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RAF Greenham Common - A history of the iconic Cold War British nuclear base.(18)
Season 1 Episode 18
The airfield is probably best known, certainly in the UK, for the controversial deployment of Ground Launched Cruise Missiles in the 1980s and the re…
7 years, 8 months ago
17- Eyewitness to the Prague Spring
Season 1 Episode 17
In 1968 today’s guest was 15 year old at the same school in Prague as Czech communist leader Alexander Dubček’s son.
Jan Čulík provides a valuable eye…
7 years, 8 months ago
Mark - A US Combat Engineer in Cold War West Germany (16)
Season 1 Episode 16
Today we’re talking to Mark Valley, host of the Livedrop espionage podcast.
Mark served with the US army as a combat engineer in West Germany and la…
7 years, 8 months ago
15 - Sabine - An East German Childhood
Season 1 Episode 15
Today we speak to Sabine who was 13 when the Wall opened.
We hear about her childhood in East Germany and gain great insight into life at the time, …
7 years, 8 months ago
14 - The Prague Spring
Season 1 Episode 14
In today’s episode we return to Czechoslovakia and one of the most iconic moments of the Cold War – The Prague Spring of 1968.
We have with us Lani Se…
7 years, 8 months ago
A US soldier at Checkpoint Charlie when the Berlin Wall opened (13)
Season 1 Episode 13
Michael Rafferty was posted to Berlin in 1988. He served in the 287th Military Police Company at Checkpoint Charlie and was there through to the his…
7 years, 9 months ago
12 - My Stasi file is as thick as a phone book
Season 1 Episode 12
We’re chatting with Mark Reeder a musician and music producer who has been involved in the Berlin and international music scene since 1978, starting …
7 years, 9 months ago
Observing Cold War Armageddon (11)
Season 1 Episode 11
Today we’re covering a British Cold War civil defence unit called the Royal Observer Corps.
We’re talking to Alistair McCann who has preserved a Royal…
7 years, 9 months ago
1960s Road Trip Across the Soviet Union (10)
Season 1 Episode 10
Jeremy Poynton was a 16 year old school boy in 1968 when he embarked on a memorable trip by road from Leningrad to Odessa.
He vividly describes a Sovi…
7 years, 9 months ago
Cloak & Dagger in Cold War Prague (9)
Season 1 Episode 9
Mark Baker is an independent journalist and travel writer who’s lived in Central Europe for more than two decades.
I heartily recommend his travel w…
7 years, 10 months ago