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Cold War Conversations - "vivid & compelling" The NY Times

Janina - Life in a Cold War East German village near the Polish border (67)

Cold War Conversations - "vivid & compelling" The NY Times

Ian Sanders

History, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.8865 Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2019

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Todays episode is different, the interviewer is not me, but one of our listeners who contacted me to help produce content for the podcast. This gave me the idea for a new area of the podcast called “Cold War Contributions” where listeners can send in audio interviews for broadcast on the show. Email me at Ian@coldwarpod.com if you are interested. If you’d to send us a few quid to help me run the podcast click here. Thank you so much to our latest Supporters Leaving reviews on Itunes also helps so thanks to our latest reviewers Cheeses Word 101, Martini Glass Bob, Zach 1998!, GM0WDD, Balint Kaman, Trilbyhat, Skjip1969, Peteyinmontreal, GDR Objectified So back to today's episode. James has been a fan of the show from the start and in this episode he speaks with a work colleague who lived in East Germany. We give a warm welcome to James our latest Cold War Conversations Host….  Radio GDR If you are interested in East Germany we can highly recommend our friends over at Radio GDR. Support the project! https://coldwarconversations.com/donate/ Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/ColdWarPod Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/coldwarpod/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/coldwarconversations/ Youtube https://youtube.com/@ColdWarConversations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to Cold War Conversations, the home of real stories of the Cold War.

0:05.9

Timothy Shalame is Bob Dylan and a complete unknown.

0:09.4

If anyone who's going to hold your attention on the state, you have to kind of be a freak.

0:14.0

Critics agree it's outstanding on every level. Five stars.

0:19.1

Shalemay is a revelation.

0:20.8

What do you want to be?

0:21.9

Whatever it is, they don't want me to be.

0:23.8

Now nominated for the Golden Globes for Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Supporting Actor, Edward Norton.

0:29.3

A complete unknown.

0:30.5

Ladies and gentlemen, Bob Bill!

0:32.4

In cinemas, January 17, rated 15.

0:43.6

A couple of teachers of mine, they were really, they were members of the party and they really believed in what the party said and it was, yeah, I felt sorry for them because they

0:49.7

had really lost their whole kind of view of the world, probably.

0:56.7

This is Cold War Conversations.

1:00.2

If you're new here, you've come to the right place to listen to first-hand Cold War history accounts.

1:06.6

Do make sure you follow us in your podcast app or join our emailing list at cold warconversations.com.

1:15.8

Today's episode is different. The interviewer is not me, but one of our listeners who contacted

1:21.4

me to help produce content for the podcast. This gave me the idea for a new area of the podcast called Cold War Contributions,

1:30.7

where listeners can send in audio interviews for broadcast on the show. Email me at

1:36.5

Ian at coldwarpod.com if you are interested. If you'd like to support the podcast financially, then from the price of a cup of coffee a month,

1:47.7

you can really make a difference. Click on the support the podcast menu option at cold war

1:54.1

conversations.com. Thank you so much to our latest patrons, Alexandro Marius Farrow

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