Cold War Conversations
Experience the Cold War like never before through award-winning, real-life stories told by those who lived it. Each week, we bring you firsthand accounts from soldiers, spies, civilians, and more, capturing the full spectrum of Cold War experiences. Host Ian Sanders takes you beyond the history books, delivering raw, personal stories where every breath, pause, and emotion adds depth to understanding this pivotal era. This is Cold War history, told from the inside. We cover subjects such as spies, spying, the Iron Curtain, nuclear weapons, warfare, tanks, jet aircraft, fighters, bombers, transport aircraft, aviation, culture, and politics. We also cover personalities such as Fidel Castro, JFK, Ronald Reagan, Nikita Khrushchev, Leonid Brezhnev, Yuri Andropov, Mikhail Gorbachev, Konstantin Chernenko, Margaret Thatcher, John F. Kennedy, Josef Stalin, Richard Nixon, Lech Walesa, General Jaruzelski, Nicolae Ceaușescu. Other subjects include Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Romania, Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin, West Berlin, East Berlin, Cuban missile Crisis, Berlin Airlift, Bay of Pigs, SALT, Perestroika, Space Race, superpower, USSR, Soviet Union, DDR, GDR, East Germany, SDI, Vietnam War, Korean War, Solidarność, Fall of the Wall, Berliner Mauer, Trabant, Communist, Capitalist, Able Archer, KGB, Stasi, STB, SB, Securitate, CIA, NSA, MI5, MI6, Berlin Wall, escape, defection, Cuba, Albania, football, sport, Bulgaria, Soviet Union, Poland, China, Taiwan, Austria, West Germany, Solidarity, espionage, HUMINT, SIGINT, OSINT, IMINT, GEOINT, RAF, USAF, British Army, US Army, Red Army, Soviet Army, Afghanistan, NVA, East German Army, KAL007, T-72, T-64, Chieftain, M60 The podcast is for military veterans, school teachers, university lecturers, students and those interested in Cold War history, museums, bunkers, weapons, AFVs, wargaming, planes, A Level, GCSE students
If only all history was ‘taught’ like this,
2022-12-20
… we mightn’t be so lost today. Since stumbling upon Cold War Conversations, my Netflix is unwatched, the books on my nightstand are gathering dust, and I’ve not been to the pub in a while. In the last week alone I’ve listened to 30 hours worth of fascinating first person accounts and detailed analysis of things I’m likely not to learn about from anywhere else. It’s becoming obvious that what may have started as Cold War Conversations is well on its way to being The Real Cold War Encyclopedia. One of the best podcasts ever.
Berlin Wall Shadows - Cold War, I was there.
2021-01-29
When memories of the events fade, when your own past begins to turn into history, when decades have gone by, it is fantastic that stories with a great bandwidth are being told and collected, as it happens here by Ian Sanders for the Cold War Conversations Podcast. It is important to collect this diversity of experiences for future generations to hear. Prepare to find a relaxed yet informative approach to personal stories from people who were there. People of different stages of life, who lived during the time period of the Cold War. People who were right in the middle of it. Be fascinated by a variety of first hand stories. Learn about the events that unfolded. Feel as if you are in a direct conversation with witnesses who are sharing with you their very personal accounts of those moving times. Ian Sanders does it: “Recording the stories of the Cold War before they are lost ... “
I was detained in East Berlin
2020-12-11
Like your pod cast. Was 1972 In TA reserve trained NBC warfare. 1974 hitch hiked to Berlin went through Check Point Charlie . 1986 spent month in Hungary talked to many East Germans.Sept 1989 took my wife around Europe. Got train Munich to Berlin. On train in DDR border guard gave me a second visit they had a hit on me. Took my wife through Check Point Charlie into East Berlin. Was detained question by 2 North Korean in civilian cloths. Asking if I was military. I guess I had a stasi file. 4 weeks later the wall fell. DDR gone.
Great oral history
2020-11-30
This is a very enjoyable podcast that brings oral history to the field of Cold War history.
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- CreatorIan Sanders
- Years Active2018 - 2024
- Episodes376
- RatingClean
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