The Stasi Poetry Circle - the East Germans secret police advancing socialism through verse

We Are History

Angela Barnes and John O'Farrell

History

4.9 • 802 Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2022

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Angela has read yet another book about East Germany (this one by Philip Oltermann) and explains how it was believed that loyalty to the Communist regime could be secured, not just by suppressing dissent and spying on your neighbours, but also with encouraging pro-government poetry . (Includes a hastily-penned socialist limerick written by John.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to We Are History. My name is John O'Farrell.
0:07.3	And I'm Angela Barnes.
0:09.0	And together, We Are History.
0:11.5	And this week, it's Angela's turn to...
0:14.2	Sorry, John, that was too slick. I had to laugh.
0:16.7	That was like you've been practising that.
0:19.3	Yeah, we're doing it a while now. You've really got the intro slick and then I just come in and ruin it.
0:23.9	I think I'm going to be MTV.
0:25.6	Together, we are history.
0:27.0	So it's pretty cool.
0:28.0	And we've got some great 80s bands coming up now.
0:31.0	So.
0:31.1	That would explain why you've got your nose pierced, John.
0:33.5	I was wondering.
0:34.6	Well, not everyone can see that. Just matches the tear tats under my eyes.
0:41.5	It's, as I was saying, before I said, really interrupted.
0:44.9	It's Angela Barnes's turn to choose a subject this week.
0:48.8	And guess what, listeners?
0:50.7	She's gone with East fucking Germany again.
0:54.5	You know, John, if I have my way,
0:56.5	every episode would be...
0:58.6	I don't know, I am a little bit...
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