Litsy

https://www.heatherweidner.com/blog/2025/5/1/thisorthatthursday-with-kay-sparlin...

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Mission Thaw

Mission Thaw | Kay Sparling

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4o3jc1f8gZrOSdSNd1LjDr

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Mission Thaw

Mission Thaw | Kay Sparling

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Fp_M8qRnAE

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Schwifty

Stasiland: True Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall | Anna Funder

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This reads as a sort of diary of the author‘s investigation and interviews with those who lived in East Germany and whose lives were forever altered by the ever present Stasi and their hordes of informal agents. She also interviews former Stasi agents and former GDR propaganda mongers to understand how they feel about their work behind the wall and whether it was all worth it. I enjoyed reading this. It‘s beautifully written which was unexpected.

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Mission Thaw

Mission Thaw | Kay Sparling

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-cZPP7mEDs

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DGRachel

The Spy who Came in from the Cold | John le Carre

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Dreamscape has been releasing new audio versions of le Carre‘s work narrated by Simon Vance and they are wonderful. I‘m a huge fan of both le Carre and Simon Vance, so this was a comfort reread/listen for me. TSWCIFTC is the quintessential Cold War spy novel and it‘s the book that cemented le Carre as the master of the genre.

DGRachel I also recommend the 1965 film version with Richard Burton. Burton makes a perfect Alec Leamas. (Rupert Davies isn‘t my favorite onscreen Smiley, but Smiley has a tiny roll in the book. Alec Guinness, on the other hand, makes a brilliant George Smiley). 5d

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Mission Thaw

Mission Thaw | Kay Sparling