1962 Berlin fiction - author interview (144)
In this bonus episode, we talk again with Paul Grant, author of "Coercion" the fourth book about the Schultz family who live in Berlin. His...
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Don - Vietnam war Armoured Cavalry Platoon Leader (143)
This is the first of two episodes we have following Don Snedeker’s experiences through the Cold War. In this episode, we hear about his...
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In Cold War Skies – NATO and Soviet airpower 1949-89 (142)
Today’s episode is brought to you by Osprey publishing and we’re speaking with Michael Napier, the author of “In Cold War Skies – NATO and...
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I was a deep cover KGB spy Part 2 (141)
This is part 2 of our chat with Jack Barsky who spent ten years as an undercover KGB agent in the United States.He is the longest surviving...
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I was a deep cover KGB spy Part 1 (140)
If you’ve seen the TV drama series, “The Americans” you’ll be fascinated by this episode. Albrecht Dittrich was an East German graduate...
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Portland Spy Ring Part 2 (139)
This is the 2nd episode with Trevor Barnes, the author of “Dead Doubles, a new book on the Portland Spy Ring, one of the most infamous...
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Portland Spy Ring Part 1 (138)
In this episode we talk with Trevor Barnes, the author of “Dead Doubles, a new book on the Portland Spy Ring, one of the most infamous...
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The Last British Commandant in Cold War West Berlin Part 2 (137)
This is the 2nd part of our conversation with Major General Sir Robert Corbett, KCVO, CB who was the last Commandant of the British Sector...
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The Last British Commandant in Cold War West Berlin Part 1 (136)
Major General Sir Robert Corbett, KCVO, CB was the last Commandant of the British Sector in Berlin.We start his story with the description...
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Eva - A Cold War Czechoslovak Childhood (135)
Born in Communist Czechoslovakia, Eva Caletkova has written an honest and unflinching account of her childhood in Bratislava.Eva’s parents...
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My father was Cold War Stasi spy Werner Stiller (134)
Werner Stiller’s spectacular defection to the West in 1979 inflicted one of the Cold War’s most serious blows to the Stasi.At the time he...
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Retracing the Iron Curtain: A 3,000-Mile Journey Through the End and Afterlife of the Cold War (133)
Tim Phillips travelled the route of the former Iron Curtain from deep inside the arctic circle to the meeting point in Azerbaijan, Armenia...
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Cold War Czechoslovak hockey star defects to Canada (132)
Vashi Nedomanský is the son of Czechoslovak former legendary ice hockey forward Václav Nedomanský aka “Big Ned” who is best known as the...
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Robert - The anti Cold War activist (131)
Robert Perschmann describes himself as an anti-Cold War activist.His political views started to form while serving in the US Air Force...
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Susan - An American teaching English in East Germany (130)
Susan Morrison is Professor of English at Texas State University. In the late 1980’s she taught in Rostock in the former GDR and then lived...
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The KGB tried to recruit me (129)
Hans de Vreij is a Dutch journalist who has worked in Berlin , Brussels, Geneva and Prague.Whilst working at the United Nations in Geneva...
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Experiencing the Cold War via virtual reality (128)
How can we go beyond the films, books, and photos to learn more about the Cold War? Films are certainly evocative and certainly inform but...
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Cold War US Army Intelligence Analyst (127)
Bill was a US Army Intelligence Analyst. In 1986 he was assigned to Order of Battle Branch, Soviet Section where for three years he studied...
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Reporting the 1989 Romanian Revolution (126)
We talk again to Mark Brayne who worked as a Reuters & BBC journalist during the Cold War. This time we are in Romania in December 1989...
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A British Journalist under Stasi Surveillance (125)
We talk to Mark Brayne again in a wide ranging chat about his career as a Reuters & BBC journalist including details of his Stasi file, his...
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