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Cold War USAF pilot Buz Carpenter talks Vietnam recon, Skunkworks and more
Season 1 Episode 28
USAF pilot Buz Carpenter talks about about flying reconnaissance over Vietnam, the Skunkworks where secret USAF projects were developed, his time com…
7 years, 5 months ago
Flying the Cold War Blackbird SR71 Spyplane (27)
Season 1 Episode 27
Today we are talking about the SR71 Blackbird spy plane. Only 32 Blackbirds were ever made, and they were in service from 1964-1998. The great defens…
7 years, 5 months ago
My father was the leader of the Soviet Union - Part 2 (26)
Season 1 Episode 26
This is part 2 of my conversation with Professor Sergei Khrushchev the son of Nikita Khrushchev who led the Soviet Union 1953 to 1964.
Before we start…
7 years, 6 months ago
My father was the leader of the Soviet Union - Part 1 (25)
Season 1 Episode 25
In part 1 of this interview we talk about Professor Khrushchev’s early years, his relationship with his father, his father’s rise to power, the 1956 …
7 years, 6 months ago
Cold War West German Nuclear Monitoring System (24)
Season 1 Episode 24
West Germany had a number of Nuclear Warning Bunkers dotted around the country similar to the Royal Observer Corps in the UK.
Mirko Krumm describes th…
7 years, 6 months ago
23 - Gary Powers & the 1960 U2 Incident
Season 1 Episode 23
Powers' U-2 was shot down on May 1, 1960, as he flew over Soviet airspace, and after parachuting out of the plane he was captured and convicted of es…
7 years, 6 months ago
The Trabant car - East German icon (22)
Season 1 Episode 22
We’re talking about East German cars with Alex Goffe and Mark Mullarkey of the UK-based Wartburg Trabant IFA Club.
Now I don’t think Top Gear or Jerem…
7 years, 7 months ago
BRIXMIS, the defence of Cold War Berlin & Rudolf Hess (21)
Season 1 Episode 21
Welcome to Episode 21 of Cold War Conversations.
Now I am very excited by today’s guest and we have a packed episode for you. Nigel Dunkley MBE is a f…
7 years, 7 months ago
Anke - Life as an East German teenager (20)
Season 1 Episode 20
Today we're talking to Anke Holst was born in the GDR during the 1970s in Rostock.
Anke has returned to Rostock after many years abroad and now provid…
7 years, 7 months ago
19 - Able Archer and the Cold War nuclear war scare of 1983
Season 1 Episode 19
Today we're talking to Francesca Akhtar who holds a BA Hons in American Studies with 1st class honours from Canterbury Christ Christ Church Universit…
7 years, 7 months ago