A US Diplomat's Son in Cold War Soviet Union, Nicaragua and Cuba (347)
In this fascinating interview, Patrick D. Joyce recounts his unique experience growing up as the son of a U.S. diplomat during the Cold War. Living in the diplomatic community of the Soviet Union, Ni...
24 Mai 20241h 5min
East German Army Bullying, Serving in a Brigade HQ and Military Exercises (346)
Warning: This episode does cover the subject of suicide. If you need help please use these links: UK https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan/ Rest of the World https://finda...
17 Mai 202448min
America's Cold War Scottish Bastion (345)
David McKay is a former Cold War special forces officer and author of Bubbleheads, SEALs and Wizards: America's Scottish Bastion in the Cold War. His book highlights the Scottish bases' significant ro...
10 Mai 20241h 19min
The Challenges of a Christian East German Childhood (344)
Tilo offers an engaging and personal account of growing up in East Berlin before the fall of the Berlin Wall. He begins by describing his early childhood in a rundown building in Prenzlauer Berg befor...
3 Mai 202451min
Commanding a Cold War US Navy Nuclear Missile Submarine (343)
Bill Woodman is a former US Navy nuclear missile submarine commander, who shares his rich experiences from joining the US Naval Academy in 1964 to commanding two SSBN submarines, the USS James Monroe ...
26 Apr 20241h 20min
My friend the Bridge of Spies spy - Part 2 (342)
Burt recounts the surreal experience of learning about Fisher's true identity from a newspaper headline, the subsequent FBI interrogations, and the emotional courtroom testimony where he struggled to ...
19 Apr 202457min
My friend the Bridge of Spies spy - Part 1 (341)
In a riveting episode that peels back the layers of Cold War espionage, we sit down with Burt, an artist who unwittingly befriended a man better known as Colonel Abel, the infamous Bridge of Spies Spy...
12 Apr 20241h 5min
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 Apr 202443min
