Cold War Conversations Podcast

by Ian Sanders

Category

History

Frequency

Updated Weekly

Language

English

Experience the Cold War like never before with Cold War Conversations — an award-winning podcast recommended by The New York Times. Each week, host Ian Sanders brings you raw, firsthand accounts from the people who lived through one of history’s most tense and transformative eras — soldiers, spies, civilians, and more. These aren’t stories from textbooks. They’re unfiltered voices from the frontlines of history — emotional, gripping, and deeply human. This is Cold War history, told fro...

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Recent Reviews

History can be fun

CXH I•9/11/2026

I have become a Cold War enthusiast- if that is a thing. I love this podcast. Fascinating!

Fixated on Able Archer

Bandboxxer•7/8/2026

This guy's sympathies are revealed by bestowing 'Politboro' honors to donors of his podcast.

Race-baiting and shtlib politics

JoeP001•5/4/2026

The host implored listeners in the latest episode to rate and review the podcast. Well, here is my review: 3 very reluctant stars, for the host’s race-baiting with regards to the alleged lack of black witnesses interviewed by police after Kennedy was shot, and for the guest celebrating that Kamala Harris did well in one county in Texas. I don’t listen to podcasts about the Cold War because I want to endure 2020s shtlib political commentary.

Valuable and insightful record

Fourpointo•5/4/2026

Great work!

History Alive

Nick Name James 2026•5/3/2026

What an unbelievable archive of Cold War history. Ian is a master interviewer who knows when to be quiet. The stuff-to-fluff ratio is amazing: there just isn’t any fluff or housekeeping or long introductions or a desire to inject his own ego into his guests’ monologues. Thank you thank you for this treasure. I hope it gets included in a national archive one day.