226 - The East German Balloon Escape
Do Go On
Matt Stewart, Jess Perkins & Dave Warneke
4.9 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 19 February 2020
⏱️ 126 minutes
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Summary
In 1952, East Germany was closed off from it's Western counterpart. Between the countries lay walls, barbed wire, minefields and lots and lots of soldiers. But that didn't stop the East German citizens from dreaming of escaping the oppressive dictatorship. In the late 70s two men got together and came up with a plan... to build a home made hot air balloon and fly their families over the border to a better life. This is one of the most audacious escapes ever attempted!
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast is part of the Planet Broadcasting Network. |
| 0:03.1 | Visit PlanetBroadcasting.com for more podcasts from our great mates. |
| 0:18.6 | Hello and welcome to another episode of Do Go On! |
| 0:22.0 | My name is Dave Warnocky and I'm sitting here with Matt Stewart and Jess Perkins. |
| 0:27.0 | Don't you mean you sound a little disappointed? |
| 0:29.1 | Oh no I thought that sounded nice. |
| 0:30.7 | Oh I also want to give you the sort of respect your name deserves. |
| 0:34.1 | Hmm. |
| 0:34.9 | Oh no I thought it sounded nice to me. |
| 0:36.7 | He did sound like it was disrespectful to me. |
| 0:38.4 | Yeah right he was like, ah and she's here too. |
| 0:40.6 | Yeah. |
| 0:41.1 | I'm here every week. |
| 0:41.9 | If I had those two that I missed. |
| 0:43.5 | If I was disappointed you'd know about it. |
| 0:45.6 | Jess. |
| 0:46.6 | Perkins. |
| 0:48.0 | Hi. |
| 0:49.7 | That's a little confusing because my little name is... |
| 0:52.2 | Yeah I know. |
| 0:53.9 | That was hard to spell but my parents found a way. |
| 0:57.0 | It was asterix. |
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