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

Watching Socialism: The Cold War Television Revolution in Eastern Europe (78)

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

Ian Sanders

Documentary, History, Society & Culture

4.8865 Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2019

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Today we’re at the Wende Museum in Los Angeles at their Watching Socialism exhibition. Organized in collaboration with British-Slovenian media historian Sabina Mihelj and British cultural historian Susan Reid, this exhibition focuses on the impact of Cold War-era television programming in Eastern and Western Europe on private lives.  Now many of our fans are the proud owners of a Cold War Conversations Coaster, a gift from me to thank them for helping the podcast financially. So how do you join this select band? Well for the price of a couple of coffees a month to cover the show’s increasing costs and keep us on the air you can get a coaster too. Just go to Patreon.com/coldwarpod So back to today’s episode. I’m delighted to welcome Anna Rose Canzano of the Wende Museum to Cold War Conversations. If you’d like to learn more and see photos of the Wende museum and exhibition then head over to our show notes which are at coldwarconversations.com/episode78 or will show as a link in some podcast apps. The show notes also have some videos relating to this episode.  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.

0:05.8

Even in this Romanian magazine, I'm more closed off.

0:09.1

Country, you see The Saint and Roger Moore on the cover.

0:12.7

I wasn't sure whether it was Roger Moore or not, but I'm pleased to say,

0:16.6

and I know some of our listeners are big Roger Moore fans,

0:19.7

will be delighted to know that the saint was on in Chowcestershire, Romania.

0:27.4

This is Cold War Conversations.

0:30.8

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

0:37.2

Do make sure you follow us in your podcast app

0:39.8

or join our emailing list at cold warconversations.com.

0:45.9

Today we're at the Vendor Museum in Los Angeles

0:49.7

at their Watching Socialism exhibition.

0:53.6

Organized in collaboration with British Slovenian media historian Sabina Mihelj and British

1:00.5

cultural historian Susan Reed, this exhibition focuses on the impact of Cold War

1:06.3

era television programming in Eastern and Western Europe on private lives.

1:12.9

Now, many of our fans are the proud owners of a Cold War Conversations coaster,

1:18.9

a gift from me to thank them for helping the podcast financially.

1:23.5

So how do you get into this select band?

1:27.2

Well, for the price of a couple of coffees a month to cover the show's increasing costs

1:32.2

and keep us on the air, you can get one of these sought-after coasters too.

1:37.4

Just go to patreon.com slash Cold Warpod.

1:41.9

That's p-a-t-r-e-o-n.com slash Cold Warpod. That's p-a-t-r-e-o-n.com slash Cold Warpod. Now, what would also help us to is you leaving a review in iTunes, Stitcher, our Facebook page, or with your podcast provider.

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