28 episodes
The Secret Struggle for Cold War Dominance Katarina Urban Richterova
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4.4 • 5 Ratings
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“The Secret Struggle for Cold War Dominance” podcast takes listeners on a tour of the Cold War’s most secretive battlefields. It details the various ways spies, intelligence agencies, military and security services on both sides of the Iron Curtain “played” the Cold War and it finds that the conflict was very much a global and, at times, a very “hot” Cold War.
This award-winning podcast takes recently declassified documents and reveals that not every alliance was sacred, that military assistance was an ‘export commodity’, and that fake news was an old tool from the Cold War spy kit.
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Bonus 2.2: The Story behind the Nickname
What is the story behind the nickname “Carlos the Jackal”?
The Secret Struggle won a Lovie Award and we are officially the Best Podcast in Science and Education in Europe!
If you like our podcast and the work that we do – support us, so that we can do even more!
One way to support us is through Patreon.com – under the name The Secret Struggle for Cold War Dominance. Thanks! -
Bonus 2.1: The Black Beret
How much thinking goes into a terrorist attack? And how accurately do you set the outcome for one of the biggest terrorist attacks of the Cold War? In this Bonus episode we learn more about “off the cuff” actions and shopping impulses.
For the full story on “Carlos the Jackal” and new revelations about his relationship with some of the Eastern bloc countries, listen to Episode 2.1.
The Secret Struggle won a Lovie Award and we are officially the Best Podcast in Science and Education in Europe!
If you like our podcast and the work that we do – support us, so that we can do even more!
One way to support us is through Patreon.com – under the name The Secret Struggle for Cold War Dominance. Thanks! -
Ep. 2.1.: Fear, Terror and Dirty Tricks
Terrorism is no new threat, it troubled the Romans as much as it did the Russian monarchs. The Cold War, however, turned terrorism into a global televised drama personified by “the Bin Laden of the Cold War” and “enemy number one”- Carlos the Jackal. Who was this tall man in a black beret, thick glasses, and a smirk on his face? How was the Carlos myth created, was he really that prolific and ‘successful’ and how do you get rid of such a hothead, politely? In this episode we look at why the US was sure the East was runninga worldwide terrorism network and we explore whether all Eastern bloc countries were best friends with Carlos the Jackal.
This is a story of guns, kidnappings and murders but also a story of a small Eastern bloc country pulling a daring trick on the Cold War’s most feared terrorist.
The Secret Struggle won a Lovie Award and we are officially the Best Podcast in Science and Education in Europe!
If you like our podcast and the work that we do – support us, so that we can do even more!
One way to support us is through Patreon.com – under the name The Secret Struggle for Cold War Dominance. Thanks!
This podcast is produced independently by: Katarina Urban Richterova
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The Secret Struggle podcast is BACK!
Season 2 starts on May 6th 2021!
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Ep. 11: Vicious struggle between profit and influence
During the Cold war, soldiers from emerging, newly independent, or struggling countries were often sent for military trainings in Europe. A popular destination for such trainings during the 1950’s and 1960’s was the former Czechoslovakia. In Episode 11 we take a rare look at these training facilities and unveil how they operated, what problems they faced, why signs had to be taken off doors and why, at times, military barracks resembled university dorms on steroids. Dr. Natalia Telepneva of the University of Strathclyde and Dr. Daniela Richterova of Brunel University also explain what the formerly secret files revealed about Czechoslovakia’s dilemma between profit and influence.
The Secret Struggle won a Lovie Award and we are officially the Best Podcast in Science and Education in Europe!
If you like our podcast and the work that we do – support us, so that we can do even more!
One way to support us is through Patreon.com – under the name The Secret Struggle for Cold War Dominance. Thanks!
This podcast is produced independently by: Katarina Urban Richterova
Have comments or feedback for us?
Contact us at: coldwardominance@gmail.com
FB: bit.ly/facebook_secretstrugglepodcast
Twitter: @CWdominance -
Ep.10: Cuba and the Secret World
Cuba’s world of intelligence and counterintelligence during the Cold War is very much a secret to this day, as researchers are not allowed to peek into the Cuban files. However, we know that Fidel Castro despised the USA and wowed to fight it to his last breath, that Cuba’s intelligence used very different techniques for recruiting agents than the US and that the CIA was struggling to operate in Cuba. How do we know this? In Episode 10 Dr. James Lockhart studies information from defectors to piece together the story of Cuba’s secret world.
The Secret Struggle won a Lovie Award and we are officially the Best Podcast in Science and Education in Europe!
If you like our podcast and the work that we do – support us, so that we can do even more!
One way to support us is through Patreon.com – under the name The Secret Struggle for Cold War Dominance. Thanks!
This podcast is produced independently by: Katarina Urban Richterova
Have comments or feedback for us?
Contact us at: coldwardominance@gmail.com
FB: bit.ly/facebook_secretstrugglepodcast
Twitter: @CWdominance
Customer Reviews
Loving this series
Really interesting and beautifully produced. Great initiative to bring a little known subject to a broader audience. Looking forward to getting to the 1970s!