Protected: Doped, Abused and Abandoned: Growing Up in East Germany’s Sports System
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Protected: In Conversation with Margot Honecker
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Agent Zo – War Hero to Enemy: When Cold War Poland Turned on Its Own
Listen on Apple PodcastsListen on SpotifyListen on YouTubeListen on Amazon MusicListen on Podcast AddictBecome a Patron! In a world where history often overlooks the contributions of women, the story of Agent Zo stands out as a beacon of bravery and resilience. I spoke with Claire Mully about her book Agent Zo: the Untold Story of a fearless World War II resistance fighter. From the first day of the … Read more
Rebel Queen: The Cold War, Misogyny, and the Making of a Grandmaster
Listen on Apple PodcastsListen on SpotifyListen on YouTubeListen on Amazon MusicListen on Podcast AddictBecome a Patron! Susan Polgar is the author of Rebel Queen: The Cold War, Misogyny, and the Making of a Grandmaster. Born to a poor Jewish family in Cold War Budapest, Susan Polgar had the odds stacked against her growing up in … Read more
The Secret History of Britain’s Cold War Nuclear Experiments
Susie Boniface discusses her book Exposed: The Secret History of Britain’s Nuclear Experiments. In the early Cold War Britain hand-picked its healthiest and cleverest men to undertake a truly terrifying mission: to create and detonate an atomic bomb. Listen on Apple PodcastsListen on SpotifyListen on YouTubeListen on Amazon MusicListen on Podcast AddictBecome a Patron! … Read more
Letters across the Iron Curtain – Unseen Cold War Correspondence between Soviet and American Women
In a compelling new perspective on the early Cold War, prizewinning historian Alexis Peri explores correspondence between American and Soviet women begun in the last years of World War II and continuing into the 1950s. Previously unexamined, the women’s letters movingly demonstrate the power of the personal, as the pen pals engaged in a … Read more
Watching the Jackals: Prague’s Covert Liaisons with Cold War Terrorists and Revolutionaries
Daniela Richterova, author of “Watching the Jackals” tells the the untold history of Czechoslovakia’s complex relations with Middle Eastern terrorists and revolutionaries during the closing decades of the Cold War. Listen on Apple PodcastsListen on SpotifyListen on YouTubeListen on Amazon MusicListen on Podcast AddictBecome a Patron! In the 1970s and 1980s, Prague became a favorite … Read more
The KGB Spies Next Door
In the sleepy suburb of Ruislip in London during the late 1950s, life was anything but exciting for Gay, a 15-year-old girl. Little did she know, her mundane existence was about to be shattered by a shocking revelation that would turn her world upside down. Listen on Apple PodcastsListen on SpotifyListen on YouTubeBecome a Patron! … Read more
From East Berlin to Ireland: A Cold War Journey of Resilience
Juli begins by recounting her early years in East Berlin, a time marked by the tragic loss of her father. Drafted into the army just days before her birth, her father continually deserted to see his family, ultimately leading to his untimely death. This early loss left Juli and her mother to navigate a harsh … Read more
Teaching English in East Germany
Bärbel was born in a village near Magdeburg in 1962, She explores her personal and professional life growing up in East Germany. Listen on Apple PodcastsListen on SpotifyListen on Amazon MusicListen on Podcast AddictBecome a Patron! We delve into her family’s views on the East German government, her journey to becoming a teacher, and her … Read more