Gary Powers & the 1960 U2 Incident
Powers' U-2 was shot down on May 1, 1960, as he flew over Soviet airspace, and after parachuting out of the plane he was captured and...
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The Trabant car - East German icon (22)
We’re talking about East German cars with Alex Goffe and Mark Mullarkey of the UK-based Wartburg Trabant IFA Club.Now I don’t think Top...
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BRIXMIS, the defence of Cold War Berlin & Rudolf Hess (21)
Welcome to Episode 21 of Cold War Conversations.Now I am very excited by today’s guest and we have a packed episode for you. Nigel Dunkley...
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Anke - Life as an East German teenager (20)
Today we're talking to Anke Holst was born in the GDR during the 1970s in Rostock.Anke has returned to Rostock after many years abroad and...
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Able Archer and the Cold War nuclear war scare of 1983 (19)
Today we're talking to Francesca Akhtar who holds a BA Hons in American Studies with 1st class honours from Canterbury Christ Christ Church...
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RAF Greenham Common - A history of the iconic Cold War British nuclear base.(18)
The airfield is probably best known, certainly in the UK, for the controversial deployment of Ground Launched Cruise Missiles in the 1980s...
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Eyewitness to the Prague Spring
In 1968 today’s guest was 15 year old at the same school in Prague as Czech communist leader Alexander Dubček’s son.Jan Čulík provides a...
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Mark - A US Combat Engineer in Cold War West Germany (16)
Today we’re talking to Mark Valley, host of the Livedrop espionage podcast. Mark served with the US army as a combat engineer in West...
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Sabine - An East German Childhood (15)
Today we speak to Sabine who was 13 when the Wall opened. We hear about her childhood in East Germany and gain great insight into life at...
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The 1968 Prague Spring (14)
In today’s episode we return to Czechoslovakia and one of the most iconic moments of the Cold War – The Prague Spring of 1968.We have with...
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A US soldier at Checkpoint Charlie when the Berlin Wall opened (13)
Michael Rafferty was posted to Berlin in 1988. He served in the 287th Military Police Company at Checkpoint Charlie and was there through...
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My Stasi file is as thick as a phone book (12)
We’re chatting with Mark Reeder a musician and music producer who has been involved in the Berlin and international music scene since 1978,...
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Observing Cold War Armageddon (11)
Today we’re covering a British Cold War civil defence unit called the Royal Observer Corps.We’re talking to Alistair McCann who has...
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1960s Road Trip Across the Soviet Union (10)
Jeremy Poynton was a 16 year old school boy in 1968 when he embarked on a memorable trip by road from Leningrad to Odessa.He vividly...
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Cloak & Dagger in Cold War Prague (9)
Mark Baker is an independent journalist and travel writer who’s lived in Central Europe for more than two decades. I heartily recommend his...
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Warsaw Pact Armoured Fighting Vehicles (8)
Welcome to Episode 8 of Cold War Conversations where we talk about the armoured fighting vehicles of the Warsaw Pact. Russell Phillips has...
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Interview with Stasi Child author - David Young (7)
We speak with David Young who has written the Stasi Child - Karin Müller series of crime thrillers set in East Germany in the mid...
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The 1953 Cold War East German Uprising with Dr Richard Millington (6)
We talk about the relatively little known Uprising of 1953 in East Germany. A lot of focus justifiably is on the fall of the Berlin Wall,...
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Espionage, East Germany and Berlin with Spybrary host Shane Whaley - Part 2 (5)
Welcome to episode 5 which is part 2 of our Cold War Conversation with Shane Whaley of Spybrary . Show notes at...
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Espionage, East Germany and Berlin with Spybrary host Shane Whaley - Part 1 (4)
Welcome to episode 4 (part 1) of Cold War Conversations. Today we’re talking about Cold War espionage, East Germany and Berlin with...
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