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 Maj 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 Maj 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
Gymnastics and Pills: An East German Childhood (339)
Sirka offers a comprehensive exploration of life in East Germany, detailing the experiences of growing up in Neubrandenburg, the influence of the East German state and the Stasi, and the societal impa...
30 Mars 20241h 35min
The Soviet Afghan War (338)
The Soviet-Afghan War lasted ten years between 1979-1989 and led to the deaths of between 500k and 2m Afghan civilians. I speak with Nick Geering a Russian history and language teacher. From his mem...
23 Mars 20241h 8min
