Childhood at the Hungarian Border with Austria (85)
Balint grew up in Hungary right next to the border with Austria. Part of his family escaped in 1956 and went to Australia. Balint’s grandfather survived 4 years in a Gulag camp. Would you like a CWC C...
18 Okt 201954min
Life on a Cold War Polaris Nuclear Missile Submarine (84)
As a restless and adventurous 18-year-old, Richard Humphreys joined the submarine service in 1985 and went on to serve aboard the nuclear deterrent for five years at the end of the Cold War. Now befo...
11 Okt 20191h
Mark - Eyewitness to the events of 1989 (83)
Mark Baker was a journalist in Vienna who covered Czechoslovakia during the 1980s. In a wide ranging conversations we discuss the events of 1989 with Mark providing some vivid accounts of his experien...
4 Okt 20191h 4min
A Cold War Romance (82)
In 1986 GDR student Antje met a British guy who was installing sewing machines in the hosiery companies in East Germany. Unusually he was given quite a bit of freedom to socialise locally and he event...
27 Sep 20191h 9min
Eyewitness to the 1991 Soviet Coup (81)
As a 24-year-old Kieran Williams was in Moscow staying with Soviet friends when the 1991 Moscow Coup occurred. He is a Professor at Drake University in the United States and previously he taught for n...
20 Sep 201949min
Cuban Missile Crisis U2 Squadron Commander (80)
Col. William "Greg" Gregory served in the U.S. Army Air Corps and saw extensive combat over North Africa and Europe during World War 2. When the Air Force was created he continued his role as a pilot ...
13 Sep 201939min
Bridget Kendall - BBC Moscow Correspondent 1989 - 1995 (79)
Today we have James taking the helm again with a fascinating chat with Bridget Kendall, the BBC's Moscow correspondent from 1989 to 1995 when she was witness to the power struggles in the Soviet Commu...
6 Sep 20191h 21min
Watching Socialism: The Cold War Television Revolution in Eastern Europe (78)
Today we’re at the Wende Museum in Los Angeles at their Watching Socialism exhibition. Organized in collaboration with British-Slovenian media historian Sabina Mihelj and British cultural historian Su...
30 Aug 201951min
