Inside the Stasi spy school

<p>At the height of the Cold War, East Germany operated an elite secret academy designed to train secret police agents in tradecraft and tactics for psychological manipulation. Now, a trove of previously classified recordings that reveal the inner workings of that Stasi training school have been published.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Guests:</p><p>Oliver Moody, Berlin Correspondent for the Times.</p><p>Roger Boyes, Diplomatic Editor and columnist at The Times.</p><p><br></p><p>Host:&nbsp;Manveen Rana.</p><p><br></p><p>With thanks to Südwest Rundfunk (SWR), the German public broadcaster that released the recordings, and the Bundesbeauftragte für die Stasi-Unterlagen (BStU) – Federal Commissioner for the Stasi Files, in English - for the audio.</p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>