Bowling for Communism: Urban Ingenuity at the End of East Germany (36)
John Paul Kleiner chats with the author of Bowling for Communism: Urban Ingenuity at the End of East Germany. Andrew Demshuk. Bowling for Communism illuminates how civic life functioned in Leipzig,...
2 Mai 202151min
The Red Woodstock - Politics and Pop Music in East Germany Part 3
John Paul Kleiner and Dr Ed Larkey return to Radio GDR/The East Germany Podcast for part 3 in our series on East German Pop Music. In 1971, East German leader Ulbricht is out and is replaced by Eric...
15 Apr 20211h 4min
East Germany, Chile and DEFA's "Hidden Films" with Dr. Claudia Sandberg (34)
In this episode of Radio GDR East Germany podcast, Steve Minegar speaks with Dr. Claudia Sandberg. a film scholar and filmmaker at the University of Melbourne in Australia and a colleague of Katrin Ba...
7 Apr 202148min
Interview with Helge Heidemayer, Director, Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial - Ep 37
On today's episode of the East Germany Podcast, GDR Objectified's John Paul Kleiner and Shane Whaley chat with the Herr Helge Heidemayer, director of the Hohenschönhausen Memorial in Berlin. You will...
19 Mar 202144min
Politics and Pop Music in East Germany Part 2 (33)
In this episode, our hosts return to look at the broad theme of pop and politics in East Germany. 'So we're looking at ways that East German authorities, the party, the free German youth organization ...
10 Mar 202145min
Why Communist East Germany's Interflug was an airline like no other with Sebastian Schmitz
Today we chat with the author of Interflug - East Germany's airline, Sebastian Schmitz. This is the first book published in English about Interflug. Don't worry though, you do not need to be an aviati...
11 Feb 202141min
East Germany in Mozambique: Private Photographs of a Forgotten Time with Dr. Katrin Bahr
On this episode of Radio GDR the East Germany Podcast, Steve Minegar explores the lives of East Germans who, in the name of international solidarity and cooperation with fellow socialist countries, wo...
19 Jan 20211h 14min
Visiting Family Behind the Iron Curtain - Journeys to Görlitz, East Germany with Bill Blosen (30)
I have always wondered what small-town life was like outside of Berlin in the GDR. In this episode of Radio GDR, Bill Blosen and I sit down to talk about his experiences traveling to Görlitz, a small ...
13 Des 202042min
