Show Notes:

Cold War espionage with an 80s feminist touch – The Americans (FX, 2013-2018) gave us a new form of anti-hero in Elizabeth Jennings, played by Keri Russell. Cynthia and guest author Linda Mizejewski discuss the award-winning series’ women, its commitment to accuracy and the bold approach of depicting spies as real people. Linda Mizejewski’s book The Americans, published by Wayne State Press https://www.wsupress.wayne.edu/books/detail/americans Slate’s podcast series on The Americans https://slate.com/tag/the-americans