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    History

    Cold War Conversations

    “Listening to even one episode of “Cold War Conversations” will make this sprawling, potentially intimidating period of history feel vivid and compelling.” The New York Times

    Experience the Cold War like never before with Cold War Conversations — an award-winning podcast.

    Each week, host Ian Sanders brings you raw, firsthand accounts from the people who lived through one of history’s most tense and transformative eras — soldiers, spies, civilians, and more.

    These aren’t stories from textbooks. They’re unfiltered voices from the frontlines of history — emotional, gripping, and deeply human.

    This is Cold War history, told from the inside out.

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    Antje - The Girl Behind The Berlin Wall (37) Nov 24, 2018
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    Today we're talking to Antje Arnold, author of “The Girl Behind The Wall” which tells the story of a girl growing up in East Germany in the 1980s.

    Patreon is an easy way for you to support the podcast with a monthly donation of as little as a euro, a dollar or a quid (larger amounts and other currencies are accepted too, but no Ost Marks). I’d like to thank personally our latest supporters via Patreon. These are Dom Thorrington, Jakob Rud Bernhardt and Nick Packham who are are helping us monthly for as little as a euro, a dollar or a quid (larger amounts and other currencies are accepted too, but no Ost Marks). If you'd like to help keep us broadcasting and get some extras then just click here

    Back to today's episode. Antje's book is from a child’s point-of-view, rather than the typical espionage stories or documentaries that portray people trying to escape socialism.

    In our conversation you will not find historical data, but you'll travel back in time to relive the childhood memories alongside The Girl Behind the Wall.


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    Life in Cold War East Germany Photography Exhibition (36) Nov 18, 2018
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    Today we visit the Totally East: Life in East Germany Photography Exhibition.



    Run-down façades, punks and ordinary workers: This exhibition shows the works of Harald Hauswald, who documented everyday life in the GDR.



    I walk through the exhibition with Dr Richard Millington who you will remember from our episode on the 1953 East German Uprising. Richard has brought the exhibition to Chester and as we walk round we discuss the photos and have a wide ranging conversation about life in East Germany.



    After our chat there’s some interviews with exhibition visitors who reminisce about the GDR and comment on the exhibition. We also chat with a couple of Cold War Conversations Podcast listeners who came along too.



    I hope you enjoy!


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    The man who owns a Cold War Soviet submarine (35) Nov 10, 2018
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    We talk with John Sutton who owns a Foxtrot class Soviet Submarine moored in the middle of the River Medway in Kent.

    This may seem an unlikely location for a Soviet submarine but John tells an interesting story of how he acquired it.


    Before we go further I’d like to thank all our Patreons who donate monthly to support the podcast further and get access to some exclusive extras. Now you might wonder what this Patreon stuff is I go on about - in short it's a way of you can help fund further podcasts. All I'm asking is if you enjoy the podcast to agree to pay as much as you can afford each month. You can cancel at any time and amounts as little as little as a $1 or a £1 a month really help keep us broadcasting and expanding the show.


    Just click here to visit our Patreon page.


    So back to the episode, after viewing some of the photos of the sub listing in the river, with some trepidation I boarded a fast Javelin train at London St Pancras and within 30 minutes I was in Strood and I could see across the Medway the low silhouette of the Foxtrot.


    We join the interview with John and I aboard his small launch in the middle of the River Medway.


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    Samy - Life as a West Berliner in Cold War Berlin (34) Nov 03, 2018
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    Today we talk with Samy who as a native West Berliner describes growing up in the city during the 1970s and 80s.


    He describes in detail the difference between West Berlin and West Germany, including its position as a “special political entity”, how the death penalty in West Berlin was only abolished in 1989 and how as a child he was obsessed with Spy movies, spy books, and Cold War activities.


    Samy also talks about the battle between the East and West German Sandmännchen resulting in victory for the East.


    Samy joined the Red Cross post Cold War but discovered some interesting remnants of preparedness in case of another Berlin blockade including some top secret locations.


    There's loads of extra content available in our show notes at https://coldwarconversations.com/episode34/


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    Eileen - A British teacher living & working in Cold War East Berlin Oct 26, 2018
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    Eileen shares some great information with us of working & living in East Berlin, with some surprising details.


    She also generously reveals details about the contents of her Stasi file.


    It’s a fascinating story that includes Eileen's escape from the Volkspolizei following a Billy Bragg gig in East Berlin. We welcome again Eileen Ford-Price.


    Further show notes are available at https://coldwarconversations.com/episode33/


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    Eileen - A British student living in Cold War East Germany (32) Oct 20, 2018
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    Today we speak with Eileen Ford-Price who was British student in the GDR in the 1980s in Rostock.

    Before we start I’d like to thank all our Patreon who donate monthly to support the podcast further and get access to some exclusive extras. Monthly donations can be as small as $1 or a quid and every donation helps keep us broadcasting and expending the show.

    Just go to https://coldwarconversations.com/donate

    Now back to today’s episode.

    Eileen shares some great details with us including her reasons for being a student in the GDR. Her first journey across the border and what life was like in 1980s Rostock as a foreign student.

    It’s a fascinating story that includes the Stasis’s attempt to recruit her as an informer on her fellow students.

    We welcome Eileen Ford-Price


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    The Korean War in Britain (31) Oct 12, 2018
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    We speak with Doctor Grace Huxford, author of the Korean War in Britain – Citizenship, Selfhood and Forgetting.

    The Korean War was known as the “forgotten war”, but it is key in understanding the early Cold War tensions and later repercussions that continue through to today.

    The equipment used in today’s episode has kindly been provided by our supporters who make monthly donations via Patreon – a special thanks to all of them.

    If you would like to support the podcast further and get access to some exclusive extras click here.

    Now back to today’s episode.

    The subjects we cover include the social impact of the Korean War within Britain, the UK view of the war, prisoners of war and brainwashing as well as protests against the war.

    We welcome Dr Grace Huxford.


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    Leaving your family to go off to a nuclear war (30) Oct 06, 2018
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    Dave Arnold was the Chief Observer at a Royal Observer Corps nuclear monitoring post.


    I made a fascinating visit with Dave to the Rushton Spencer Royal Observer Corps nuclear monitoring post in Staffordshire in the UK.


    My instructions were to meet in the Royal Oak pub car park where I would be escorted to the post…right on 11am David appeared and guided me up various little used country lanes into the hills above Rushton Spencer and onto a rutted track.

    We climbed further until a small well kept compound appeared over a ridge. Welcome to the Rushton Spencer Royal Observer Corps post…


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    Cold War Living History Event - The Soviet Threat (29) Sep 29, 2018
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    This episode takes place at a Living History event in and around the Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker museum in deepest Cheshire in the UK. I can heartily recommend visiting the Hack Green Bunker and we are planning an audio tour of the bunker as a future episode.


    The event was patrolled by various re-enactors and checkpointshad to be passed as visitors are invited to venture between the two sides of the Cold War.


    A large contingent from the South Staff Living History Group were there, mainly DDR themed., however, many areas were covered including RAF Moleworth Cruise Missile base, French Foreign Legion, The Royal Observer Corps, US Army Europe, 1st Gulf War, Soviet, Bundeswehr, BAOR, Polish, Czech and the Malayan Emergency.


    What particularly delighted me was the number of younger people who have gained an interest in the Cold War and are part of the re-enactment community.


    We join the episode shortly after I have passed the DDR checkpoint and I chat with the two DDR border guards who are now in a more amiable mood…


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    Cold War USAF pilot Buz Carpenter talks Vietnam recon, Skunkworks and more Sep 21, 2018
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    USAF pilot Buz Carpenter talks about about flying reconnaissance over Vietnam, the Skunkworks where secret USAF projects were developed, his time commanding Ramstein airbase at the end of the Cold War and more.


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