The Happy Traitor - The Life of Soviet Spy George Blake (164)
Acclaimed author and journalist Simon Kuper, has written The Happy Traitor, the story of British spy and Soviet Union double agent George...
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From Foe to Friend - the British Army in Cold War Germany (163)
Germany has been at the heart of the British Army's story since 1945. After the Second World War, the Army helped rebuild a devastated and...
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On Her Majesty's Cold War Nuclear Submarine Service (162)
Commodore Eric Thompson MBE is the author of the book “On Her Majesty’s Nuclear Service. He is a career nuclear submarine officer who...
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Advanced English studies in Moscow during the 1970s and 80s (161)
Vadim was at school in Moscow during the 1970s and 80s. He attended an Advanced English Studies School where all subjects were taught,...
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US Army Intelligence gathering in the unified Germany (160)
We continue the story of Bill, a US Army Intelligence Analyst with Combined Analysis Detachment-Berlin (CAD-B) from episode 127. Germany...
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A freedom fighter in the 1956 Hungarian Revolution (159)
Charlie was 19 in 1956. A trip home from work by tram ended up with him being thrust into the heart of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, a...
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Witness to the Eastern Bloc revolutions of the 1980s with Professor Timothy Garton Ash (158)
Professor Timothy Garton Ash is a British historian, author, commentator and Professor of European Studies at Oxford University. Professor...
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Ian Black - Flying the English Electric Lightning (157)
Ian Black is a former RAF Fighter Pilot with a passion for photography and motorcycles. He began his flying career with the legendary...
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Sovietisation of Estonia (156)
Michael Zdanowski was born and raised in the UK, but his interest with the Cold War goes back generations. His grandfather having emigrated...
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Deputy Head of UK Mission in East Berlin - Part 2 (155)
This is Part 2 of our conversation with Colin Munro who was the British Deputy Head of Mission in East Berlin from 1987 to 1990. In this...
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Deputy Head of UK Mission in East Berlin - Part 1 (154)
Colin Munro was the British Deputy Head of Mission in East Berlin from 1987 to 1990. Although the UK did not recognise East Berlin as part...
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Just another day in Vietnam (153)
In this episode we talk with Col. Keith Nightingale who served in the US military from 1965 to 1993. He completed two tours of Vietnam; the...
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With Solidarity in Gdansk in 1980 (152)
During her first visit to Poland in 1980, Dr Jacqueline Hayden met the leading members of the free trade union ‘Solidarność’, including the...
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Sue Boyd - Deputy Head of Mission at the Australian Embassy in East Berlin (151)
Sue Boyd has been the head of Australian diplomatic missions in Fiji, Hong Kong, Vietnam and Bangladesh. She also had postings at the...
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Cold War Royal Navy submarine missions (150)
Today we speak with Ian Ballantyne, the author of “Hunter Killers”, also known as “Undersea Warriors” in the United States.Hunter Killers’...
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Détente – the chance to end the Cold War (149)
Today, we speak with Richard Crowder, the author of “Détente – the chance to end the Cold War”. Help support the podcast by buying the book...
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Guy Burgess and the Cambridge Spy Ring (148)
Guy Burgess was the most important, complex, and fascinating of The Cambridge Spies, brilliant young men recruited in the 1930s to betray...
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A Childhood under the eye of the Secret Police (147)
At 2 a.m. on 10 March 1983, 12-year-old Carmen Bugan was home alone after her father had left for Bucharest. That afternoon, Carmen...
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Don - Cold War 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment at Fulda (146)
In this second episode with Don Snedeker we talk to him about his time after his tour of Vietnam when he served in West Germany. From 1974...
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Navigator aboard the Cold War Vulcan nuclear bomber (145)
Barry Mullen was a Navigator Radar on the legendary Royal Air Force nuclear bomber, the Vulcan.The Navigator Radar (Nav Radar) had the...
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