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58 - Red Reporter - Covert Correspondent for East Germany - Part 2
Season 2 Episode 58
In this episode, we welcome back John Green to talk further about his covert journalism for East Germany.
His story continues with his account of the…
6 years, 11 months ago
A 17 year old in the Cold War US Army (57)
Season 2 Episode 57
Today we speak to Manuel Alzaga who as a 17 year old joined the US Army in 1981.
Manuel signed up to the artillery and tells his story from life of po…
6 years, 11 months ago
The Cold War Candy Bomber (56)
Season 2 Episode 56
We speak to 98 year old Gail Halvorsen aka "The Candy Bomber" who flew in the Berlin Airlift in 1948.
The Soviets had started a 11-month land blockade…
6 years, 11 months ago
Why Preserve Cold War Communist Architecture? (55)
Season 2 Episode 55
We welcome back Mark Baker from episode 9 where we spoke about his time in 1980s Czechoslovakia.
Mark is a freelance journalist & travel writer livin…
6 years, 11 months ago
Cold War Canadians Hunt For Red October (54)
Season 2 Episode 54
Colonel Terry Chester spent a good portion of his RCAF career hunting for Soviet Submarines in both the Pacific and Atlantic area's of operation.
He …
6 years, 11 months ago
Cold War East German Army Officer at the Fall of the Berlin Wall (53)
Season 2 Episode 53
In this episode we hear the third and final part of Torsten Belger’s story as he tells us about his first visit to West Berlin, leaving the East Germ…
7 years ago
László Nagy - A Cold War Hungarian Life (52)
Season 2 Episode 52
László Nagy was one of the early members of the Hungarian Democratic Forum in 1987. The HDF became Hungary’s largest political party following first …
7 years ago
The Cold War Blood Tattoo (51)
Season 2 Episode 51
In 1951, a small pilot program was launched in Indiana and Utah as a civilian defense measure to aid in the aftermath of a nuclear attack.
The idea wa…
7 years ago
The Cold War Struggle for the Soul of Science - Freedom's Laboratory (50)
Season 2 Episode 50
Audra J Wolfe is writer, editor, and historian based in Philadelphia. With a background in both science and history her work specifically focuses on …
7 years ago
An RAF pilot remembers the end of the Cold War (49)
Season 2 Episode 49
In this episode we welcome back Nick Anderson who told us about his RAF service intercepting TU-95 Soviet Bear bombers over the North Sea.
The story …
7 years ago