Stasi Infiltration of the Cold War East German Church (109)
When the Berlin Wall came down, the files of the East German secret police, the much-dreaded Stasi, were opened and read. And among the shocking stories revealed was that of the Stasi's infiltration o...
22 Feb 202055min
The Regimes Museum (108)
Our guest today is Marc Voss the Founder and Executive Director of The Regimes Museum which is the culmination of an effort to collect, preserve, and archive material and artifacts from some of the mo...
15 Feb 20201h 16min
Assigned to a Cold War Government Nuclear Bunker (107)
Regional seats of government or RSGs were a UK solution to disperse the machinery of government into the provinces, where there would be a greater chance of survival after a nuclear attack. Today we s...
8 Feb 202048min
The First Western Pilot to Fly the Cold War Soviet MIG 29 Fighter (106)
What was it like to be the first western pilot to fly the most advanced Soviet fighter aircraft? At the 1989 Abbotsford Air Show, during the dying days of the Cold War, Canadian CF-18 pilot Major Bob ...
1 Feb 202054min
Children of the Cold War Bulgarian Silent Revolution (105)
What are your dreams at 18 and what happens in the next 20 years? Children of the Silent Revolution is a documentary film following a tight-knit group of classmates from Bulgaria who reveal their stor...
25 Jan 202047min
The Cold War Berlin spy tunnel - Operation Gold (103)
Operation Gold (also known as Operation Stopwatch by the British) was a joint operation conducted by the American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the British MI6 Secret Intelligence Service (SIS...
11 Jan 20201h 14min
A British Communist Working in Cold War East Germany (104)
John Tarver was born into a middle-class family. He joined the British Communist Party on his 18th birthday in 1948 because he felt the Soviet Union had made the most effective resistance to fascism. ...
11 Jan 20201h 16min
Working with high security clearance in the Cold War US Navy (102)
Jay Lieberman talks about his early childhood memories of the Cold War as well as his long career in the US Navy. He tells a fascinating story of how he obtained high security clearance in the US Navy...
4 Jan 202054min
