Cold War Conversations
Ian Sanders
Cold War Conversations
Ian Sanders
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...
Saturday 09 January 2021 : Professor Timothy Garton Ash is a British historian, author, commentator and Professor of European Studies at Oxford University. Professor...
Saturday 02 January 2021 : Ian Black is a former RAF Fighter Pilot with a passion for photography and motorcycles. He began his flying career with the legendary...
Wednesday 30 December 2020 : Michael Zdanowski was born and raised in the UK, but his interest with the Cold War goes back generations. His grandfather having...
Saturday 26 December 2020 : This is Part 2 of our conversation with Colin Munro who was the British Deputy Head of Mission in East Berlin from 1987 to 1990. In this...
Saturday 19 December 2020 : Colin Munro was the British Deputy Head of Mission in East Berlin from 1987 to 1990. Although the UK did not recognise East Berlin as part...
Saturday 12 December 2020 : In this episode we talk with Col. Keith Nightingale who served in the US military from 1965 to 1993. He completed two tours of Vietnam;...
Saturday 05 December 2020 : During her first visit to Poland in 1980, Dr Jacqueline Hayden met the leading members of the free trade union ‘Solidarność’,...
Saturday 28 November 2020 : Sue Boyd has been the head of Australian diplomatic missions in Fiji, Hong Kong, Vietnam and Bangladesh. She also had postings at the United...
Saturday 21 November 2020 : Today we speak with Ian Ballantyne, the author of “Hunter Killers”, also known as “Undersea Warriors” in the United States.Hunter...
Saturday 14 November 2020 : Today we speak with Richard Crowder, the author of “Détente – the chance to end the Cold War”.Help support the podcast buy the book...
Saturday 07 November 2020 : Guy Burgess was the most important, complex, and fascinating of The Cambridge Spies, brilliant young men recruited in the 1930s to betray...
Saturday 31 October 2020 : At 2 a.m. on 10 March 1983, 12 year old Carmen Bugan was home alone after her father had left for Bucharest. That afternoon, Carmen returned...
Friday 23 October 2020 : In this second episode with Don Snedeker we talk to him about his time after his tour of Vietnam when he served in West Germany. From 1974...
Friday 16 October 2020 : Today we’re speaking with Barry Mullen who was a Navigator on the legendary Royal Air Force bomber, the Vulcan. Barry served during the...
Tuesday 13 October 2020 : In this bonus episode, we talk again with Paul Grant, author of "Coercion" the fourth book about the Schultz family who live in Berlin. ...
Friday 09 October 2020 : This is the first of two episodes we have following Don Snedeker’s experiences through the Cold War. In this episode, we hear about his...
Friday 02 October 2020 : Today’s episode is brought to you by Osprey publishing and we’re speaking with Michael Napier, the author of “In Cold War Skies –...
Cold War Conversations
Ian Sanders
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...
Witness to the Eastern Bloc revolutions of the 1980s with Professor Timothy Garton Ash (158)
Professor Timothy Garton Ash is a British historian, author, commentator and Professor of European Studies at Oxford University. Professor...
Ian Black - Flying the English Electric Lightning (157)
Ian Black is a former RAF Fighter Pilot with a passion for photography and motorcycles. He began his flying career with the legendary...
Sovietisation of Estonia (156)
Michael Zdanowski was born and raised in the UK, but his interest with the Cold War goes back generations. His grandfather having...
Deputy Head of UK Mission in East Berlin - Part 2 (155)
This is Part 2 of our conversation with Colin Munro who was the British Deputy Head of Mission in East Berlin from 1987 to 1990. In this...
Deputy Head of UK Mission in East Berlin - Part 1 (154)
Colin Munro was the British Deputy Head of Mission in East Berlin from 1987 to 1990. Although the UK did not recognise East Berlin as part...
Just another day in Vietnam (153)
In this episode we talk with Col. Keith Nightingale who served in the US military from 1965 to 1993. He completed two tours of Vietnam;...
With Solidarity in Gdansk in 1980 (152)
During her first visit to Poland in 1980, Dr Jacqueline Hayden met the leading members of the free trade union ‘Solidarność’,...
Sue Boyd - Deputy Head of Mission at the Australian Embassy in East Berlin (151)
Sue Boyd has been the head of Australian diplomatic missions in Fiji, Hong Kong, Vietnam and Bangladesh. She also had postings at the United...
Cold War Royal Navy submarine missions (150)
Today we speak with Ian Ballantyne, the author of “Hunter Killers”, also known as “Undersea Warriors” in the United States.Hunter...
Détente – the chance to end the Cold War (149)
Today we speak with Richard Crowder, the author of “Détente – the chance to end the Cold War”.Help support the podcast buy the book...
Guy Burgess and the Cambridge Spy Ring (148)
Guy Burgess was the most important, complex, and fascinating of The Cambridge Spies, brilliant young men recruited in the 1930s to betray...
A Childhood under the eye of the Secret Police (147)
At 2 a.m. on 10 March 1983, 12 year old Carmen Bugan was home alone after her father had left for Bucharest. That afternoon, Carmen returned...
Don - 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment at Fulda (146)
In this second episode with Don Snedeker we talk to him about his time after his tour of Vietnam when he served in West Germany. From 1974...
Navigator aboard the Vulcan nuclear bomber (145)
Today we’re speaking with Barry Mullen who was a Navigator on the legendary Royal Air Force bomber, the Vulcan. Barry served during the...
1962 Berlin fiction - author interview (144)
In this bonus episode, we talk again with Paul Grant, author of "Coercion" the fourth book about the Schultz family who live in Berlin. ...
Don - Vietnam war Armoured Cavalry Platoon Leader (143)
This is the first of two episodes we have following Don Snedeker’s experiences through the Cold War. In this episode, we hear about his...
In Cold War Skies – NATO and Soviet airpower 1949-89 (142)
Today’s episode is brought to you by Osprey publishing and we’re speaking with Michael Napier, the author of “In Cold War Skies –...
