Red Elvis, Dean Reed the US music star behind the Iron Curtain - Episode 1 (97)

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Ian Sanders

History, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.8 • 865 Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2019

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Ramona Reed’s father was Dean Reed an American actor, singer, songwriter, director, and Socialist who became a huge star in Latin America and the Eastern Bloc. Now if you like the podcast you can help to support us for the price of a couple of coffees a month. You’ll be helping to cover the show’s increasing costs and keep us on the air, plus you get the sought after CWC coaster too. Just go to https://coldwarconversations.com/donate/ If that’s not your cup of tea, you can also help us by placing a written review on Itunes. This helps to raise our profile and get new guests on the show. So back to today’s episode – Ramona was born in 1968 and gives insight into his life via private correspondence, but also what it was like to be the daughter of such a huge Eastern Bloc star. We welcome Ramona to our Cold War conversation… Episode 2 of this interview is here https://coldwarconversations.com/episode98/ We have further photos and information on this episode in our episode notes at https://coldwarconversations.com/episode97/ 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

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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.
0:13.9	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.
0:30.6	Ladies and gentlemen, Bob Bill!
0:32.4	In cinema's January 17, rated 15.
0:35.9	And then all it took was one person to yell, Dean, read!
0:42.7	And all of a sudden, there was mobs, a ton of people that just swarmed him.
0:51.8	This is Cold War Conversations. If you're new here, you've come to the right place to listen to first-hand Cold War history accounts.
1:01.9	Do make sure you follow us in your podcast app or join our emailing list at Cold Warconversations.com.
1:11.0	Ramona Reid's father was Dean Reed,
1:13.3	an American actor, singer and songwriter,
1:16.2	director and socialist,
1:18.1	who became a huge star in Latin America and the Eastern Bloc.
1:23.1	Now, if you like the podcast,
1:24.9	you can help to support us
1:26.5	for the price of a couple of coffees a month.
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