The Cold War Berlin spy tunnel - Operation Gold (103)
Operation Gold (also known as Operation Stopwatch by the British) was a joint operation conducted by the American Central Intelligence...
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A British Communist Working in Cold War East Germany (104)
John Tarver was born into a middle-class family. He joined the British Communist Party on his 18th birthday in 1948 because he felt the...
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Working with high security clearance in the Cold War US Navy (102)
Jay Lieberman talks about his early childhood memories of the Cold War as well as his long career in the US Navy.He tells a fascinating...
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Interview with Ian Sanders the host and producer of Cold War Conversations (101)
And now for something completely different... today I’m chatting with listener Peter Ryan who will be turning the tables and questioning me...
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Manuel - Experiences of the Reforger 82 NATO Exercise (100)
Manuel Alzaga returns to the podcast after his debut in episode 57 with his experiences as US Army 18-year-old assistant artillery gunner...
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A Cold War Mystery - Death in Ice Valley (99)
There’s an area near Bergen, Norway known as Isdalen (“Ice Valley”), but also nicknamed "Death Valley", due to the area's history of...
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Red Elvis, Dean Reed Cold War cowboy and Eastern Bloc Music Star Episode 2 (98)
We return to Ramona Reed’s account of her father, Dean Reed who was an American actor, singer, songwriter, director, and Socialist who...
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Red Elvis, Dean Reed the US music star behind the Iron Curtain - Episode 1 (97)
Ramona Reed’s father was Dean Reed an American actor, singer, songwriter, director, and Socialist who became a huge star in Latin America...
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Tales of my Father (96)
Today has been a difficult day. My Dad has just died. It was expected, but these things hit you nonetheless.He was a good father, a good...
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Alexander - A Conscript in the Soviet Navy (95)
Alexander ‘Sasha’ Goncharov was born in Leningrad but early in this life moved to Ukraine. After leaving school he was drafted into the...
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The Strange World of Cold War Romanian Football (94)
In this episode, we hear from Craig McCracken who spoke to us in episode 3. This time he tells us about the strange world of football in...
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The Berlin Wall - Frederick Taylor (93)
Our interview today is with Frederick Taylor, the author of one of my favourite books on the Berlin Wall. Using official history, archive...
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Gillian - A US Student at the opening of the Berlin Wall (92)
We speak again with Gillian, who was our guest in episodes 42 & 48. Gillian was in Berlin the night of 9th November 1989 and describes what...
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Alastair Witnesses the Wende (91)
Alastair took up a teaching post in Halle, East Germany in August 1989 and continued to work in Halle for the next 9 years, seeing the...
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The Opening of the Berlin Wall (90)
Our interview today is in a different format. Cold war Conversations is working with the Imperial War Museum on a project called Voices of...
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Checkpoint Charlie: The Berlin Wall and the most dangerous place on Earth (89)
Our interview today is with Iain MacGregor, the author of a new book on Checkpoint Charlie. Weaving together personal testimonies, this...
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Life as a Soviet Child Refugee in West Germany (88)
In this episode, we continue Andrej’s story with his sometimes, harrowing memories of how he became a child refugee in West Germany. Now if...
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British Forces in Germany: The Lived Experience 1945-2019 (87)
Dr Peter Johnston is the Head of Collections Research and Academic Access at the National Army Museum in London and the author of a...
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Growing up on a Soviet base in East Germany (86)
Andrej's father served with the Soviet Army in Germany. He grew up on a military base and shares his childhood memories as East Germany...
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Childhood at the Hungarian Border with Austria (85)
Balint grew up in Hungary right next to the border with Austria. Part of his family escaped in 1956 and went to Australia. Balint’s...
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