Cold War Conversations
An award-winning podcast featuring firsthand accounts from people who lived through the Cold War era, including soldiers, spies, and civilians. Unfiltered voices from the frontlines of history.
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Sep 11, 2026 · 47 minIf the Soviets Invaded: Sweden's Secret Underground Resistance Plan (473)Historian Johan Wennström explains Sweden's clandestine Stay Behind organisation, a network of ordinary citizens trained to resist a Soviet occupation. He describes how officially Sep 4, 2026 · 1h 8mBandit Country - The IRA and South Armagh (472)Journalist Toby Harnden looks at the IRA's South Armagh Brigade and its long campaign against British forces in Northern Ireland. The conversation covers sniper operations, intelliAug 29, 2026 · 1h 24mA Czech Border Guard's Daring Escape to the West (471)Jiří Barteček recounts his 1975 escape from Czechoslovakia, where he served as a border guard, disabled the alarms and crossed into Austria. He also describes the assassination attAug 21, 2026 · 55 minTwenty-Six Years Apart: A Family Reunited Behind the Iron Curtain (470)The daughters of Aleksander Jablonski share their father's journey through Stalin's labor camps and his eventual reunion with family in communist Poland after decades apart.Aug 14, 2026 · 50 minBetween Two Air Forces: From East German Officer to German Captain (469)Former East German Air Force officer Roland describes his transition into the Bundeswehr after reunification, including reduced rank, lower pay, and suspicion from his new colleaguAug 7, 2026 · 45 minMiGs, Helicopters and Ideology: Life as an East German Air Force Officer (468)Roland gives a rare inside view of East German Air Force training, where technical skill, military discipline and socialist ideology were inseparable parts of preparing officers to
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