How To Catch A Cold War Spy (323)
Since 1985, Ana Montes has been an asset of the Cuban intelligence service. In that time, she’s risen through the ranks to become one of the Pentagon’s most respected voices on Cuban affairs with easy...
16 Dec 20231h 12min
Cold War, Warm Hearts - Hitchhiking behind the 1960s Iron Curtain (322)
In 1966 most of Bridget’s friends, in their early twenties, were settling down with jobs and/or husbands… She, on the other hand, set off alone to travel across Poland relying on the kindness of stran...
9 Dec 202359min
Cold War Tank Tales from the Land Down Under (321)
Many of Tim’s family had served in WW1 and WW2 and from a young age, he was determined to follow their path. Overcoming huge competition for places he became a driver of the Leopard AS1 MBT at 1st Ar...
2 Dec 20231h
Jack's dramatic Cold War escape across the fortified Inner German border (320)
Jack Wesolek was born in East Germany in 1966. His grandfather was a member of the Red Orchestra, a Communist Anti-Nazi resistance organisation in Germany during World War 2. He later became Chief of ...
25 Nov 20231h 27min
How President Kennedy's assassination almost started World War 3 (319)
On 23rd Nov 1963 at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea a detachment of US Air Force B-57 Canberra bombers were parked on an alert pad each with a live nuclear weapon in their bomb bay and ready to fly at a ...
22 Nov 202351min
The lazy schoolboy who became a Cold War Vulcan nuclear bomber pilot (318)
Kevin was born in Wigan in North West England and joined the RAF as an apprentice in 1956 with only 3 O Levels. He came top of his course but was posted into supplies at RAF St Mawgan. However, he qui...
18 Nov 202349min
Across the Iron Curtain in a yellow MG Midget sports car (317)
Andrew McNeile decided to travel through Eastern Europe in a yellow MG Midget Sports car, a car that's going to stand out no matter where you are! He recalls his adventures travelling through...
11 Nov 202343min
1983 - the year the Cold War almost turned hot (316)
This week is the 40th anniversary of the Able Archer NATO Exercise where it is reckoned that the Soviet Union and NATO almost started a nuclear war. 1990 an investigation by the US President’s Foreign...
4 Nov 20231h 1min
