Ian Sanders

Cold War Conversations - "vivid & compelling" The NY Times

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"Listening to even one episode of "Cold War Conversations" will make this sprawling, potentially intimidating period of history feel vivid and compelling." The New York Times Experience the Cold War like never before with Cold War Conversations — an award-winning podcast. Each week, host Ian Sanders brings you raw, firsthand accounts from the people who lived through one of history’s most tense and transformative eras — soldiers, spies, civilians, and more. These aren’t stories from textbooks. They’re unfiltered voices from the frontlines of history — emotional, gripping, and deeply human. Thi...

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Ian Sanders

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The Strange World of East German Football (3) 07.04.2018 1:10:49

Welcome to Episode 3 of Cold War Conversations where we hear about the strange world of football in East Germany and even if you are not interested in football it’s a fascinating chat. Craig McCracken runs the website, Beyondthelastman.com, described as 20th century football writing and nostalgia in a skilled and cultured groove. One of his areas of interest is football in the GDR and from our c...

Berlin during the 1960s and 70s and Signals Intelligence (2) 01.04.2018 40:39

Welcome to the first full episode of Cold War Conversations where we start with a fascinating eyewitness account of Berlin during the Cold War. Michael lived in Berlin as a child of US Airforce personnel in the 1960s and 70s and then subsequently joined the US Airforce himself and worked in Signals Intelligence during the 1980s. In a wide-ranging chat, we talked about life for American families...

Cold War Conversations trailer 24.03.2018 1:00

Experience the Cold War through the voices of the people who were there. From soldiers to spies and civilians there are hundreds of unique stories told with humour, sadness, and all the emotions in between. Listen at coldwarconversations.com or search Cold War Conversations in your podcast app. Cold War Conversations is a unique award-winning project dedicated to creating an archive of first-han...