Cold War Conversations

My friend the Bridge of Spies spy - Part 1 (341)

In a riveting episode that peels back the layers of Cold War espionage, we sit down with Burt, an...

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A Diver Sapper in the Cold War Soviet Navy (340)

Valeriy was a Soviet Navy diver sapper and was born and raised in Kyiv, Ukraine. I have used a...

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Gymnastics and Pills: An East German Childhood (339)

Sirka offers a comprehensive exploration of life in East Germany, detailing the experiences of...

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The Soviet Afghan War (338)

The Soviet-Afghan War lasted ten years between 1979-1989 and led to the deaths of between 500k...

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Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War on Netflix Podcast (337)

Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War, is a nine-part documentary series from director Brian...

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Sex, spies and scandal : the John Vassall affair (336)

Alex Grant’s new book Sex, Spies and Scandal The John Vassall Affair has everything: a honey...

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V-Bombers: Britain's Nuclear Frontline in the Cold War (335)

V-Bombers: Britain's Nuclear Frontline in the Cold War is a new book by Dr Tony Redding that...

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On the Streets of Cold War Estonia fighting for Independence (334)

Timo takes us on a journey through the tumultuous events of the 1991 Soviet coup attempt, as...

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Borderlands and Battles: A Finnish Town's Cold War Story (333)

Timo takes us to the remote Finnish border town of Kuusamo. He paints a vivid picture of a...

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Australian Cold War Maritime Air Patrols (332)

Leigh joined the RAAF in 1978 to train as a pilot but was scrubbed after a few months and...

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A traumatic childhood journey from Cold War Poland to the United States (331)

In this deeply personal episode, our guest, Norbert, vividly recounts his traumatic childhood...

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Planning for a Hot War in the Cold War (330)

Dan served in the War Plans office of the US Army VII Corps working on counterattack plans and...

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The Picnic That Ripped Open The Iron Curtain (329)

In August 1989, a group of Hungarian activists did the unthinkable: they entered the forbidden...

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US Army Anti-Aircraft Missile Battery Command in Cold War West Germany (228)

Dan served as a lieutenant and captain in a US Army air defence artillery battalion in West...

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Britain's first Cold War Nuclear Attack Warning Station at Jodrell Bank (327)

The Jodrell Bank observatory in Cheshire in the UK played a significant secret role during the...

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The East German Tank Commander (326)

In the mid-1980s Dag was a T72 tank commander in the NVA, the East German Army and is now a...

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Twilight of the Soviet Union – Memoirs of a British Journalist in Moscow (325)

Kate is sent to Moscow in 1985 to write articles for The Morning Star, a left-wing British daily...

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Further Cold War Tank Tales from the Land Down Under (324)

This is part two of my chat with Tim., Part one is episode 321. In Part 2 we cover Kangaroo 89, a...

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How To Catch A Cold War Spy (323)

Since 1985, Ana Montes has been an asset of the Cuban intelligence service. In that time, she’s...

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Cold War, Warm Hearts - Hitchhiking behind the 1960s Iron Curtain (322)

In 1966 most of Bridget’s friends, in their early twenties, were settling down with jobs and/or...

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