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Guy Burgess and the Cambridge Spy Ring (148)
Season 6 Episode 148
Guy Burgess was the most important, complex, and fascinating of The Cambridge Spies, brilliant young men recruited in the 1930s to betray their count…
5 years, 4 months ago
A Childhood under the eye of the Secret Police (147)
Season 6 Episode 147
At 2 a.m. on 10 March 1983, 12-year-old Carmen Bugan was home alone after her father had left for Bucharest. That afternoon, Carmen returned from sch…
5 years, 4 months ago
Don - Cold War 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment at Fulda (146)
Season 6 Episode 146
In this second episode with Don Snedeker we talk to him about his time after his tour of Vietnam when he served in West Germany.
From 1974 to 1986 Do…
5 years, 4 months ago
Navigator aboard the Cold War Vulcan nuclear bomber (145)
Season 6 Episode 145
Barry Mullen was a Navigator Radar on the legendary Royal Air Force nuclear bomber, the Vulcan.
The Navigator Radar (Nav Radar) had the responsibility…
5 years, 4 months ago
1962 Berlin fiction - author interview (144)
Season 6 Episode 144
In this bonus episode, we talk again with Paul Grant, author of "Coercion" the fourth book about the Schultz family who live in Berlin. His books are…
5 years, 5 months ago
Don - Vietnam war Armoured Cavalry Platoon Leader (143)
Season 6 Episode 143
This is the first of two episodes we have following Don Snedeker’s experiences through the Cold War. In this episode, we hear about his time in Vietn…
5 years, 5 months ago
In Cold War Skies – NATO and Soviet airpower 1949-89 (142)
Season 6 Episode 142
Today’s episode is brought to you by Osprey publishing and we’re speaking with Michael Napier, the author of “In Cold War Skies – NATO and Soviet air…
5 years, 5 months ago
I was a deep cover KGB spy Part 2 (141)
Season 6 Episode 141
This is part 2 of our chat with Jack Barsky who spent ten years as an undercover KGB agent in the United States.
He is the longest surviving known mem…
5 years, 5 months ago
I was a deep cover KGB spy Part 1 (140)
Season 6 Episode 140
If you’ve seen the TV drama series, “The Americans” you’ll be fascinated by this episode. Albrecht Dittrich was an East German graduate student and a…
5 years, 5 months ago
Portland Spy Ring Part 2 (139)
Season 6 Episode 139
This is the 2nd episode with Trevor Barnes, the author of “Dead Doubles, a new book on the Portland Spy Ring, one of the most infamous espionage case…
5 years, 6 months ago