Cold War Conversations History Podcast

01/09/2026

31/08/2026

46 years ago, on August 31, 1980, the historic August Agreements were signed in Gdańsk. It led to the creation of the Solidarity trade union, the first independent trade union in the Eastern Bloc.

Jacqueline Hayden was there.

 During her first visit to Poland in 1980, Jacqueline Hayden met the leading members of the free trade union ‘Solidarność’, including the future president L**h Wałęsa. As a freela

29/08/2026

Czechoslovakian space travel themed matchbox labels, 1963.

29/08/2026

Haunted by the Soviet-led invasion of 1968 and determined never to shoot an innocent person, Jiří secretly studied the border’s weaknesses and planned an audacious escape

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26/08/2026

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Paul Nippress, José Chaíça, Jonathan Sayers, Maura McCormick, Gillian Cox, Adie Bond

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25/08/2026

Today on 25th Aug 1955 Soviet forces leave Austria, ending occupation.

The withdrawal was following the signing of the Austrian State Treaty on May 15, 1955, which restored Austria’s sovereignty and declared its permanent neutrality. US, French and UK forces also withdrew.

22/08/2026

The stories of the photographers who tried to capture the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia on 1968.

22/08/2026

Aleksander survived hunger, forced labour and a wartime journey to the West.

His family remained painfully out of reach until 26 yrs later, when the chance came to cross back behind the Iron Curtain...

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21/08/2026

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