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The Illegals: The Americans Rewatch Podcast
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About the show
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The Illegals: The Americans Rewatch Podcast revisits the acclaimed FX series The Americans through the lenses of history, intelligence, geopolitics, culture — and great television.
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-era pop culture, the wigs — and why The Americans remains one of the smartest and most entertaining shows ever made.
Because the Cold War didn’t just shape history. It shaped the world we’re living in now
The Mayday Network is a women-founded, women-led independent media network.
The Illegals: The Americans Rewatch Podcast is an independent podcast and is not affiliated with FX or the creators of The Americans.
Latest episodes
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S1 E11 "Covert War" | The Illegals: The Americans Rewatch Podcast
June 12, 2026 · 40 minElizabeth 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 Clark to meet her parents (YIKES)! Hosted by Michelle…
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S1 E10 "Only You" | The Illegals: The Americans Rewatch Podcast
June 5, 2026 · 45 minEpisode 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 rooted for, is looking more and more like the actual villain…
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S1 E9 "Safe House" | The Illegals: The Americans Rewatch Podcast
May 29, 2026 · 1 hr 11 minThings 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 real Russian? And the wig survived circumstances it had…
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S1 E8 "Mutually Assured Destruction" | The Illegals: The Americans Rewatch Podcast
May 16, 2026 · 59 minIt 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 and we cannot stop laughing — the wigs, the honeypots, and…
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S1 E7 "DUTY AND HONOR" | The Illegals: The Americans Rewatch Podcast
May 7, 2026 · 57 minThe 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 home. PS Matthew Rhys is just the best. We stand by…
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S1 E6: "TRUST ME" | The Illegals: 'The Americans' Rewatch Podcast
April 24, 2026 · 48 min"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 back for Episode 6 — heated, hilarious, and a little bit…
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S1 E5: "COMINT" The Illegals: The Americans Rewatch Podcast
April 17, 2026 · 49 minEpisode 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 to endure just to exist in their jobs. Elizabeth. Nina…
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S1 E4: "IN CONTROL" | The Illegals: The Americans Rewatch Podcast
April 9, 2026 · 60 min"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 both superpowers are convinced the other one did it. The…