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 human translator for this episode so the main voice you will hear is my translator Galina Ryabova who was...
5 Huhti 202443min
Gymnastics and Pills: An East German Childhood (339)
Sirka offers a comprehensive exploration of life in East Germany, detailing the experiences of growing up in Neubrandenburg, the influence of the East German state and the Stasi, and the societal impa...
30 Maalis 20241h 35min
The Soviet Afghan War (338)
The Soviet-Afghan War lasted ten years between 1979-1989 and led to the deaths of between 500k and 2m Afghan civilians. I speak with Nick Geering a Russian history and language teacher. From his mem...
23 Maalis 20241h 8min
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 Knappenberger, that provides a comprehensive appraisal of the events that led to the Cold War and traces...
20 Maalis 202453min
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 trap, industrial-scale espionage, journalists jailed for not revealing their sources and the first modern t...
16 Maalis 20241h 28min
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 takes a deep dive into Britain's V-bomber force's operational nuclear war role. Tony reveals the intense p...
9 Maalis 20241h 27min
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 experienced from the streets of the Baltic States. As the coup unfolds, Timo finds himself in Lithuania, pl...
2 Maalis 202450min
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 childhood overshadowed by his grandparent’s memories of their home lost during World War II and their proximi...
24 Helmi 20241h 9min
