Ethel Rosenberg (184)
Ethel Rosenberg is a controversial figure and generates polarising views varying from an innocent mother caught up in Cold War hysteria to...
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Behind enemy lines in East Germany with a US Military Liaison Mission driver Part 1 (183)
Tom Favia served with the USMLM, The US Military Liaison Mission which the Soviet Union permitted to operate in East Germany at the end of...
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Ralph - A prisoner in an East German jail (182)
This is the third and final part of Ralph Hänel’s story of his life in East Germany.In this episode, we hear his time in the Stasi prison...
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Ralph - Arrested and interrogated by the Stasi (181)
In this second part of Ralph Hänel’s story of his life in East Germany.We hear of Ralph’s arrest by the Stasi and subsequent interrogation...
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Checkmate in Berlin: The Cold War Showdown that Shaped the Modern World (180)
We speak with author Giles Milton about his new book Checkmate in Berlin: The Cold War Showdown that Shaped the Modern World.In 1945 at the...
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Bonus - The state funeral of Josef Stalin (179)
This episode is sponsored by MUBI, a curated streaming service with an ever-changing collection of hand-picked cinema. From new directors...
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Spy who was left out in the Cold: The Secret History of Agent Goleniewski (178)
We speak with author Tim Tate about his new book the Spy who was left out in the Cold: The Secret History of Agent GoleniewskiMichal...
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Ralph - DJing and Kung Fu in East Germany (177)
Ralph Hänel tells some unique, strange and funny short stories about childhood and youth in East Germany. We talk about the experiences of...
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Irish Army peacekeeping in the Lebanon (176)
Adrian Jones was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Irish Army in 1983. As a 23 year old officer he served in the United Nations...
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Codename Hero - Soviet double agent Oleg Penkovsky (175)
In August 1960, a Soviet colonel called Oleg Penkovsky contacted the West to offer to work as a 'soldier warrior for the free world. MI6...
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Korean war veteran & prisoner of war (174)
70 years ago today would have been the middle of a desperate battle by outnumbered British forces at the battle of the Imjin River in...
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A journalist in apartheid South Africa (173)
John Matisonn is a South African journalist who grew up in the suburbs in Johannesburg. In 1979 he was sentenced to jail for refusing to...
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Yuri Gagarin - The first human in space (172)
9.07 a.m., April 12, 1961. A top-secret rocket site in the USSR. A young Russian sits inside a tiny capsule on top of the Soviet Union’s...
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Confrontation at the Stößensee (171)
In April 1966, a state-of-the-art Soviet aircraft, the Yak-28P crashed into the British Sector of West Berlin. This intelligence gift to...
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A 22 year old Briton working in East Germany (170)
We speak with Chris Summers who as a 22 year old was sent by his employers to East Germany in a Ford Escort to install British factory...
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Bonus - Soviet Tours (169)
Soviet Tours is a Berlin-based tour operator focussed on off-the-beaten-path destinations across the globe. Their core area, as the name...
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Commanding a Cold War Royal Navy Polaris Nuclear Missile Submarine (168)
Our conversation with Rob Forsyth continues when he became Executive Officer - and in command on occasions - of HMS Repulse, a Polaris...
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Cold War Royal Navy Diesel Submarine officer during the 1960s and 70s (167)
Commander Rob Forsyth joined submarines in1961. By March 1962 as a young officer, he joined HMS Auriga a 1945 vintage diesel submarine....
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Jan - Greenham Common Peace Protester (166)
Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp was a protest camp established in 1981 to protest against the deployment of USAF controlled Ground...
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The China civil war and the independence of Taiwan (165)
The events of 1949 in China reverberated across the world and throughout the rest of the century. That tumultuous year saw the dramatic...
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