way for, you know, kids to to rebel against what their parents loved, which is a classic thing that that kids and teenagers and young adults do. And in this case, these like you said, these young Cambridge elites were like, hey, communism is where it's at. Forget the this was about to say patriarchy, but it was really, you know, everybody, the upper class altogether.

And, you know, as far as Philby is concerned, he didn't. He wasn't out there calling for a revolution or anything and let's go burn it down. He apparently never officially joined the Communist Party, but he was a communist through and through, like up until the very end. He was very committed to it, something he did not grow out of. Like his parents probably hoped he would.

And, you know, as far as Philby is concerned, he didn't. He wasn't out there calling for a revolution or anything and let's go burn it down. He apparently never officially joined the Communist Party, but he was a communist through and through, like up until the very end. He was very committed to it, something he did not grow out of. Like his parents probably hoped he would.

And, you know, as far as Philby is concerned, he didn't. He wasn't out there calling for a revolution or anything and let's go burn it down. He apparently never officially joined the Communist Party, but he was a communist through and through, like up until the very end. He was very committed to it, something he did not grow out of. Like his parents probably hoped he would.

Yeah. And as you'll see, there were plenty of chances to go a different way, and he never did.

Yeah. And as you'll see, there were plenty of chances to go a different way, and he never did.

Yeah. And as you'll see, there were plenty of chances to go a different way, and he never did.

Yeah. He was like, oh, I was thinking a letter campaign or something. But sure, I'll go to Austria and fight a ruthless dictator. While he was there, he went to Vienna. Lovely town, by the way. One of my favorites in Europe. He fell in love with a woman named Alice Litzy Coleman, who was another young communist. They became friends.

Yeah. He was like, oh, I was thinking a letter campaign or something. But sure, I'll go to Austria and fight a ruthless dictator. While he was there, he went to Vienna. Lovely town, by the way. One of my favorites in Europe. He fell in love with a woman named Alice Litzy Coleman, who was another young communist. They became friends.

Yeah. He was like, oh, I was thinking a letter campaign or something. But sure, I'll go to Austria and fight a ruthless dictator. While he was there, he went to Vienna. Lovely town, by the way. One of my favorites in Europe. He fell in love with a woman named Alice Litzy Coleman, who was another young communist. They became friends.

a co-revolutionaries and they, you know, hooked up also in, you know, in a more romantic way, hugging and kissing that kind of thing. Okay. And Dolphus, the, uh, the fascist dictator said, all right, we got to get rid of these communists and we will do so by whatever means we need to. And that Litzy, uh, woman was on that list.