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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...

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Hosted & produced by Ian Sanders, Fellow of Royal Historical Society & Manchester Museum
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NEW EPISODE - Chasing Rogue #Nukes

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#coldwar #spies #Espionage #intelligence #undercover @pinstripedline @SecretsAndSpies @spyhistorian @CIA
February 13, 2026 at 12:15 PM
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The New York Times says...

"Listening to even one episode of 'Cold War Conversations' will make this sprawling, potentially intimidating period of history feel vivid and compelling."

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#coldwar #oralhistory #history
February 13, 2026 at 12:05 PM
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Werner Stiller’s spectacular defection to the West in 1979 inflicted one of the Cold War’s most serious blows to the Stasi. I spoke with his son, Andy, about the impact on him and his mother, who were left behind.
My father was a Stasi spy…
Werner Stiller’s spectacular defection to the West in 1979 inflicted one of the Cold War’s most serious blows to the Stasi.At the time he was working as a case officer for the Main Dir
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February 13, 2026 at 9:45 AM
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OTD February 12 1988 US Navy cruiser USS Yorktown, accompanied by the destroyer USS Caron, exercising the right of innocent passage through Soviet territorial waters is bumped by the Soviet Frigate Bezzavetny which itself was accompanied by the frigate SKR-6. The Bezzavetny was
two warships in close proximity. The closer vessel is the USS Yorktown. the smaller vessel, the soviet frigate Bezzavetny, is angled towards the Yorktown.
February 12, 2026 at 11:50 AM
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Talked today about spies working for the Soviet Union 1919-45.
It was a militant Era and a number of young, idealistic #communists in Western countries voluntered to share information with Moscow.
Sadly - some of the best intelligence were defined as disinformation by the dictator, #Stalin
February 12, 2026 at 1:56 PM
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#BOOKGIVEAWAY - #coldwar #escape #story

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February 11, 2026 at 12:15 PM
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February 10, 2026 at 7:38 PM
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History is best served cold... Join the conversation!
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February 10, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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February 10, 2026 at 7:00 AM
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Today in 1977, Robert Aldrich’s thriller “Twilight’s Last Gleaming” was released. In it, a maverick US Air Force general (Burt Lancaster) escapes from death row, commandeers a Titan ICBM launch complex in Montana, and threatens to start World War III unless the president accedes to all his demands.
An original one-sheet color poster for "Twilight's Last Gleaming" showing a a drawing of a large Titan I ICBM rising out of a silo at sunset (with the missile forming the first "I" in "Twilight's" in the title, each letter of which looks like a piece of stamped, shiny metal). Below the title is the line, "the day they took on The _Real_ Power!" At the top of the poster are these words: "We have invaded Silo 3. We are prepared to launch nine nuclear missiles. We demand ten million dollars, Air Force One ... and you, Mr. President." At the bottom are the credits. An original one-sheet color poster for "Twilight's Last Gleaming" featuring a large illustration of a Titan I ICBM rocketing out of its underground silo (with two others rising to launch as well). Surrounding the missiles are illustrations of scenes from the movie, including Burt Lancaster and Richard Widmark on separate telephones, Burt Lancaster and Paul Winfield walking with Charles Durning (Lancaster is pointing a machine gun at him), and a helicopter lowering a soldier on a cable. The title appears below this in red capital letters inside a black box with an orange border. Below that are the words, "The Day All Hell Broke Loose!" Text at the top of the poster reads: "THE THREAT: The launching of nine nuclear missiles THE DEMAND: 20 million dollars THE HOSTAGE: The President of the United States." A screenshot from the film of Burt Lancaster standing in front of an open safe with a look of satisfaction on his face as he holds the two small keys required to launch the missiles. Each key is inside a clear plastic case. A small black dymo label is affixed to the front of each case ("KEY L" and "KEY R"). A screenshot from the film of Burt Lancaster and Paul Winfield inside the missile launch facility, as Lancaster talks on a corded telephone and Winfield looks on. Behind them are banks of electronic equipment.
February 9, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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#BOOKGIVEAWAY - #coldwar #escape #story

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February 9, 2026 at 6:31 PM
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February 9, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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The unexpected places podcasting can take you...
February 9, 2026 at 11:59 AM
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For the Cold War aficionado...
February 9, 2026 at 7:57 AM
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Episode 2 Season 2 is out! It's our pleasure to welcome Michael & Jack of the great Billy Joel podcast "Glass Houses" to discuss "We Didn't Start the Fire". Further great tunes by The Box, 10,000 Maniacs, CCCP and Curtis Mayfield. Here's the Spotify link
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We Didn't Light It, But We Tried to Fight It
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January 26, 2026 at 7:12 PM
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NEW EPISODE - Chasing Rogue #Nukes

Listen here 🎧 coldwarconversations.com/episode442/

#coldwar #spies #Espionage #intelligence #undercover @pinstripedline @SecretsAndSpies @spyhistorian @CIA
February 9, 2026 at 7:15 AM
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NEW EPISODE - Chasing Rogue #Nukes

Listen here 🎧 coldwarconversations.com/episode442/

#coldwar #spies #Espionage #intelligence #undercover @pinstripedline @SecretsAndSpies @spyhistorian @CIA
February 8, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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NEW EPISODE - Chasing Rogue #Nukes

Listen here 🎧 coldwarconversations.com/episode442/

#coldwar #spies #Espionage #intelligence #undercover @pinstripedline @SecretsAndSpies @spyhistorian @CIA
February 8, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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FACT OF THE DAY. 8 February 1950. East German State Security Service (SSD), which everyone called the Stasi, was officially founded by law. It spied on its own citizens on a massive scale. It was considerably more pro-active and extensive than even the Gestapo.
February 8, 2026 at 9:12 AM
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NEW EPISODE - Chasing Rogue #Nukes

Listen here 🎧 coldwarconversations.com/episode442/

#coldwar #spies #Espionage #intelligence #undercover @pinstripedline @SecretsAndSpies @spyhistorian @CIA
February 8, 2026 at 9:05 AM
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NEW EPISODE - Chasing Rogue #Nukes

Listen here 🎧https://coldwarconversations.com/episode442/

#coldwar #spies #Espionage #intelligence #undercover @pinstripedline @SecretsAndSpies @spyhistorian @CIA
February 7, 2026 at 11:30 PM
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NEW EPISODE - Chasing Rogue #Nukes

Listen here 🎧 coldwarconversations.com/episode442/

#coldwar #spies #Espionage #intelligence #undercover @pinstripedline @SecretsAndSpies @spyhistorian @CIA
February 7, 2026 at 12:45 PM
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The ideal way to start my shift at the #manchestermuseum.

Come and see our amazing collections of Natural History and Human History. www.museum.manchester.ac.uk
February 7, 2026 at 10:09 AM
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NEW EPISODE - Chasing Rogue #Nukes

Listen here 🎧 coldwarconversations.com/episode442/

#coldwar #spies #Espionage #intelligence #undercover @pinstripedline
@SecretsAndSpies @spyhistorian @CIA
February 7, 2026 at 8:05 AM
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NEW EPISODE - Chasing Rogue #Nukes

Listen here 🎧 coldwarconversations.com/episode442/

#coldwar #spies #Espionage #intelligence #undercover @pinstripedline @SecretsAndSpies @spyhistorian @CIA
February 7, 2026 at 8:05 AM