Cam & Ray's Cold War Podcast Cameron Reilly & Ray Harris
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If you were alive from 1945 - 1990, the Cold War was an ever-present reality. We grew up being told that the world could end any minute - and you probably wouldn't know it was coming until it hit. On this series we're going DEEP on the Cold War - why it happened, how it happened and where it left us. As with our other hit podcast series, this show contains heavy doses of bad language, irreverent humour and singalongs.
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“Empire By Invitation”
European recipients of the Marshall Plan funds were quite clear to the USA that they needed help keeping the socialists down and out of their countries. And the USA recognized that its own economic welfare rested on the revival of Europe. Funding a pro-capitalist European recovery was a matter of national self-interest.
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The Creation of NATO
We want to take a break from Korea to talk about the creation of NATO. Obviously relevant with the whole Ukraine situation. And it took on a new kind of mission during the Korean War. But let’s go back and look at where it came from.
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The Double Life of Katharine Clark
Today we're talking to Katharine Gregorio, author of "The Double Life of Katharine Clark, The Untold Story of the American Journalist Who Brought the Truth about Communism to the West". Clark was her great-aunt, a foreign correspondent who, while posted in Belgrade in the mid-1950s, befriended Milovan Djilas, the former heir apparent to Tito in Yugoslavia and author of the classic "Conversations with Stalin", which Clark helped get published in the West, at great risk to herself and her husband.
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Taiwan Part 4
This is part four of our recent chat about the history of China and Taiwan with James Shone, a teacher who has lived and worked in Taiwan for over a decade. He’s recently started a podcast about the history of Taiwan - https://taiwanthroughtime.com/.
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Fugitives by Danny Orbach
Dr. Danny Orbach is an Associate professor in general history and East Asian studies, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His new book, Fugitives, is a history of Nazi mercenaries during the Cold War
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Taiwan Part 3
This is part three of our recent chat about the history of China and Taiwan with James Shone, a teacher who has lived and worked in Taiwan for over a decade. He’s recently started a podcast about the history of Taiwan - https://taiwanthroughtime.com/.
Customer Reviews
History taught right
Having learnt about the cold war many years ago in school, it had been a while since I brushed up on my history. The education system tends to tell events with a pretty heavy bias towards the west and so it was refreshing to listen to Cam and Ray (mostly Cam) discuss the events that took place whilst taking into account both perspectives. If you're looking for a history podcast that goes into incredible depth with a good amount of crude humour this is the podcast for you.
Awesome
I clicked on this podcast out of curiosity. I was interested in learning about Israel and fell into a giant hole. I previously listened to The Caesar, Alexander and renaissance podcasts, so, I was familiar with Ray and Cam’s format. However, how these two can make history so fun and exciting Is an art form, I was not even remotely interested in the Cold War but thanks to these two, I will now need to find books about Oppenheimer, Stalin, the atomic bomb and operation Alsos. You guys make me curious and make me question the way I view things. Keep up the good work.
Aussie Man Reviews Does Economics/Politics/History
I’ve been trying to get into podcasts for a while and none really captured my attention... until this. Best. Podcast. Ever. It’s truly hilarious, but also very informative. I’d been struggling to make sense of Bretton Woods (I’m an Economics student) and this massively helped. I’m going to binge the whole series. Thank you so much!!