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Sigmund FraudGerald Sanders with Matt MackGerald Sanders is a man who has struggled to be known as good at anything. But excelling to much at his most recent hobby has not fully been the success story he had hoped for. And with a Sigmund Fraud like Ian Herrin as his therapist, Gerald might be doomed to violence and vigilantism simply because he's not getting the therapeutic perspective he so desperately needs. Get out of there, Gerald, RETREAT!! Ah, now you must be the opposite of all thumbs, because you've found...2025-03-3148 min
Guitar Garage TalkGuitar Garage Talk- Ep. 18- Ian Davlin, The Looth GroupIan Davlin is a journeyman who has accumulated a wealth of knowledge and a host of comrades during his decades as a guitar repair tech. Ian then created an online outlet, for sharing this information and community vibe, titled The Looth Group. He sat down with me to chat about it. Enjoy!2024-10-211h 53
Space to ThinkE3. Storytelling and Curiosity with Ian SandersIn today’s episode, I chat with Ian Sanders, Ian describes himself as a storyteller, energiser and author. His latest book is 365 Ways to Have A Good Day. This was a spontaneous conversation, we took the opportunity of a space in both our diaries about 24 hours after I asked Ian if he would be up for a chat. I love that about podcasting.
This is a very human conversation all about curiosity and storytelling and in many ways, the relationship between the two. If you’re like me, and thinking ‘I’m not sure I’ve reall...2024-06-0655 min
First Down by CoachTools129. Ian Sanders on Tradition, Culture, and MindsetIn this episode, we chat with Ian Sanders, special teams coordinator and linebackers coach at George Fox University. Ian shares his journey from player to coach, the benefits of coaching various positions, and his unique experience of starting a football program from scratch. Discover the challenges and excitement of building a new program, the importance of tradition, culture, and mindset, and the need for constant adaptation. Ian also highlights the role of coaches in shaping young men into adulthood and the joy of coaching. Don't miss his key insights and advice for aspiring coaches!
#FootballCoach #GeorgeFoxUniversity #FirstDownPodcast #CoachingJourney #CoachingAdvice...2024-06-0509 min
Heads Together#112 - How Curiosity Can Be Your Superpower In Business with Ian SandersIn this week's Heads Together podcast episode, I had the pleasure of chatting with Ian Sanders, a storyteller, author, speaker, trainer and coach, who's passionate about storytelling and its power to transform our work and lives. Ian's career has been a fascinating journey, spanning over three decades, where he's navigated various roles and ultimately found his calling as a storyteller.
We discuss the essence of storytelling and its connection to curiosity. Ian highlights how curiosity serves as a superpower in storytelling, emphasising the importance of paying attention and noticing the world around us. He shares insights on ho...2024-05-2043 min
SpyHards - A Spy Movie Podcast167. The Courier (2020) - Guest: Ian Sanders from Cold War Conversations
Agents Scott and Cam, along with guest operative Ian Sanders of the Cold War Conversations Podcast, bond over trips to the ballet while reviewing the 2020 Benedict Cumberbatch espionage drama The Courier.
Directed by Dominic Cooke. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Merab Ninidze, Rachel Brosnahan, Jessie Buckley, Angus Wright and Kirill Pirogov..
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Become a SpyHards Patron and gain access to top secret "Agents in the Field" bonus episo...2024-05-141h 33
Cold War ConversationsThe Picnic That Ripped Open The Iron CurtainIn August 1989, a group of Hungarian activists did the unthinkable: they entered the forbidden militarised zone of the Iron Curtain - and held a picnic.Word had spread of what was going to happen. On wisps of rumour, thousands of East German 'holiday-makers' had made their way to the border between Hungary and Austria, awaiting an opportunity, fearing prison, surveilled by lurking Stasi agents. The stage was set for the greatest border breach in Cold War history: that day hundreds would cross from the Communist East to the longed-for freedom of the West. The fall...2024-01-271h 17
The Interviews from Podcast RadioGene goes on a 'Cold War Conversations' Journey with Ian SandersUnveiling the Shadows: A Cold War Conversations Journey with Ian SandersIn the intricate world of Cold War history, Ian Sanders is not just a name; he's the curator of untold stories, the maestro orchestrating narratives from the shadows of espionage, military maneuvers, and everyday life during a tumultuous era. Since 2018, Ian has been the host and producer of the award-winning "Cold War Conversations" podcast, a platform where eyewitnesses of the Cold War share their riveting tales.A Glimpse into the ShadowsIn a recent interview on Podcast Radio, Ian took center stage...2023-12-0712 min
The Comfortable SpotThe Comfortable Spot with Ian SandersToday my guest is podcaster and historian Ian Sanders. Ian is the host and producer of the Cold War Conversations podcast. Since childhood, Ian has been fascinated with the Cold War which was an era in recent history that focused on the post war threat of conflict between the Warsaw Pact countries and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. Ian started the podcast in 2018 to record as many first-hand accounts of the Cold War as he could before they were lost and in May 2022 the series passed 2 million downloads. I too have been interested in this era of modern history; as...2023-11-1249 min
History with JacksonThe Cold War with Ian Sanders from Cold War ConversationsIn this week's episode of The History with Jackson Podcast Jackson sits down to speak with historian and host of the Cold War Conversations Ian Sanders to talk about the Cold War. This conversation stretched from discussing the political conflicts during the Cold War, to the hot conflict such as the Korean War, as well as discussing everyday life during the Cold War.To check out Ian’s amazing Cold War Conversations podcast head to https://coldwarconversations.com/ or follow this link to listen https://podfollow.com/coldwarpodIf you want to get in...2023-08-2743 min
The Stillest HourAcquiring Financial Educators and Publishers - A Conversation with Ian RosenHave a Financial Education or Publishing company? Interested in the details of becoming acquired? Get your answers in today's episode. Ian is the CRO of Magnifi a division of Tifin and has acquired a number of smaller educators and publishers over the past couple years. 00:00 | Who is Ian Rosen?05:56 | Why acquire Financial Education Companies? 08:11 | Is it easier to build a product or an audience? 09:28 | Why not start from scratch vs acquiring a Fined/Finpub company10:39 | Why aquire when you can joint venture or strike an affiliate deal? 12:47 | How big of a factor a...2023-07-171h 02
The Voice of ValueAustralia's Life Sciences Sector with Colliers' Ian Sanders and Joanne HendersonColliers' Ian Sanders and Joanne Henderson join Benn Dorrington to discuss the Life Sciences Sector in Australia.
The growth in the Life Sciences sector has created a growing and specialist real estate need. There are now many specialist buildings - mostly associated with hospitals or universities - and the size of the sector as an asset class is growing.
Ian is the Head of Healthcare and Retirement Living and Joanne is the National Director of Research at Colliers.
The Voice of Value is a podcast series about Australia's property industry. Powered by the...2023-07-1129 min
Cold War ConversationsDickey Chapelle - trailblazing female Cold War journalistNow have you ever heard of Dickey Chapelle? No, I hadn’t either, but I’m delighted to bring you the unknown story of this trailblazing female war correspondent.Dickey’s career started in World War 2 where she reported from some of the Pacific wars’ toughest battlefields of Iwo Jima and Okinawa.During the Cold War, she reported from Hungary during the 1956 Uprising and was held in the infamous Fő Prison and interrogated by the Hungarian security forces.Dickey went on to report from the struggle of the Algerian Liberation Front covering their campaign...2023-07-081h 04
Cold War ConversationsThe last voice you'd hear in a nuclear warThe BBC Wartime Broadcasting Service (WTBS) is a little-known piece of Cold War history that would have been for many the last human voice they heard after a nuclear attack on the UK.Iain started work for the BBC in 1988 and due to the pressure on training space, was trained in the nuclear bunker at BBC Wood Norton.After training he went to Broadcasting House in London where he first encountered some of the technical infrastructure the WTBS would use. Iain did a spell in the main control room and recalls the red phone which w...2023-06-2449 min
Cold War ConversationsThe ultimate guide to Cold War locations in BerlinJonny Whitlam has been a Berlin tour guide since 2010, and since then he’s been showing travellers from across the world the fascinating history of Berlin.We met via social media after I noticed his great videos describing well-known and lesser know 20th-century historical locations in Berlin.We discussed doing an episode to help you see Cold War Berlin sites without needing a tour guide and this episode is the result. However, if you would like a personal tour check out Jonny’s tours on this link. Book your Berlin private tour experience now (whitlams-berlin-tours.com...2023-06-211h 14
Cold War ConversationsThe 10 year old girl who tried to stop a nuclear warIn November of 1982, at the height of the Cold War, Samantha Smith, a 10-year-old girl from Manchester, Maine, wrote to the Soviet leader Yuri Andropov and asked him if he was going to wage a nuclear war against the U.S.When an unprecedented response from Andropov arrived, and Samantha received an invitation to visit the USSR, she and her family embarked on a journey that brought the two warring nations closer together.We speak with author Lena Nelson who was born in the Soviet Union and has spent...2023-06-031h 12
Cold War ConversationsCold War Polish People Army Radio OperatorCommunist Poland had universal conscription and the armed forces were huge by contemporary standards. The Polish People’s Army, Navy, and Airforce had just over 400,000 troops for most of the 1980s in a country of 36 million.Tom was a conscript in Polish People's Army from 1987-89. He served as a radio operator in Legnica for the rocket artillery. His service was at an interesting time when the communist dominance ended as Poland began to embrace democracy in its first free elections before World War 2.Tom shares details of his conscription process, selection, and ini...2023-05-2756 min
Happiness at Work365 Ways to Have a Good Day with Ian SandersHappiness can mean different things to different people. For some, it’s achieving a lifelong goal. For others, it’s landing a dream job, or making an impact on the world or building a better life for family and friends. And for some, it’s simply a long string of good days. Today we sit down with Ian Sanders, a renowned storytelling trainer, professional optimism instructor, and author of the acclaimed book 365 Ways To Have a Good Day. We’ll discuss his storied career, his many detours, and how, after decades of trying, he finally learned how to string...2023-03-2443 min
Cold War ConversationsCold War Dutch conscientious objector (281)In 1987 Martin received a letter informing him of his conscription into the Dutch Army. A number of European NATO countries had conscription during the Cold War. Holland’s applied to men over the age of 18 and included service for about a year, after which you were placed on the reserve. Martin objected to military service as a conscientious objector on religious grounds. Conscientious objectors could perform alternative civilian service instead of military service. However to get to be an official “conscientious objector” you had to pass multiple military courts and military procedures which was especially challen...2023-03-111h 01
Cold War ConversationsDiscovering your Cold War Czechoslovak Secret Police file (280)Mark Baker was featured in episode 9 where he told us about working in Czechoslovakia in the 1980s as a journalist for a small publishing company called Business International (BI). He was the company’s Czechoslovakia expert and with his Czech minder Arnold he travelled to Prague and other cities to report on significant economic and political developments.In 2021, he published “Čas Proměn” (“Time of Changes”), written in Czech, it is a collection of stories about Central and Eastern Europe in the 1980s and early ‘90s.Over the Christmas 2021 holidays, as h...2023-03-0453 min
High Tech On The LowHigh Tech on the Low ft. Ian Sanders - How Do You Pivot?Startups are no easy business, and often, in the middle of growing one, founders need to pivot. A pivot is essentially shifting business directions, perhaps changing the product or the business model, but the main point is that it is a significant change from the startup's original trajectory. As we continue our third episode following up with entrepreneur Ian Sanders, CEO and Founder of Blue Cape, we come to understand more about how founders should go about assessing a potential pivot and how sometimes certain elements of the business are just "out of your hands".
2023-02-2824 min
Staffroom SoapboxLGBT+ History Month: Past and Present with Sue SandersIn this episode, Ian talks to Sue Sanders about the origin of LGBT+ History Month, and why it is important now, more than ever.
Professor Emeritus Sue Sanders of the Harvey Milk Institute is an “out and proud” lesbian. She is co-chair of Schools OUT, an education charity founded in 1974 whose aim is to educate out prejudice, making schools safe and inclusive for everyone. As co-chair with Paul Patrick they founded LGBT+ History Month, celebrated every February across the UK. This opened a world of queer history to schools, educational settings and the wider community. Sue has sprea...2023-02-0214 min
Cold War ConversationsRed Elvis on tour, aka Dean Reed the US Cold War music star (274)Warning: This episode does cover the subject of suicide. If you need help please use these links:
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Dean Reed was an American actor, singer and songwriter, director, and Socialist who became a huge star in Latin America and the Eastern Bloc.Neil Jacobs is a guitarist who first met Dean Reed briefly while renting accommodation from Will Roberts, who directed the documentary of Dean Reed called “American Rebel”.Neil served on the US Cultural Deleg...2023-01-2859 min
IAM Podcast for StartupsDo this while in Stealth Mode: More Tips for Startup Founders | Ian Sanders, Blue CapeWHAT YOU WILL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE:
✅ Find out how long it total they were in Stealth and why they came out
✅ Know what Blue Cape is doing
✅ Learn from their experience talking to their first customer
✅ Learn what they are doubling down while transitioning out
✅ Know the 4 key skills that worked for Ian as a technical CEO
GUEST BIO:
Ian Sanders served as a scout sniper and squad commander in Unit 217 (one of Israel's elite counter-terror units). Then, he became a Security consultant at Gerald G...2022-09-1424 min
Cold War ConversationsA daughter's 18 year search for her Cold War CIA pilot father at the Bay of Pigs invasion in Cuba (247)In 1961, members of the Alabama Air National Guard secretly took part in the failed invasion of Cuba by U.S.-backed Cuban exiles known as the Bay of Pigs. This was a covert attempt by the United States to overthrow the Soviet-allied Cuban government of Fidel Castro. Pete Ray was one of eight Alabama guardsmen who flew combat missions on April 19th 1961, which resulted in the deaths of Pete and three members of the Alabama unit. U.S. President John F. Kennedy later acknowledged America's involvement but denied that American military personnel had entered Cub...2022-08-061h 00
Cold War ConversationsA boy soldier in the Cold War Royal Engineers (245)Paul joined the Royal Engineers in 1977, aged 16 as an apprentice. We hear of his experience of joining the army at such a young age and being away from home for the first time. After initial training his first posting was to Osnabruck in 1979. Shortly after his arrival Paul is appointed to the challenging role of driver to the Squadron Sergeant MajorWith participation in exercises such as Crusader 80 and Active Edge Paul describes in detail the role of Royal Engineers in Cold War Germany, including mine laying, bridge demolition and fixed defence construction.Paul’s...2022-07-2357 minHigh Tech On The LowHigh Tech on the Low ft. Ian Sanders - So Now You're Out of Stealth Mode, What Comes Next?Episode 44, "Stealth Mode: Locked", introduced us to Ian Sanders, a CEO of a promising stealth startup who talked to us about his decision to stay in stealth and still manage to develop his company. As part of a follow-up series on Ian's growth, I caught up with him 6 months down the line, after he has officially come out of stealth mode, kinda. His company, called Blue Cape, already has some incredible traction, and we dive into Ian's journey to understand how he plans to revolutionize the world of epidemiology, as he flows with the twists and turns of his e...2022-07-1824 min
Cold War ConversationsMy life laid bare through secret police files (242)What is it like to be under secret police surveillance? On 10 March 1983, 12-year-old Carmen Bugan returned from school to find Romanian secret police in her living room. Her father’s protest against the regime had changed her life forever. In recent years Carmen gained access to the files of the Romanian secret police. She herself is surprised by the intimacy of the surveillance. Forgotten conversations, love letters, and arguments are all laid bare via the detailed notes taken by the Securitate. We hear the sadness of discovering friends and family members were involved in informing on them too...2022-07-021h 18
Cold War ConversationsThe 1989 World Festival of Youth and Students in Pyongyang, North Korea (235)The 13th World Festival of Youth and Students was held from 1–8 July 1989 in Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea. It was the largest international event staged in North Korea up until then.The event took four years of preparation by the North Korean government, which effectively spent a quarter of the country's yearly budget (US$4.5 billion) on it. Ultimately declared as the largest ever World Festival of Youth and Student with about 22,000 people from 177 countries attending.This event was the last festival held during the Cold War era as waves of unrest began to occur thr...2022-05-1458 min
Cold War ConversationsBritain’s Cold War Human Chemical Warfare Experiments (234)Ian Foulkes was exposed to the deadly nerve agent Sarin in 1983 at the Porton Down Chemical & Biological Defence Establishment., one of the UK's most secretive and controversial military research facilities.Ian describes in detail the process and the ill effects this caused him and shares details of a little-known fatality where 20-year-old Ronald Maddison died 45 minutes after what scientists thought was 200mg of liquid Sarin dripped onto his arm.We also talk about the development of chemical weapons during the Cold War and the history of the Porton Down Chemical & Biological Defence Establishment. Up...2022-05-071h 11