“Houston, we’ve had a problem” interview with Fred Haise, Apollo 13 astronaut (254)
Fred Haise was one of the three astronauts on the ill-fated Moon mission when a design fault caused an oxygen tank to explode mid-mission putting the Apollo 13 crew in mortal danger on April 13th, 197...
23 Syys 20221h 29min
An 18 year old US Military Policeman in Cold War West Berlin (253)
Richard Blevins enlisted aged 18 in the US Army in March of 1987. He completed Basic Training & Military Police School training in July of 1987 and was posted to West Berlin as a United States Militar...
16 Syys 20221h 15min
A trip across Central Europe on a East German MZ motorbike (252)
MZ was an East German motorcycle manufacturer located in Zschopau, Saxony. The acronym MZ stands for Motorenwerke Zschopau GmbH (German for Zschopau engine factory). In the 1980s MZ was regarded by ...
9 Syys 202243min
Imprisoned in a Soviet Military gaol - a BRIXMIS officer's diary Pt 2 (251)
This is the 2nd part of my interview with Lt Col. Stephen Harrison, MBE who served for two years as a full-time Touring Officer with BRIXMIS. The tours were hazardous three-man, vehicle-borne patrols ...
2 Syys 20221h 1min
Arrested 11 times, plus 3 shooting incidents - a BRIXMIS officer's diary Pt 1 (250)
Lt Col. Stephen Harrison, MBE served for two years as a full-time Touring Officer with BRIXMIS. These Tours were hazardous three man, vehicle-borne patrols collecting intelligence on the Warsaw Pact f...
26 Elo 202252min
Life in the forbidden zone at the East/West German border (249)
A young Claudia Bierschenk lived at the edge of a world called the GDR, in a village surrounded by hills, valleys and thick forests. Her great uncle lives in the Forbidden Zone, the area where the Ea...
19 Elo 202251min
The girl at the edge of the World - an East German childhood at the West German Border (248)
A young Claudia Bierschenk lived in a village surrounded by hills, valleys and thick forests at the edge of a world called the GDR. It could be beautiful, but the Iron Curtain runs through it, like a ...
12 Elo 202256min
A daughter's 18 year search for her Cold War CIA pilot father at the Bay of Pigs invasion in Cuba (247)
In 1961, members of the Alabama Air National Guard secretly took part in the failed invasion of Cuba by U.S.-backed Cuban exiles known as the Bay of Pigs. This was a covert attempt by the United State...
5 Elo 20221h
