Teddy Goes to the USSR
Series produced by Sean Guillory
It’s 1968. A tumultuous year at the height of the Cold War. Teddy Roe embarks on a remarkable three-month tour through the Soviet Union. What does he discover behind the Iron Curtain?
Americans believed the Soviet Union was cut off from the West. Nothing went in. And very little came out. Yet, tens of thousands of Americans visited their Cold War rival annually. What did they find behind the Iron Curtain? Teddy Goes to the USSR, a new six-part podcast series follows one such American, Teddy Roe, to shine light on Soviet tourism, police surveillance, consumerism, race, and everyday life through his extraordinary three-month trip to the Soviet Union in 1968.
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Teddy Goes to the USSR explored American tourism, KGB surveillance, consumerism, race, and daily life through Teddy Roe’s trip to the USSR. And man...
- Added: Jul 05, 2022
- Length: 01:02:41
American tourists expected few chances to meet Soviet people. You’d only see what Soviet officials wanted to show you. Touring the USSR, many assum...
- Added: Jun 28, 2022
- Length: 58:17
Teddy had few “official” meetings in the USSR. A factory here. A collective farm there. Maybe a school or two. And there was one question Teddy’s h...
- Added: Jun 22, 2022
- Length: 59:12
Like many Americans, Teddy judged the USSR through a consumer lens. What could Soviets buy? How much? And what was up with those long lines and sho...
- Added: Jun 14, 2022
- Length: 54:02
Teddy assumed the KGB would monitor his travels around the Soviet Union. In Kiev, Teddy discovers that someone went through his luggage. And half-c...
- Added: Jun 06, 2022
- Length: 37:27
Teddy Roe took an extraordinary trip to the USSR in 1968. For three months, he travelled from one end of the USSR to the other. Most Americans at t...
- Added: May 31, 2022
- Length: 51:20
Americans believed the Soviet Union was cut off from the West. Nothing went in. And very little came out. Yet, tens of thousands of Americans visit...
- Added: May 11, 2022
- Length: 01:42
