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We speak again with Gillian, who was our guest in episodes 42 and 48.

Gillian was in Berlin the night of 9th of November 1989 and describes what she saw.

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Gillian gives us the viewpoint of a US student in Berlin on that pivotal night she tells us

of her first discovery that this was going to be a night to remember and the sights and sounds that she saw.

We welcome Gillian back to our Cold War conversation.

So you were just chilling in West Berlin and the 9th of November, you're watching TV?

We were actually listening to the radio.

My friend's roommate was in the other room watching the TV.

And my friend was practicing his anguish by listening to the BBC.

And, you know, I was like, oh, yes, definitely coming along.

That was better.

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