The Moscow Playbook: How Russia Used, Abused, and Transformed Sports in the Hunt for Power (443)
I speak with Bruce Berglund, the author of The Moscow Playbook: How Russia Used, Abused, and Transformed Sports in the Hunt for Power,...
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Chasing Rogue Nukes after the Fall of the Soviet Union (442)
Susan Miller continues the story of her CIA career, recalling a harrowing experience of the 1991 US embassy fire in Moscow, and the...
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Dead Drops and Disguises - A Female CIA Officer in 1980s Moscow (441)
I explore the remarkable journey of a CIA operations officer who transitioned from a quiet childhood in California to the thrilling world...
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Cold War British Army "stay behinds" - Live at the Imperial War Museum London (440)
This special episode was recorded in front of a live audience at the Imperial War Museum London, in October 2025. I speak with Colin...
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Planning an Escape for 13 Years: How One Family Outsmarted the Iron Curtain (439)
What would you risk to escape a totalitarian state—and how long would you be willing to wait? In this gripping episode, Peter Kasl, author...
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Why did the USA invade Grenada in 1983? (438)
The US invasion of Grenada in 1983 remains a pivotal event in both Caribbean and Cold War history. President Reagan, fearing the spread of...
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When Terrorism Went Global: Plane Hijackings and Violence in the 1970s (437)
In the 1970s, a network of radical extremists terrorised the West with intricately planned plane hijackings and hostage-takings. Among them...
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When East German Soldiers Dreamed of Flying Over the Wall (436)
Andrew was a British modern languages student in 1989. He recounts the serendipitous moment when he stumbled upon an advert for a work and...
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Cold War Kid to Space Age Engineer via President Kennedy's last flight alive & RAF Upper Heyford (435)
Keith Longstreth takes us through an extraordinary life shaped by the rhythms and risks of the Cold War. Born into an Air Force family,...
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Eyes at the Edge of the Iron Curtain - Life in a 1960s British Reconnaissance Regiment (434)
This is the 2nd part of the story of Miles, a British National Service conscript during his military service in the late 1950s. I’d like to...
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What was Cold War British Army Conscription really like? (433)
We hear the fascinating story of Miles, a British National Service conscript during his military service in the late 1950s. I’d like to...
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The Berlin Airlift - Victories, Myths, and the Berlin Blockade (432)
The Berlin Blockade was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War when the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies'...
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Surrounded and outnumbered 8-1 : A forgotten story of the Korean War (431)
This is the largely untold story of Task Force Faith, the U.S. Army soldiers who although outnumbered 8-1 by Chinese troops fought...
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Shaking Hands with China’s Second Most Powerful Man (430)
Bill Hodes was an American school child in 1950s Revolutionary China and this is the second part of his story. Among many stories we hear...
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An American Childhood in 1950s Revolutionary China (429)
Bill Hodes was a red diaper baby, a baby born to Communist parents. Bill shares stories about his parents, Bob and Jane Hodes, both...
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The German Democratic Republic The Rise and Fall of a Cold War State (428)
Ned Richardson- Little has written a new book titled The German Democratic Republic: The Rise and Fall of a Cold War State. It offers a...
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Trust but Verify: When the Soviets Came to South Dakota (427)
I continue chatting with Dennis Greene about his incredible journey from a challenging childhood in segregated Savannah, Georgia to a...
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Help Cold War Conversations win an award
I am trying to win an award for Cold War Conversations in the Discover Pods Awards for best history podcast 2025 and I need your nomination...
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From Racially Segregated Savannah to Nuclear Missile Crew Commander (426)
Dennis Greene, is a former Air Force officer, who shares his incredible journey from a challenging childhood in segregated Savannah,...
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The KGB defector who saved MI5 and changed the Cold War (425)
Oleg Lyalin, was a KGB officer whose actions would provide British intelligence with pivotal information during the Cold War. I speak with...
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