50th Anniversary of the Prague Spring

Check out our episodes covering the Prague Spring and Cold War Czechoslovakia

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The early days of the US Space program and origins of GPS

Richard Easton is the co-author of GPS Declassified which examines the development of GPS or Sat Nav as some of us call it now, from its secret, Cold War military roots.Roger Easton, Richard's father, assisted in laying the foundations for the GPS system. However, Roger Easton worked also on the early US space program and…
75 - Cold War Spy Stories from Eastern Europe

Today we’re talking to Alison Lewis, a professor in German at the University of Melbourne.She is the author of several books, including one in German about love and gender in literature during Germany's reunification and a book in German about the Stasi's infiltration of the literary underground. We spoke to Alison in episode 71. In this…
74 – A visit to RAF Burtonwood

I’m here today at the RAF Burtonwood Heritage Centre, near Warrington in the UK. Based on what was once the largest and longest-running military airbase in Britain. The Heritage Centre was established to preserve and uphold the history of the men, women and activities that occurred here.Now many of our fans are the proud owners…