Anke - Life as an East German teenager (20)
Today we're talking to Anke Holst was born in the GDR during the 1970s in Rostock. Anke has returned to Rostock after many years abroad and now provides tours of GDR sites in Rostock. Our conversation...
29 Jul 20181h 22min
Able Archer and the Cold War nuclear war scare of 1983 (19)
Today we're talking to Francesca Akhtar who holds a BA Hons in American Studies with 1st class honours from Canterbury Christ Christ Church University in Kent, and a Masters degree in US history & Pol...
21 Jul 20181h 14min
RAF Greenham Common - A history of the iconic Cold War British nuclear base.(18)
The airfield is probably best known, certainly in the UK, for the controversial deployment of Ground Launched Cruise Missiles in the 1980s and the resulting Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp outside ...
14 Jul 20181h 4min
Eyewitness to the Prague Spring
In 1968 today’s guest was 15 year old at the same school in Prague as Czech communist leader Alexander Dubček’s son. Jan Čulík provides a valuable eyewitness account of the heady days of the Prague Sp...
7 Jul 20181h 8min
Mark - A US Combat Engineer in Cold War West Germany (16)
Today we’re talking to Mark Valley, host of the Livedrop espionage podcast. Mark served with the US army as a combat engineer in West Germany and later with the Berlin Brigade. His story gives y...
30 Jun 20181h 26min
Sabine - An East German Childhood (15)
Today we speak to Sabine who was 13 when the Wall opened. We hear about her childhood in East Germany and gain great insight into life at the time, the pressures on her family and her first steps in...
23 Jun 20181h 15min
The 1968 Prague Spring (14)
In today’s episode we return to Czechoslovakia and one of the most iconic moments of the Cold War – The Prague Spring of 1968. We have with us Lani Seelinger of Socialism Realised which an excellent w...
16 Jun 201858min
A US soldier at Checkpoint Charlie when the Berlin Wall opened (13)
Michael Rafferty was posted to Berlin in 1988. He served in the 287th Military Police Company at Checkpoint Charlie and was there through to the historic opening of the Berlin Wall and the removal of ...
9 Jun 20181h 16min
