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We Are History

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We Are History

Angela Barnes and John O'Farrell

History

4.9802 Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2022

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

In a life that began in the Weimar Republic and outlived the Berlin Wall, Ursula Kuczynski spied for Communism all around the world, and not even her own children suspect anything.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to We Are History, the less than serious history podcast.

0:13.0

I am John O'Farrell.

0:14.7

And I'm Angela Barnes.

0:16.7

Why did I say that like that?

0:17.7

I'm very tired.

0:18.6

Oh, Angela.

0:19.8

Angela.

0:20.7

What time did you send me the notes for this podcast last night?

0:24.5

I sent you the notes of these podcasts at quarter to four this morning?

0:28.0

Quarter to four in the morning.

0:29.5

And it's now, what is it, 11 o'clock in the morning we're recording this?

0:32.6

So it's bed to say, John, it's been a very busy week and I'm a bit tired.

0:37.2

Yes, like, it's been a very busy week and I'm a bit tired. Yes, like essay crisis. It's like

0:39.7

first term at university. Oh my God, I've got to get these notes in. I was just drinking

0:45.6

Coca-Cola and Pro Plus all night. Remember Pro Plus? It's what used to take to, little caffeine

0:50.4

tablets you used to take to get essays done. Don't do it, kids. It's very bad for you.

0:54.5

Yeah, don't do drugs, kids. That's Angela's message. Well, well done for getting them done.

0:59.9

We do do this for pleasure, you know, Angela. It doesn't feel like it sometimes, John.

1:05.1

I'll tell you that three o'clock this morning, it didn't feel very pleasurable. Oh, God. You got it done. You got it done.

1:13.9

At least it's a jolly, jolly subject we're doing today.

1:15.5

This is Angela's choice of subject.

1:18.7

So, of course, we're back in the 20th century in the Cold War.

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