Defending Baltic Skies : A Swedish Air Force Pilot's Cold War (386)
During the Cold War Sweden outwardly maintained its neutrality, however from the 1960s the U.S. secretly promised to provide military force in aid of Sweden in case of Soviet aggression. As part of th...
1 Feb 20251h 31min
Letters across the Iron Curtain - Unseen Cold War Correspondence between Soviet and American Women (385)
In the tense years of the early Cold War, American and Soviet women conducted a remarkable pen-pal correspondence that enabled them to see each other as friends rather than enemies. In a compelling n...
25 Jan 20251h 2min
From Cold War Berlin to Belfast – A Paratrooper’s Story Pt 2 (384)
David Mackay is a former Cold War special forces officer and author of Bubbleheads, SEALs and Wizards: America's Scottish Bastion in the Cold War. He continues his unvarnished anecdotes about his Cold...
18 Jan 20251h 10min
Bombs, Berlin & Peacekeeping: A Paratrooper's Cold War Story Pt 1 (383)
David Mackay is a former Cold War special forces officer and author of Bubbleheads, SEALs and Wizards: America's Scottish Bastion in the Cold War. He returns by popular demand to share his compelling ...
11 Jan 20251h
Watching the Jackals: Prague's Covert Liaisons with Cold War Terrorists and Revolutionaries (382)
Author Daniela Richterova new book "Watching the Jackals" tells the untold history of Czechoslovakia's complex relations with Middle Eastern terrorists and revolutionaries during the closing decades o...
4 Jan 20251h 6min
The Truth about the Gulf of Tonkin incident that sparked the Vietnam War (381)
The Gulf of Tonkin incident, was a pivotal moment that escalated U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. I talked with US Marine Veteran John F. Davies, who researched the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. He sh...
28 Dec 202456min
Under Fire: A Journalist's Story of the 1989 Romanian Revolution (380)
Today we are transported back to a pivotal moment in history that occurred 35 years ago this month - the Romanian Revolution of 1989. This episode is from our archive and features, Mark Brayne, a f...
21 Dec 202444min
Foes to Friends: Cold War British and East German Tank crew together in conversation (379)
Join our East-West tank crew reunion that offers a rare glimpse into the lives of those who served on opposite sides of the Iron Curtain. The episode features Al and Mick, former Chieftain tank crew m...
14 Dec 20241h 31min
