Best Coldwar Podcasts (2023)

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The Black Spy Podcast

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BREXIT - This is what LEAVERS voted for (Part 2) 1:15:07

19h ago1:15:07

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BREXIT This is what Leavers voted for! (Part 2 ) The Black Spy Podcast, Series 9, Episode 0009 Brexit was arguably the greatest instance of self-harm undertaken by a nation in the modern era that did not involve warfare. And now, the primary initial architect, Nigel Farage, complains that Brexit has been a failure. Yes, like a snake oil salesman Fa…

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The Black Spy Podcast

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BREXIT - This is what Leavers voted for! (Part ) 40:31

8d ago40:31

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BREXIT - This is what Leavers voted for! (Part ) The Black Spy Podcast, Series 9, Episode 0008 Brexit was arguably the greatest instance of self-harm undertaken by a nation in the modern era that did not involve warfare. And now, the primary initial architect, Nigel Farage, complains that Brexit has been a failure. Yes, like a snake oil salesman Fa…

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The Black Spy Podcast

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Critical Thinking - Gender Crisis - A Woman’s View (Part 2) 41:30

15d ago41:30

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Critical Thinking - Gender Crisis - A Woman’s View (Part 2) The Black Spy Podcast Season 9, Episode 0007 The advent of culture wars in government, the boardroom, public services and even its trickle down into societal norms has changed the West in particular. This week we have part 2 of one woman’s view (Firgas Esack) of this gender clash in discus…

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The Black Spy Podcast

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Critical Thinking - Gender Crisis - Woman’s View (Part 1) 47:24

22d ago47:24

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Critical Thinking Gender Crisis - A Woman’s View (Part 1) The Black Spy Podcast Season 9, Episode 0006 The advent of culture wars in government, the boardroom, public services and even its trickle down into societal norms, has changed the West in particular. This week we have one woman’s view, Firgas Esack, in discussion with Carlton King. The show…

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The Black Spy Podcast

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King Charles III - Coronation Blues (Part 2) 35:50

29d ago35:50

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King Charles III - Coronation Blues (Part 2) The Black Spy Podcast Season 9, Episode 0005 This is episode Two of this two week special which looks at the coronation of King Charles the III of England and the UK. In the coming fascinating discussion from the perspective of National Security, Secret Intelligence, societal norms, societal changes, med…

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The Black Spy Podcast

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King Charles III - Coronation Blues (Part 1) 49:33

1M ago49:33

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King Charles III Coronation Blues (Part 1) The Black Spy Podcast Season 9, Episode 0004 This Two week special looks at the coming coronation of King Charles the III of England and the UK. In the coming fascinating discussion from the perspective of National Security, Secret Intelligence, societal norms, societal changes, media nuanced geo-politics …

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The Black Spy Podcast

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Critical Thinking - Gender Crisis (Culture Wars) 56:24

1M ago56:24

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Critical Thinking Gender Crisis (Culture Wars) The Black Spy Podcast Season 9, Episode 0003 The advent of culture wars in government, the boardroom, public services and even its trickle down into societal norms, has changed the West in particular. Indeed the Black Spy argues that Trump and Johnson are the unintended consequences of the old guard - …

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The Black Spy Podcast

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The NHS Murders (Part2) - Lucy Letby & so many others 44:17

2M ago44:17

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The NHS Murders (Part1) - Lucy Letby & so many others The Black Spy Podcast Season 9, Episode 0002 This week's Black Spy Podcast discusses the unbelievable number of murders committed by on duty NHS medical staff in the UK. Furthermore, the Black Spy discusses the fact that even though these murders are frequent they receive very little overall pre…

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The Black Spy Podcast

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The British National Health Service (NHS) Serial Murderers (Part1) - Lucy Letby & so many others 47:50

2M ago47:50

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The British National Health Service (NHS) Serial Murderers (Part1) - Lucy Letby & so many others The Black Spy Podcast Season 9, Episode 0001 This week's Black Spy Podcast discusses the unbelievable number of murders committed by on duty NHS medical staff in the UK. Furthermore, the Black Spy discusses the fact that even though these murders are fr…

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East Germany Podcast - Radio GDR

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Taking Stock with Victor Grossman, Part II: Why The GDR Failed 35:44

2M ago35:44

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In 1952, a 24-year old American soldier defected to the Eastern Bloc in order to avoid a US Army disciplinary hearing and what he feared would be draconian punishment for his involvement in socialist and communist politics in the United States. This decision put his life on an entirely new trajectory, one that left him with a new name, Victor Gross…

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The Black Spy Podcast

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Matt Hancock, Isabel Oakeshott and the What’app revelations (Part2) 37:14

2M ago37:14

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Matt Hancock, Isabel Oakeshott and the What’app revelations (Part2) The Black Spy Podcast Season 8, Episode 0009 In last week’s Podcast I stated that it’s an accepted truism that the first casualty of war is truth! Well in this week’s podcast, the same is true, but one can substitute the word politicians for war. Therefore this week’s podcast looks…

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The Black Spy Podcast

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Matt Hancock, Isabel Oakeshott and the What’app revelations (Part1) 31:36

2M ago31:36

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Matt Hancock, Isabel Oakeshott and the What’app revelations (Part1) The Black Spy Podcast Season 8, Episode 0009 In last week’s Podcast I stated that it’s an accepted truism that the first casualty of war is truth! Well in this week’s podcast, the same is true, but one can substitute the word politicians for war. Therefore this week’s podcast looks…

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The Black Spy Podcast

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Critical Thinking War & Truth (Spying, Nazis, The Ukraine and Nordstream 2) (Part2) 50:28

3M ago50:28

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Critical Thinking War & Truth (Spying, Nazis, The Ukraine and Nordstream 2) (Part2) The Black Spy Podcast Season 8, Episode 0008 It is an accepted truism that the first casualty of war is truth! So the Black Spy explores if we are being sold whole sale propaganda concerning the current conflict and if we are, he considers perhaps why? So, this is w…

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The Black Spy Podcast

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Critical Thinking War & Truth (Spying, Nazis, The Ukraine and Nordstream 2) (Part1) 51:28

3M ago51:28

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Critical Thinking War & Truth (Spying, Nazis, The Ukraine and Nordstream 2) (Part1) The Black Spy Podcast Season 8, Episode 0007 It is an accepted truism that the first casualty of war is truth! So the Black Spy explores if we are being sold whole sale propaganda concerning the current conflict and if we are, he considers perhaps why? So, this is w…

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The Black Spy Podcast

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The Nicola Bulley incident - Is it an example of how the British Press are out to trash the reputation of the Police (Part2) 53:21

3M ago53:21

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The Nicola Bulley incident - Is it an example of how the British Press are out to trash the reputation of the Police (Part2) The Black Spy Podcast Season 8, Episode 0006 This week's Black Spy Podcast discusses a worrying trend of the seemingly incessant drip feeding of negative stories by all forms of the established media against the police. These…

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East Germany Podcast - Radio GDR

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Berliners: Vesper Stamper's tale of twins divided by the Berlin Wall and thoughts on viewing the Cold War through historical fiction 56:37

3M ago56:37

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I am truly honored to be joined today by author and illustrator Vesper Stamper who in 2022 published Berliners, a historical fiction about two twin brothers, Rudi and Peter, who end up divided by their views of the GDR and then, quite literally, by the Berlin Wall. This is a must read, guys. Listen as we talk to Vesper about how the theme of "histo…

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Coming in From the Cold: Untold Stories from the Cold War

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J. Edgar Hoover 41:50

3M ago41:50

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Today, J. Edgar Hoover is remembered as a power-hungry, corrupt and prejudiced man, obsessed with an imagined threat of domestic communists. But during his life, he was widely respected and admired as the man responsible for building the FBI into a premier law enforcement agency. In the final episode of Coming in from the Cold Bill sits down with B…

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The Black Spy Podcast

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The Nicola Bulley incident - Is it an example of how the British Press are out to trash the reputation of the Police 1:00:14

3M ago1:00:14

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The Nicola Bulley incident - Is it an example of how the British Press are out to trash the reputation of the Police The Black Spy Podcast Season 8, Episode 0005 This week's Black Spy Podcast discusses a worrying trend of the seemingly incessant drip feeding of negative stories by all forms of the established media against the police. These stories…

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The Black Spy Podcast

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Part 2 Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning - A Gift to the wellbeing of the planet or a Curse to humankind 35:01

4M ago35:01

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Part 2 Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning A Gift to the well being of the planet or a Curse to humankind The Black Spy Podcast Season 8, Episode 0004 This week's Black Spy Podcast discusses Artificial Intelligence (AI), Robotics, and Machine Learning with Firgas Esack and fellow national news media Journalist, Sally Brockway; re…

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The Black Spy Podcast

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Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning - A Gift or Curse to human kind? (Part 1) 49:15

4M ago49:15

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Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning - A Gift or Curse to human kind? (Part 1) The Black Spy questions national journalists Firgas Esack and Sally Brockway. The Black Spy Podcast Season 8, Episode 0003 This week's Black Spy Podcast discusses Artificial Intelligence (AI), Robotics, and Machine Learning with Firgas Esack and fellow nat…

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The Black Spy Podcast

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Part Two: Are the Covid 19 vaccines a genetic time bomb? The Black Spy questions Dr Rachel Taylor 43:13

4M ago43:13

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Part Two: Are the Covid 19 vaccines a genetic time bomb? The Black Spy questions Dr Rachel Taylor The Black Spy Podcast Season 8, Episode 0002 This week’s episode continues the debate of the decade with Dr Rachel Taylor. Are Covid 19 vaccines safe? Billions of us globally have had the Covid 19 vaccines, many of us haven’t even thought of questionin…

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The Black Spy Podcast

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Are the Covid 19 vaccines a genetic time bomb? The Black Spy questions Dr Rachel Taylor 45:27

4M ago45:27

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Are the Covid 19 vaccines a genetic time bomb? The Black Spy questions Dr Rachel Taylor The Black Spy Podcast Season 8, Episode 0001 This week’s episode looks into the debate of the decade. Are Covid 19 vaccines safe? Billions globally have had the Covid 19 vaccines, many haven’t even thought of questioning the safety of these vaccines nor have the…

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The Black Spy Podcast

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STRIKES & DEBT (part 2) - The state of Britain & The near future? 43:13

5M ago43:13

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STRIKES & DEBT The state of Britain & The near future? The Black Spy Podcast Season 7, Episode 0010 Following last week's episode looking into the state of Britain with strikes everywhere and a winter of discontent and the question as to whether it was just a UK problem or is the Capital system itself beginning to show its fundamental cracks? Part …

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The Black Spy Podcast

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STRIKES & DEBT - Is modern day Capitalism one big Ponzi Scheme? 47:47

5M ago47:47

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STRIKES & DEBT Is modern day Capitalism one big Ponzi Scheme? The Black Spy Podcast Season 7, Episode 0009 This week’s episode looks into the state of Britain with strikes everywhere and a winter of discontent, is it just a UK problem or is the Capitalist system itself beginning to show its fundamental cracks. Are fiat currencies which are backed b…

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East Germany Podcast - Radio GDR

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Why The GDR Fascinates Me: Kris Hinz's Reflections on his Father's Time in the GDR and the Country's Legacy Today 59:37

5M ago59:37

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Hello everyone, and welcome to yet another incredible episode of Radio GDR. We are on episode 3 of 3 of our listener interviews to round out season 3. I hope you have enjoyed hearing about fellow listeners' interest in the GDR as much as I have. In our final listener interview, I have the honor of speaking to Kris Hinz of Australia, who was adopted…

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Jersey Heritage Podcast

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Exploring Jersey’s links to transatlantic slavery 3 20:21

5M ago20:21

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Martin Toft of the Société Jersiaise describes how archival research inspired him to travel to Brazil and Belize to discover more about Jersey’s links to the slave trade.By Jersey Heritage

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Jersey Heritage Podcast

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Exploring Jersey’s links to transatlantic slavery 1 28:25

5M ago28:25

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Professor Brycchan Carey of Northumbria University discusses 200 years of silence on the subject and encourages us all to question the past.By Jersey Heritage

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Jersey Heritage Podcast

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Exploring Jersey’s links to transatlantic slavery 2 22:47

5M ago22:47

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Keith McClelland of the Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery discusses the evidence for Channel Islanders’ involvement in the slave trade.By Jersey Heritage

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The Black Spy Podcast

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Is The UK Too Military Centric? 57:23

5M ago57:23

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Is The UK Too Military Centric? The Black Spy Podcast Season 7, Episode 0008 This week’s episode looks into Britain’s and other nations’ military expenditures and asks if too much is spent on military forces whilst seeking to answer why this is the case. Carlton explores the subject in-depth, at the request of you the listeners who have asked about…

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The Black Spy Podcast

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The Black Spy’s Critical Thinking Democracy What is it & does Britain have it? 1:07:53

5M ago1:07:53

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Democracy What is it & does Britain have it? The Black Spy’s Critical Thinking series Season 7, Episode 0007 This week’s episode is another in the Black Spy’s special ‘Critical Thinking’ episodes where he explores a subject in-depth often at the request of you, the listeners. Hence today’s Critical Thinking episode was chosen by subscribers/listene…

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Coming in From the Cold: Untold Stories from the Cold War

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Weaponizing the Weather 37:41

5M ago37:41

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Jim Fleming is the Charles A. Dana Professor of Science, Technology, and Society at Colby College and a research associate at the Smithsonian Institution. He has earned degrees in astronomy (B.S. Penn State University), atmospheric science (M.S. Colorado State University) and history (Ph.D. Princeton University). Professor Jim Fleming's website. “F…

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The Black Spy Podcast

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Meghan & Harry Christmas Special (Part 2) Behind the TV show! 1:01:20

5M ago1:01:20

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Meghan & Harry Christmas Special (Part 2) Behind the TV show! The Black Spy Podcast Season 7, Episode 0006 The Netflix super series Harry & Megan is a hit the world over. However, what’s the back story? In part one we learned that Harry really served in a combat role in Afghanistan in the British army before the press rumbled him. We asked is Megha…

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The Black Spy Podcast

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Meghan & Harry Christmas Special (Part 1) Behind the TV show! 44:17

6M ago44:17

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Meghan & Harry Christmas Special (Part 1) Behind the TV show! The Black Spy Podcast Season 7, Episode 0005 The Netflix super series Harry & Megan is a hit the world over. However, what’s the back story? Did Harry really serve in a combat role in the British army? Is Meghan a spoilt Hollywood trouble maker as made out by much of the British Press or…

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The Black Spy Podcast

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Refugees, Englishness & Royal Palace Racism (Part 2) 46:25

6M ago46:25

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Refugees, Englishness & Royal Palace Racism (Part 2) The Black Spy Podcast Season 7, Episode 0004 The continuation episode (part 2) asking amongst many other questions, why Brits believe most asylum seekers/refugees come to the UK when this is blatantly not the case. In 2020 for example the UK only received - 37, 550 asylum applications, whereas Ge…

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East Germany Podcast - Radio GDR

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Why The GDR Fascinates Me: Fred Esposito on His Love for Radio GDR and Why Preserving History is Important 56:33

6M ago56:33

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We are interviewing some of our most special listeners this season in gratitude for your amazing contributions to make season 3 of this podcast so special. We are especially grateful to the listeners who financially contributed to this season via our Patreon. One of our contributors, Fred Esposito, has gone above and beyond this season as our lone …

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The Black Spy Podcast

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Refugees, Englishness & Royal Palace Racism (Part 1) 53:01

6M ago53:01

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Refugees, Englishness & Royal Palace Racism (Part 1) The Black Spy Podcast Season 7, Episode 0003 Why do Brits believe most asylum seekers/refugees come to the UK when in 2020 we only received - 37, 550, applications whereas Germany had - 124,380, Spain - 108,225 and France - 103,370 in the same year! Moreover, most asylum seekers/refugees come now…

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Around The Empire

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Ep 272 ATE Live: Nuclear Threats Panel with Kyle Anzalone, Dan Wright 56:50

6M ago56:50

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10/19/22 Panel: Joanne Leon, Kyle Anzalone, Dan Wright. Discussion of Ukraine war, risk of nuclear escalation plus Kyle’s article being tweeted by Elon Musk. FOLLOW Kyle @KyleAnzalone_ @Con_Interest FOLLOW Dan @DSW_xyz Recorded on October 19, 2022. Music by Fluorescent Grey. Around the Empire aroundtheempire.com is listener supported, independent m…

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Around The Empire

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Ep 271 ATE Live Ukraine War Panel with Connor Freeman, Kelley Lane, Patrick MacFarlane, Riley Waggaman, Dan Wright 1:21:07

6M ago1:21:07

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Panel: Joanne Leon, Connor Freeman, Kelley Lane, Patrick MacFarlane, Riley Waggaman, Dan Wright. Discussion about the war in Ukraine and latest developments. Recorded on September 15, 2022. Music by Fluorescent Grey. Reference Links: Ukraine's counterattack: Unheeded warnings from Russia's pro-war hardliners, Riley Waggaman Military summary channel…

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The Black Spy Podcast

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Cops & Spooks - Why we treat them so differently (Part Two) 58:24

6M ago58:24

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Cops & Spooks - Why we treat them so differently (Part Two) Black Spy Podcast - Season 7, Episode 0002 Season 7, continues with part 2 of the question that Carlton King and Firgas Esack posed - why police are perceived, and indeed treated, much less favourably than secret intelligence and national security officers (spies - known colloquially in th…

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East Germany Podcast - Radio GDR

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Why The GDR Fascinates Me: Neese Family Adventures in Radebeul, Leipzig and Dresden 41:40

7M ago41:40

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I have said this often, but I am so grateful to you all for your continued loyalty to the podcast this season. Most of you all don't know this, but I got this amazing gig when Shane Whaley interviewed me as a listener of the show back in 2020. I love the concept of interviewing our listeners so much that, to color the back half of season 3, I have …

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The Black Spy Podcast

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Cops & Spooks - We we treat them so differently 50:20

7M ago50:20

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Cops & Spooks - Why we treat them so differently (Part One) Black Spy Podcast - Season 7, Episode 0001 Season 7, begins with Carlton King and Firgas Esack asking the question why police are perceived, and indeed treated, much less favourably than secret intelligence and national security officers (spies, known colloquially as spooks). To answer thi…

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The Black Spy Podcast

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Recap - Who is Carlton King? 44:27

7M ago44:27

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Recap - Who is Carlton King? The Black Spy Podcast Season 6, Episode 0010 This end of Season 6, overview recaps who Carlton King is and looks at some of his operations within the secret world on behalf of the UK’s Secret services and police national security service operations. Carlton also answers the most frequently asked questions from listeners…

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The Black Spy Podcast

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King of Scotland Yard 49:00

7M ago49:00

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King of Scotland Yard Black Spy Podcast recollects Season 6, Episode 0004 The Black Spy, Carlton King, sits down again with another podcaster and explains aspects of his life and some of the less sensitive operations he undertook whilst a senior member of Scotland Yard's Special Branch. This extremely informative and entertaining episode gets back …

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Coming in From the Cold: Untold Stories from the Cold War

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The Moscow Signal and Havana Syndrome 26:34

7M ago26:34

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In 2017, reports of the mysterious “Havana Syndrome” dominated the news. American diplomats around the world reported experiencing a variety of symptoms including hearing a sudden loud noise, pain in one or both ears, feeling of pressure or vibrations in the head, tinnitus, visual problems, vertigo, nausea and cognitive difficulties. There is no co…

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The Black Spy Podcast

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Madeline McCann - What really happened? DAPS agency Journalist Firgas Esack unpacks! 1:15:06

7M ago1:15:06

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Madeline McCann - What really happened? DAPS agency Journalist Firgas Esack unpacks! The Black Spy Podcast Season 6, Episode 0008 The Black Spy, Carlton King, sits down once again with journalist and publicist Firgas Esack of the DAPS Agency and considers the disappearance of Madeline McCann some 14 years ago in Puerto Banus, Portugal. The whole Ma…

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The Black Spy Podcast

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Is Tory Anarchy - The Brexit Dividend? 55:07

8M ago55:07

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Is Tory Anarchy The Brexit Dividend? The Black Spy Podcast Season 6, Episode 0007 This week Carlton King explores the anarchy that is the Conservative Party (known as the Tory Party) and its damaging effect on the UK’s economy, its reputation abroad and its geo-political standing within the world. Carlton explains that, in his analysis, the present…

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East Germany Podcast - Radio GDR

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Ralph Hänel, Part III - Opening the Memory Box: Ralph's Corner GDR Museum 1:12:09

8M ago1:12:09

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Hello, everyone, and welcome to our third installment of our interview with Ralph Hanel, Kung Fu Master, former Stasi prisoner and amazing storyteller. I am so glad you have enjoyed the first two installments, and Ralph and I sat down for a third interview to talk about the objects he has collected in recent years that remind him of his survival st…

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The Black Spy Podcast

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Who decides? A sit down with Shaun Wood - Scriptwriter 1:27:36

8M ago1:27:36

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Who decides? A sit down with Shaun Wood - Scriptwriter The Black Spy Podcast Season 6, Episode 0006 This week Carlton King sit down with scriptwriter Shaun Wood and asks the question “Who decides what get seen?” Due to the all pervasive nature of film and TV in modern society, this is very big question, not least because for many people the vast ma…

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