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Cold War Conversations Podcast
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Award-winning #podcast preserving the stories of the #ColdWar before they are lost...

Listen & follow for free at https://coldwarconversations.com/

Hosted & produced by Ian Sanders, Fellow of Royal Historical Society & Manchester Museum
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NEW EPISODE - An #American #Childhood in 1950s #Revolutionary #China

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#Mao #McCarthyism #redscare #Beijing #communism
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An opportunity lost: Good will between the US and USSR following the assassination of JFK can be felt in this collection of Top Secret reports and correspondence. Hopes ran high for common ground, and then came LBJ and intensified operations in Vietnam. Cancel the Christmas cards.
1963: A Cold War Stand-Down: Top Secret Documents on Kremlin Response to JFK Assassination
On November 22, 1963, US President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. The event shocked the entire world and elicited waves of sympathy on both sides of the Iron Curtain. The genera…
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November 10, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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From the archive - The Soviet Afghan War pod.fo/e/229e51
Cold War Conversations: The Soviet Afghan War (338)
The Soviet-Afghan War lasted ten years between 1979-1989 and led to the deaths of between 500k and 2m Afghan civilians. I speak with Nick Geering a Russian history and language teacher. From his me...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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From the archive - The Siege: The Remarkable Story of the Greatest SAS Hostage Drama with Ben Macintyre pod.fo/e/26909e
Cold War Conversations: The Siege: The Remarkable Story of the Greatest SAS Hostage Drama with Ben Macintyre (365)
On April 30, 1980, six heavily armed gunmen burst into the Iranian embassy on Princes Gate, overlooking Hyde Park in London. There they took 26 hostages, including embassy staff, visitors, and thre...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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November 10, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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NEW EPISODE - An #American #Childhood in 1950s #Revolutionary #China

Listen here 🎧🎧
coldwarconversations.com/episode429/

#Mao #McCarthyism #redscare #Beijing #communism
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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November 10, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Another happy @coldwarpod #bookgiveaway winner!

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November 10, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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On this #RemembranceDay I'm thinking my Great Uncle Sydney Sanders who was KIA 30th Nov 1917 at Cambrai. Buried by the Germans but the grave was lost in later fighting.

More info on link lewishamwarmemorials.wikidot.com/person:sande... #LestWeForget #Remembrance
Photo of first World War British soldier Sydney Elphick Sanders holding a pet dog standing on a garden lawn.
November 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Today in 1989 the #berlinwall opened.

Where were you and how did you hear about it?
November 9, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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November 9, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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#OTD 1989 the #BerlinWall opened

On the 30th anniversary we did a special episode with
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The Opening of the Berlin Wall
Our interview today is in a different format. Cold war Conversations is working with the Imperial War Museum on a project called Voices of the Wall. We will be capturing personal testimonies o
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November 9, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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November 9, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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NEW EPISODE - An #American #Childhood in 1950s #Revolutionary #China

Listen here 🎧🎧
coldwarconversations.com/episode429/

#Mao #McCarthyism #redscare #Beijing #communism
November 9, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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NEW EPISODE - An #American #Childhood in 1950s #Revolutionary #China

Listen here 🎧🎧
coldwarconversations.com/episode429/

#Mao #McCarthyism #redscare #Beijing #communism
November 8, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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NEW EPISODE - An #American #Childhood in 1950s #Revolutionary #China

Listen here 🎧🎧
coldwarconversations.com/episode429/

#Mao #McCarthyism #redscare #Beijing #communism
November 8, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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At #ManchesterMuseum some galleries are open at 8 on Saturdays. It makes for an atmospheric start to the day!
November 8, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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"Checkpoint Charlie replica sign - You are leaving the American sector" Coffee Mug for Sale by Coldwarpod
This is one of the best known signs from Berlin during the Cold War. It was placed by the legendary Checkpoint Charlie. "You are leaving the American sector" is shown in English, Russian ("Вы…
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November 8, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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NEW EPISODE - An #American #Childhood in 1950s #Revolutionary #China

Listen here 🎧🎧
coldwarconversations.com/episode429/

#Mao #McCarthyism #redscare #Beijing #communism
November 8, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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November 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Today. November 7th, 1983 is thought to be when the most dangerous phase of #NATO excercise #AutumnForge began: #AbleArcher.
November 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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November 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis with Sir Max Hastings – Cold War Conversations Podcast
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November 7, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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NEW EPISODE - The German Democratic Republic The Rise and Fall of a #ColdWar State with @historyned.bsky.social & @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social

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#eastgermany #GDR #DDR #berlinwall
November 7, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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