11 Best Cold War Podcasts

1. Cold War Conversations

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'Listening to even one episode of 'Cold War Conversations' will make this sprawling, potentially intimidating period of history feel vivid and compelling.' The New York Times Experience the Cold War like never before with Cold War Conversations — an award-winning podcast. 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...more Host Ian Sanders
Email ****@coldwarconversations.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 50k-250k
Recent Guests Martin Fitzgerald, Juli +14 more
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 1.3KFacebook 6.6KTwitter 19.3K Avg Length 57 min Format Long form Get Email Contact Get access to full database of 2.7M podcastsCreate podcast lists, export in spreadsheet or CSV file with email contacts and start your podcast outreach in minutes.Sign Up for Free with Email Continue with Google

2. The Cold War: Prelude To The Present

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The Cold War may be over, but the tension between Russia and the West remains. Join Bill Whittle as he narrates this compelling series about two competing ideologies battling for global supremacy in the ashes of World War II.more Host Bill Whittle
Producer/Network The Daily Wire
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 250k-1M
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 8.4K Avg Length 51 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

3. The History of the Cold War Podcast

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The History of the Cold War Podcast will cover the Cold War from the period of roughly 1945 to 1991 and the fall of the Soviet Union in monthly installments on the first. This Podcast will examine the Cold War from a number of different perspectives including political, diplomatic, cultural, ideological etc. This series is intended to be a grand narrative of the conflict exploring it from its early origins to its final moments and its effects on the world today. Please join us on this incredible journey as we reexamine the Cold War in light of new facts and new perspectives...more Host Jeff Hogue
Producer/Network The History of the Cold War Podcast
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 50k-250k
Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 805Facebook 2.5KTwitter 594 Avg Length 31 min Format Medium form Since Dec 2015 Get Email Contact

4. School of War

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Latest When, Not If: The Baltics Prepare for War (13 Oct, 2026)
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In School of War, CBS News National Security Analyst and Free Press columnist Aaron MacLean sits down with secretaries of state, top military historians, war planners, and key political decision-makers to help understand the lessons of war. Tune in as School of War takes you to the front lines. Aaron MacLean is a former senior fellow at Hudson Institute. He has worked as a foreign policy advisor and legislative director to Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas and spent seven years in the U.S. Marine Corps. Visit our Substack for episode transcripts Follow along on Instagrammore Host Aaron B MacLean
Producer/Network Nebulous Media
Email ****@hudson.org
Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
Recent Guests Sam Brownback, Dan Blumenthal +36 more
Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 648 Avg Length 55 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

5. Cam & Ray's Cold War Podcast

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Latest Cold War 318: The Politics of Illusion (15 Oct, 2026)
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A NSFW, detailed and funny long-form podcast about The Cold War.
Hosts Cameron Reilly, Ray Harris
Producer/Network Cameron Reilly & Ray Harris
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
Recent Guests Brian J. Morra, Andrea Balis +1 more
Apple Rating 4/5Apple Reviews 312Facebook 1.9KTwitter 9.9K Avg Length 23 min Format Medium form Since Mar 2016 Get Email Contact

6. Cold War Cast

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The history and the pop culture of the Cold War with Ryan Lewellin
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Producer/Network Cold War Cast
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Recent Guests Volodymyr Zelensky, Vladimir Putin +1 more
Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 54 Avg Length 31 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

7. Cold War Minute - 365

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Latest COLD WAR MINUTE 365: October 07 (06 Oct, 2026)
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A daily podcast about Cold War History delivered as it happened on this day in history (1945 to 1994).
Host David Guerra
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8. Declassified by Author Daniel P. Douglas

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This podcast excavates the classified details of Cold War programs, operations, and incidents your government hoped you'd never discover. Let's listen in, shall we? authordanielpdouglas.substack.commore Producer/Network Daniel P. Douglas
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 1 Avg Length 24 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

9. The Cold War Bunker

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Welcome to The Cold War Bunker! A place where natural sunlight, foods with limited shelf-life & non-reinforced materials are not welcome.In this show we will journey through the history of this time, and examine the information of events, times and people that defined this era; an era in which information was not free to flow.We will embark on this adventure by doing our best cursory research possible, because, I am most certainly not an expert. I am someone who loves this time in our past, and is not quite convinced that the Cold War is as far in our rearview as what would like to think.more Producer/Network The Cold War Bunker
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Recent Guests Aaron, Blaire +2 more
Apple Rating 4/5Apple Reviews 6 Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

10. Coming in From the Cold: Untold Stories from the Cold War

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Coming in from the Cold explores forgotten—or never-remembered—national security policy initiatives, incidents and events during the Cold War. In each episode Cold War Historian Bill Rosenau, sits down with experts on a wide range of topics to discuss these events and how they are relevant to today's challenges. The views expressed here are those of the commentators and do not necessarily reflect the views of CNA or any of its sponsors.more Host Bill Rosenau
Producer/Network CNA
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 57Facebook 1.8KTwitter 14.5KInstagram 842 Avg Length 39 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

11. ADST: Cold War Podcast

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A podcast following the development of the Cold War using original oral histories from the Association for Diplomatic Studies & Training's Foreign Affairs Oral History archive. (https://adst.org)more Producer/Network Cool Ben
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 3Facebook 3.1KTwitter 4.6KInstagram 548 Avg Length 26 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact