Cold War Conversations
Ian Sanders
Cold War Conversations
Ian Sanders
Friday 18 June 2021 : Tom Favia served with the USMLM, The US Military Liaison Mission which the Soviet Union permitted to operate in East Germany at the end of...
Friday 11 June 2021 : This is the third and final part of Ralph Hänel’s story of his life in East Germany.In this episode, we hear his time in the Stasi prison...
Friday 04 June 2021 : In this second part of Ralph Hänel’s story of his life in East Germany.We hear of Ralph’s arrest by the Stasi and subsequent...
Friday 28 May 2021 : We speak with author Giles Milton about his new book Checkmate in Berlin: The Cold War Showdown that Shaped the Modern World.In 1945 at the...
Tuesday 25 May 2021 : This episode is sponsored by MUBI, a curated streaming service with an ever-changing collection of hand-picked cinema. From new directors to...
Friday 21 May 2021 : We speak with author Tim Tate about his new book the Spy who was left out in the Cold: The Secret History of Agent GoleniewskiMichal...
Friday 14 May 2021 : Ralph Hänel tells some unique, strange and funny short stories about childhood and youth in East Germany. We talk about the experiences of...
Friday 07 May 2021 : Adrian Jones was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Irish Army in 1983. As a 23 year old officer he served in the United Nations...
Friday 30 April 2021 : In August 1960, a Soviet colonel called Oleg Penkovsky contacted the West to offer to work as a 'soldier warrior for the free world. MI6...
Friday 23 April 2021 : 70 years ago today would have been the middle of a desperate battle by outnumbered British forces at the battle of the Imjin River in Korea....
Friday 16 April 2021 : John Matisonn is a South African journalist who grew up in the suburbs in Johannesburg. In 1979 he was sentenced to jail for refusing to...
Friday 09 April 2021 : 9.07 a.m., April 12, 1961. A top-secret rocket site in the USSR. A young Russian sits inside a tiny capsule on top of the Soviet Union’s...
Friday 02 April 2021 : In April 1966, a state-of-the-art Soviet aircraft, the Yak-28P crashed into the British Sector of West Berlin. This intelligence gift to the...
Saturday 27 March 2021 : We speak with Chris Summers who as a 22 year old was sent by his employers to East Germany in a Ford Escort to install British factory...
Wednesday 24 March 2021 : Soviet Tours is a Berlin-based tour operator focussed on off-the-beaten-path destinations across the globe. Their core area, as the name...
Saturday 20 March 2021 : Our conversation with Rob Forsyth continues with his posting as a Lieutenant Commander or second in command to HMS Repulse, a Polaris...
Saturday 13 March 2021 : Rob Forsyth joined the Submarine service in 1961. By March 1962 as a young officer, he joined HMS Auriga a 1945 vintage diesel submarine....
Saturday 06 March 2021 : Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp was a protest camp established in 1981 to protest against the deployment of USAF controlled Ground...
Saturday 27 February 2021 : The events of 1949 in China reverberated across the world and throughout the rest of the century. That tumultuous year saw the dramatic...
Saturday 20 February 2021 : Acclaimed author and journalist Simon Kuper, has written The Happy Traitor, the story of British spy and Soviet Union double agent George...
Saturday 13 February 2021 : Germany has been at the heart of the British Army's story since 1945. After the Second World War, the Army helped rebuild a devastated and...
Saturday 06 February 2021 : Commodore Eric Thompson MBE is the author of the book “On Her Majesty’s Nuclear Service. He is a career nuclear submarine officer who...
Saturday 30 January 2021 : Vadim was at school in Moscow during the 1970s and 80s. He attended an Advanced English Studies School where all subjects were taught,...
Saturday 23 January 2021 : We continue the story of Bill, a US Army Intelligence Analyst with Combined Analysis Detachment-Berlin (CAD-B) from episode 127. Germany has...
Saturday 16 January 2021 : Charlie was 19 in 1956. A trip home from work by tram ended up with him being thrust into the heart of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, a...
Cold War Conversations
Ian Sanders
Behind enemy lines in East Germany with a US Military Liaison Mission driver Part 1 (183)
Tom Favia served with the USMLM, The US Military Liaison Mission which the Soviet Union permitted to operate in East Germany at the end of...
Ralph - A prisoner in an East German jail (182)
This is the third and final part of Ralph Hänel’s story of his life in East Germany.In this episode, we hear his time in the Stasi prison...
Ralph - Arrested and interrogated by the Stasi (181)
In this second part of Ralph Hänel’s story of his life in East Germany.We hear of Ralph’s arrest by the Stasi and subsequent...
Checkmate in Berlin: The Cold War Showdown that Shaped the Modern World (180)
We speak with author Giles Milton about his new book Checkmate in Berlin: The Cold War Showdown that Shaped the Modern World.In 1945 at the...
Bonus - The state funeral of Josef Stalin (179)
This episode is sponsored by MUBI, a curated streaming service with an ever-changing collection of hand-picked cinema. From new directors to...
Spy who was left out in the Cold: The Secret History of Agent Goleniewski (178)
We speak with author Tim Tate about his new book the Spy who was left out in the Cold: The Secret History of Agent GoleniewskiMichal...
Ralph - DJing and Kung Fu in East Germany (177)
Ralph Hänel tells some unique, strange and funny short stories about childhood and youth in East Germany. We talk about the experiences of...
Irish Army peacekeeping in the Lebanon (176)
Adrian Jones was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Irish Army in 1983. As a 23 year old officer he served in the United Nations...
Codename Hero - Soviet double agent Oleg Penkovsky (175)
In August 1960, a Soviet colonel called Oleg Penkovsky contacted the West to offer to work as a 'soldier warrior for the free world. MI6...
Korean war veteran & prisoner of war (174)
70 years ago today would have been the middle of a desperate battle by outnumbered British forces at the battle of the Imjin River in Korea....
A journalist in apartheid South Africa (173)
John Matisonn is a South African journalist who grew up in the suburbs in Johannesburg. In 1979 he was sentenced to jail for refusing to...
Yuri Gagarin - The first human in space (172)
9.07 a.m., April 12, 1961. A top-secret rocket site in the USSR. A young Russian sits inside a tiny capsule on top of the Soviet Union’s...
Confrontation at the Stößensee (171)
In April 1966, a state-of-the-art Soviet aircraft, the Yak-28P crashed into the British Sector of West Berlin. This intelligence gift to the...
A 22 year old Briton working in East Germany (170)
We speak with Chris Summers who as a 22 year old was sent by his employers to East Germany in a Ford Escort to install British factory...
Bonus - Soviet Tours (169)
Soviet Tours is a Berlin-based tour operator focussed on off-the-beaten-path destinations across the globe. Their core area, as the name...
Commanding a Royal Navy Polaris Nuclear Missile Submarine (168)
Our conversation with Rob Forsyth continues with his posting as a Lieutenant Commander or second in command to HMS Repulse, a Polaris...
Royal Navy Diesel Submarine officer during the 1960s and 70s (167)
Rob Forsyth joined the Submarine service in 1961. By March 1962 as a young officer, he joined HMS Auriga a 1945 vintage diesel submarine....
Jan - Greenham Common Peace Protester (166)
Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp was a protest camp established in 1981 to protest against the deployment of USAF controlled Ground...
China 1949 (165)
The events of 1949 in China reverberated across the world and throughout the rest of the century. That tumultuous year saw the dramatic...
The Happy Traitor - The Life of Soviet Spy George Blake (164)
Acclaimed author and journalist Simon Kuper, has written The Happy Traitor, the story of British spy and Soviet Union double agent George...
From Foe to Friend - the British Army in Cold War Germany (163)
Germany has been at the heart of the British Army's story since 1945. After the Second World War, the Army helped rebuild a devastated and...
On Her Majesty's Nuclear Submarine Service (162)
Commodore Eric Thompson MBE is the author of the book “On Her Majesty’s Nuclear Service. He is a career nuclear submarine officer who...
Advanced English studies in Moscow during the 1970s and 80s (161)
Vadim was at school in Moscow during the 1970s and 80s. He attended an Advanced English Studies School where all subjects were taught,...
US Army Intelligence gathering in the unified Germany (160)
We continue the story of Bill, a US Army Intelligence Analyst with Combined Analysis Detachment-Berlin (CAD-B) from episode 127. Germany has...
A freedom fighter in the 1956 Hungarian Revolution (159)
Charlie was 19 in 1956. A trip home from work by tram ended up with him being thrust into the heart of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, a...
