meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Oh What A Time...

[BONUS EP] #80 Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990 by Katja Hoyer

Oh What A Time...

Pop! Pop!

Comedy, History, Education

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2026

⏱️ 53 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

We have a special bonus ep for you from our bonus ep archive! This one was first made available for subscribers in December 2024.


On our Patreon you’ll now find:

•The full archive of bonus episodes

•Brand new bonus episodes each month

•OWAT subscriber group chats

•Loads of extra perks for supporters of the show

•PLUS ad-free episodes earlier than everyone else


Join us at 👉 patreon.com/ohwhatatime


Onto this episode...

We’re discussing the iron curtain, East and West Berlin, the infamous Stasi and East Germany.. all covered within the book that Elis has just read: Beyond the Wall by Katja Hoyer.


Plus; how has Tom managed to lay his washing out in a manner that looks like a spider on LSD? We don’t have a clue, but if you know you can email us at: hello@ohwhatatime.com


Aaannnd if you like it, why not drop us a review in your podcast app of choice?

Thank you to Dan Evans for the artwork (idrawforfood.co.uk).


Chris, Elis and Tom x


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Oh, what a time is now on Patreon. You can get main feed episodes before everyone else, ad free,

0:06.4

plus access to our full archive of bonus content, two bonus episodes every month, early access

0:11.9

to live show tickets and access to the Oh Water Time group chat. Plus, if you become an Oh Water

0:16.9

Time All-Timer, myself, Tom and Ellis will riff on your name to postulate where else in history you might have popped up.

0:23.7

For all your options, you can go to patreon.com forward slash O Water Time.

0:28.6

Hello and welcome to Oh What a Time and welcome to a special bonus episode.

0:32.5

Now, we may have mentioned in the past that if you join our Patreon, you get two bonus episodes every month.

0:37.1

And coming

0:37.8

up very soon, we've got renowned German author, Kachahoya, joining us to talk about her new book.

0:44.0

Now, we have reviewed one of her books in the past. This is episode number 80, Beyond the Wall,

0:48.8

East Germany, 1949 to 1990 by Kachahoyer. We reviewed this back in December 2020.

0:56.1

And if you enjoyed this subscriber episode,

0:57.7

there's plenty more to be enjoyed

0:59.2

over on our patron at patreon.com forward slash show, what a time.

1:02.9

But here you go.

1:03.5

Please enjoy this free bonus episode.

1:05.7

Music Hello and welcome to Oh What a Time, the history pod that tries to decide if a time

1:21.6

Time in the Deep Dark past prior to the invention of the drying, would have been a horrendous period to live in.

1:31.7

The reason this comes into mind, let me just quickly explain, is because in the background of our last record, I had our drying rack, drying all our pants, t-shirts, underwear.

1:40.4

And my wife said, you need to move that. You can't have that in the background because you're now putting out video contact for Instagram as well.

1:46.8

So that's no longer there.

1:48.8

But did make me think about a time before you could do that,

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Pop! Pop!, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Pop! Pop! and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.