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
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
