Wind of Change
Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / SpotifyIt’s 1990. The Berlin Wall just fell. The Soviet Union is on the verge of collapse. And the soundtrack to the revolution is one of the best selling songs of all time, the metal ballad “Wind of Change,” by the Scorpions. Decades later, journalist Patrick Radden Keefe heard a rumor: the song wasn’t written by the Scorpions. It was written by the CIA. This is his journey to find the truth. Wind of Ch... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 15 | Founded | 5 years ago |
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- Very interesting theory
In 1990 I was 18 years old, living behind iron curtain, in Poland. I remember everything you are talking about, underground music, copping cassettes with foreign music, this unique atmosphere of change starting in the late 80s, feeling hope, unity… Listening to your podcast brought back memories 😊 and after listening to all episodes I’m like 80% convinced that CIA could be involved. Good job and fantastic investigative work 👍🏻
And Wind of Change was actually very important song for us, behin... more
Apple Podcasts5Rael12
Poland9 days ago - Fascinating but incomplete
I just discovered this podcast and I find the central theory fascinating, but when I mentioned it to a friend who grew up in Russia in the ‘80s & ‘90s, she said that almost no one she knew understood English back then. She, her friends, and their parents sang along to many English-language songs phonetically, without understanding what the lyrics meant. How could their feelings towards the USSR be influenced by “Wind of Change”’s message when they didn’t even understand it? I wish that point had... more
Apple Podcasts4maxellcdr
United States22 days ago - Excellent
This is an older podcast, but it was great. The ‘mystery’ is interesting, but solving it isn’t vital to make it worth listening to. There is no filler or silly cliffhangers. The host is connected and competent, and the journalism is solid. If you like thoughtful, well produced podcasts, it doesn’t get any better.
Apple Podcasts5AmewxUnited States2 months ago - Brilliant storytelling
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Apple Podcasts5Marketing Exec.United States4 months ago - A Beautiful Rabbit Hole 🕳️
This is probably my favorite long form podcast of all time. But let’s be real —Klaus wrote Wind of Change. Because only a German musician of his generation, at that time, could write such a song. CIA ?? Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. …but it does not mean that Doc or Klaus were not really special agents… Curiously the song sounds best in Russian - not German or English … 🐇
Apple Podcasts5eye330United States7 months ago
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Apple Podcasts | #54 | United States/Society & Culture/Documentary |
Apple Podcasts | #60 |  United Kingdom/Society & Culture/Documentary |
Apple Podcasts | #62 |  Canada/Society & Culture/Documentary |
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