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Welcome to episode 12 of Cold War Conversations.

Today's guest is someone I've been trying to speak to for some time,

as his story is a particularly fascinating one.

We're chatting with Mark Reeder, a musician and music producer who's been involved in the Berlin and international music scene since 1978, starting as factory records German representative.

Through his contacts in the GDR, he put on several secret punk gigs behind the Iron Curtain, and his Starzy file is described as

as thick as a phone book. He is, however, denied access to the full file as it remains in the

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