Radio GDR - East Germany Podcast

By Steven Minegar

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Episodes: 71

Dom Thorrington
 Nov 23, 2019
A fascinating look into life in the GDR. Not political, just a fair and objective look

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Radio GDR. Life in the former East Germany holds an ongoing fascination for a lot of people. Join us as we learn more about the former East Germany. Radio German Democratic Republic is a podcast designed to educate and inform on the life and times of East Germany. Radio GDR is hosted by Steven Minegar and John Paul Kleiner.

Episode Date
How the Grey Disappeared from Greyland - Part 1 of my conversation with Herta Peter
Mar 23, 2024
Special Announcement - new website (radiogdrpodcast.com) and season 4 is coming!
Oct 14, 2023
Attila The Stockbroker
Jul 17, 2023
Taking Stock with Victor Grossman, Part II: Why The GDR Failed
Apr 08, 2023
Berliners: Vesper Stamper's tale of twins divided by the Berlin Wall and thoughts on viewing the Cold War through historical fiction
Mar 05, 2023
Why The GDR Fascinates Me: Kris Hinz's Reflections on his Father's Time in the GDR and the Country's Legacy Today
Jan 15, 2023
Why The GDR Fascinates Me: Fred Esposito on His Love for Radio GDR and Why Preserving History is Important
Dec 08, 2022
Why The GDR Fascinates Me: Neese Family Adventures in Radebeul, Leipzig and Dresden
Nov 23, 2022
Ralph Hänel, Part III - Opening the Memory Box: Ralph's Corner GDR Museum
Oct 23, 2022
Ralph Hänel, Part II - "Can I borrow your baby?", Stasi Handcuffs and the Book of Poison
Sep 29, 2022
Ralph Hänel, Part I - My Father and the Stasi Lawyer
Sep 13, 2022
Artists Take on The State! Experimental Art in Late East Germany, with Sara Blaylock
Aug 22, 2022
The Things They've Seen - Reflections on WWII and the Cold War by German Eyewitnesses, with Daniel Burghard
Aug 04, 2022
Overlooked No More - Female Directors in East Germany's DEFA Films
Jul 13, 2022
Gay Spies and LGBT Activism in East Germany, with Samuel Clowes Huneke
Jun 28, 2022
¡Venceremos! Chilean Bands and Socialist Solidarity at East Germany's Festival of Political Songs, with Jesse Freedman
Jun 16, 2022
Ned Richardson-Little on The Human Rights Dictatorship - Socialism, Global Solidarity and Revolution in East Germany
Jun 02, 2022
"A House Divided Cannot Stand" - Designing Chapman University's Berlin Wall Monument at Liberty Plaza with Richard Turner
May 18, 2022
"Historical Memory" - How Dr. Jim Doti Brought the Berlin Wall to Chapman University
May 07, 2022
Capitalism vs. Communism - Jeff Myers' "Crash Course" on Life in East Germany
Apr 29, 2022
Taking Stock with Victor Grossman: The GDR's Achievements - Part I
Apr 12, 2022
No Man's Land: Michael Califra's Crossings in Divided Berlin
Mar 29, 2022
Season 3 - The Gang is Back Together Again!
Mar 17, 2022
Season 3 Special Announcement (45)
Feb 16, 2022
A Strange Exchange: Brown University Students on the Loose in East Germany
Jan 06, 2022
The Grey Men: Pursuing the Stasi into the Present with Ralph Hope
Jul 29, 2021
Punk Rock, Revolution, and the Fall of the Berlin Wall - with Tim Mohr
Jun 27, 2021
Borderland Museum Eichsfeld - Touring the Inner German Border with Patrick Hoffmann
Jun 11, 2021
Lives of East Germans - The "Authentic Spirit" of Adelheid Wedel (40)
May 31, 2021
More Ghosts of East Berlin - Celeste Barber's Fulbright Adventure in the GDR (39)
May 20, 2021
East German Football - The Turning Season: DDR-Oberliga Revisited with Michael Wagg (38)
May 09, 2021
Bowling for Communism: Urban Ingenuity at the End of East Germany (36)
May 02, 2021
The Red Woodstock - Politics and Pop Music in East Germany Part 3
Apr 15, 2021
East Germany, Chile and DEFA’s “Hidden Films” with Dr. Claudia Sandberg (34)
Apr 07, 2021
Interview with Helge Heidemayer, Director, Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial - Ep 37
Mar 19, 2021
Politics and Pop Music in East Germany Part 2 (33)
Mar 10, 2021
Why Communist East Germany's Interflug was an airline like no other with Sebastian Schmitz
Feb 11, 2021
East Germany in Mozambique: Private Photographs of a Forgotten Time with Dr. Katrin Bahr
Jan 19, 2021
Visiting Family Behind the Iron Curtain - Journeys to Görlitz, East Germany with Bill Blosen (30)
Dec 13, 2020
My review of the new Amazon Explore Virtual Experience Tour - The infamous Berlin Wall: stories of the Death Strip and a divided city (29)
Dec 08, 2020
My brother spied on us for the Stasi and how I survived life in an East German Prison (28)
Nov 13, 2020
A Journey Through the history of Rock and Pop Music of East Germany
Oct 22, 2020
A Beginners Guide to East German Movies and DEFA. (126)
Oct 10, 2020
Why I am Fascinated by East Germany and East German Fashion (25)
Oct 02, 2020
East Germany through the eyes of a 10 year old American boy (24)
Sep 12, 2020
Why I Am Fascinated by East Germany With Anthony Russell (23)
Aug 28, 2020
Cold War Conversations Podcast Co-Host - Why I am Fascinated by the GDR.
Aug 13, 2020
East Germany and Chile with Steve Minegar (21)
Aug 01, 2020
A quick update from Radio GDR - East Germany Podcast
May 25, 2020
Collecting East German Stamps (DDR) - The DDR Collectors Series
Mar 29, 2020
A Teachers Guide to East Germany with Prof. Jeffrey Byford
Feb 22, 2020
The Story Behind the Checkpoint Charlie Virtual Reality Tour - Timeride (18)
Feb 16, 2020
East Germany Podcast listeners on why they are fascinated by the DDR. Report from the Berlin MeetUp (17)
Feb 02, 2020
The Team They Love to Hate. Life as a Dynamo Berlin Supporter (16)
Jan 16, 2020
My Father Was An East German Spy. (15)
Dec 27, 2019
Crossing into East Berlin through Checkpoint Charlie with Virtual Reality. Field Report (14)
Nov 26, 2019
Working at Radio Berlin International 1988-90 with Steve Winkler (13)
Nov 20, 2019
They Divided the Sky - Christa Wolf - Episode 12
Oct 11, 2019
“Open Memory Box” 400+ Hours of GDR Home Movies Go Online
Sep 23, 2019
38 Things I learned about East Germany from reading Burning Down The Haus. (10)
Sep 08, 2019
Born in the GDR with Dr Hester Vaizey (9)
Jul 21, 2019
Born in the GDR with Dr Hester Vaizey (9)
Jul 21, 2019
East German football - The People's Game: Football, State and Society in East Germany (8)
Jun 18, 2019
What happened to football in East Germany after reunification? (7)
May 05, 2019
Hohenschonhausen - The Dark Side of the GDR (6)
Apr 23, 2019
Interview with the DDR Museum in Berlin - Gordon von Godin
Mar 15, 2019
Why East Germany is still fascinating to GDR Objectified's John Paul Kleiner (4)
Feb 15, 2019
Wende Museum - The Chief Curator talks to Radio GDR
Jan 13, 2019
From Us to Me - with Director Ellin Hare
Dec 21, 2018
DDR Museum Director- Gordon von Godin Interview
Dec 09, 2018
What is Radio GDR all about?
Nov 21, 2018