In Conversation with Margot Honecker (394)
I speak with Jon Benjamin who recounts his meetings with Margot Honecker, the unrepentant architect of East Germany’s education system and widow of GDR leader Erich Honecker then living in exile in Ch...
26 Mars 202530min
The Cuban Missile Crisis Suicide Missions (393)
Richard F Kaufman is the author of A One-Way Trip to Death A Survivor’s View of Cruise Missiles in the Cuban Missile Crisis In the 1950s he served in the Korean War, where he was shot down and provid...
22 Mars 202555min
Rebel Queen: The Cold War, Misogyny, and the Making of a Chess Grandmaster (392)
Susan Polgar is the author of Rebel Queen: The Cold War, Misogyny, and the Making of a Grandmaster. Born to a poor Jewish family in Cold War Budapest, Susan Polgar had the odds stacked against her g...
15 Mars 202553min
The Keys to Armageddon: A Cold War Nuclear Missile Officer's Story (391)
Jim is a former Minuteman nuclear missile officer who served in the US Air Force. Throughout the episode, Jim shares first-hand accounts of life in the launch control centre. From evaluations to the...
8 Mars 20251h 6min
The Secret History of Britain's Cold War Nuclear Experiments (390)
The race to build a British nuclear bomb sucked thousands into its vortex, who are still dealing with the effects of radiation today: veterans, widows, children, scientists and indigenous people, all ...
1 Mars 20251h 8min
Surviving the Fastnet Sailing Disaster with a British Prime Minister (389)
David recounts his experiences sailing with former British Prime Minister Edward Heath, offering a unique glimpse into the life of a man who once led a nation. From the camaraderie on board to the c...
22 Feb 202540min
From the Merchant Navy to Covert Hunter Killer Nuclear Submarine Missions (388)
David Arnold joined the merchant navy at just 14. His tales offer a glimpse into the rigorous and sometimes harsh realities of naval training in the 1950s. His story takes us through his progression ...
15 Feb 20251h 14min
Frozen in Time - the Cold War Nottingham War Rooms (387)
Last year I was given the unique opportunity to visit the Nottingham War Rooms. The site is about to be re-developed so it was a rare chance to see a British Regional Seat of Government bunker that h...
8 Feb 202550min
