Training to be a Cold War US Army Tank Commander (38)
Today we’re talking to Neil Gussman who trained on the M60A1 tank in the 1970s. This was the standard main battle tank of the US Army from the 1960s through to the 1980s. If you are enjoying the podc...
1 Joulu 201837min
Antje - The Girl Behind The Berlin Wall (37)
Today we're talking to Antje Arnold, author of “The Girl Behind The Wall” which tells the story of a girl growing up in East Germany in the 1980s. Patreon is an easy way for you to support the podcast...
24 Marras 201858min
Life in Cold War East Germany Photography Exhibition (36)
Today we visit the Totally East: Life in East Germany Photography Exhibition. Run-down façades, punks and ordinary workers: This exhibition shows the works of Harald Hauswald, who documented everyda...
18 Marras 20181h 4min
The man who owns a Cold War Soviet submarine (35)
We talk with John Sutton who owns a Foxtrot class Soviet Submarine moored in the middle of the River Medway in Kent. This may seem an unlikely location for a Soviet submarine but John tells an interes...
10 Marras 201842min
Samy - Life as a West Berliner in Cold War Berlin (34)
Today we talk with Samy who as a native West Berliner describes growing up in the city during the 1970s and 80s. He describes in detail the difference between West Berlin and West Germany, including ...
3 Marras 201850min
Eileen - A British teacher living & working in Cold War East Berlin
Eileen shares some great information with us of working & living in East Berlin, with some surprising details. She also generously reveals details about the contents of her Stasi file. It’s a fasci...
26 Loka 201837min
Eileen - A British student living in Cold War East Germany (32)
Today we speak with Eileen Ford-Price who was British student in the GDR in the 1980s in Rostock. Before we start I’d like to thank all our Patreon who donate monthly to support the podcast further an...
20 Loka 201840min
The Korean War in Britain (31)
We speak with Doctor Grace Huxford, author of the Korean War in Britain – Citizenship, Selfhood and Forgetting. The Korean War was known as the “forgotten war”, but it is key in understanding the ear...
12 Loka 201858min
