Ian Sanders · History

Cold War Conversations

"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. This is Cold War history, told from the inside out.

Episodes

RAF Greenham Common - A history of the iconic Cold War British nuclear base.(18)

14 Jul 2018

1h 4m

Michael K. Ferris, a former U.S. Air Force signals intelligence specialist, recounts his experiences living and working in Berlin during the Cold War. Arriving in 1961 just days before the construction of the Berlin Wall, Ferris provides a unique perspective as both a military dependent and a later service member stati...