Nazi Loot & Soviet Spies - Ireland in the Summer of '63
Irish History Podcast
Fin Dwyer
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 3 February 2020
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
This podcast transports you back to Ireland during the summer of 1963. This was a fascinating time; JFK visited Ireland, 1% of the population were priests or nuns and instead of downloading Tinder you found love in the classifieds of a newspaper! Rumours of hidden Nazi treausre from World War II was headline news while a Third World War with the Soviet Union seemed imminent.
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| 0:00.0 | May I have your attention please you can now book your train tickets on Uber and get |
| 0:08.0 | 10% back in credits to spend on your next Uber ride so you don't have to walk home in the brain again. |
| 0:15.0 | Trains, now on Uber. T's and C's apply. Check the Uber app. Hello and |
| 0:25.0 | welcome to the Irish history podcast. |
| 0:30.0 | My name is Finn Duwara and this is Nazi Lute and Soviet spies, Ireland in the summer of 63. |
| 0:37.0 | This podcast looks at a recent chapter in our history, the summer of 1963. |
| 0:42.0 | Now you might well think that the 1960s can't really be considered history, |
| 0:46.0 | but I guarantee you by the end of the show you'll have changed your mind. |
| 0:50.0 | To be honest, I was really shocked just how different Ireland was only 57 years ago. |
| 0:55.2 | I'll be introducing you to lots of aspects of life at the time. |
| 0:59.0 | So while we will eventually get to Nazi Luz and Soviet spies, first we're going to take a look at lots of what might be described as the more day-to-day aspects of life, but it's really fascinating. So it's things like how did people date before dating websites like |
| 1:12.7 | Tinder and OK Cupid were a thing. |
| 1:15.4 | I want to keep breaks in today's show to an absolute minimum, |
| 1:18.0 | so I'm going to get all the housekeeping out of the way now. |
| 1:20.4 | It's pretty short today, just three quick quick announcements firstly just an update on |
| 1:24.4 | schedules there's going to be no show next week then I'll have a one-off episode on the |
| 1:29.1 | 17th I'm not exactly sure on what that's going to be on. If you've any ideas, let me know. |
| 1:34.4 | Then Partisans, that's the series on Irish stories from the Spanish Civil War, returns on the 24th of February. |
| 1:41.2 | The second announcement is about a live show that's coming up this week. |
| 1:45.0 | So I'm doing a live show in Cork in the Kino on Washington Street. |
| 1:49.0 | Next Thursday, that's February the 6th, 2020. |
| 1:52.0 | You can get tickets now at you ticket. |
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