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Radio GDR - East Germany Podcast

Dec 13, 2020

I have always wondered what small-town life was like outside of Berlin in the GDR. In this episode of Radio GDR, Bill Blosen and I sit down to talk about his experiences traveling to Görlitz, a small medieval town on the East German-Polish border.

Photos at www.radiogdr.com/30

He went there to visit family as a young...


Dec 8, 2020

East Germany Podcast Host Shane Whaley's Amazon Explore review of The infamous Berlin Wall: stories of the Death Strip and a divided city tour.

Shane works in the tours and activity industry hosting a podcast for tour operators called Tourpreneur. He is currently reviewing Amazon Explore which is Amazon's foray into...


Nov 13, 2020

In this episode, you will hear how Peter Keup's life was made a misery following his family's application for an exit visa. Peter discusses how his life was never to be the same again.

How he was treated as a pariah by the East German state, which led to him trying to escape the GDR, getting captured, and spending time...


Oct 22, 2020

In this episode of the East Germany Podcast - Radio GDR we go on a journey of Rock and Pop Music of East Germany.

Our good friend John-Paul Kleiner (GDR Objectified) is in the East Germany podcast host chair for this one. He is joined by Dr Edward Larkey, an expert on GDR music and author of Rotes Rockradio.

John...


Oct 10, 2020

This episode is dedicated to our friend Neil Tooley who sadly passed away last week.   In this episode of we explore the world of East German movies and DEFA, the studio that produced them. I know nothing about East German-made movies so in this episode we are joined by two East German Cinema buffs to find out more.