Berliner FC Dynamo was the football team of the East German secret police, the dreaded Stasi. Alan McDougall (University of Guelph) discusses how BFC Dynamo was able to dominate East German football in part through questionable referee calls and the controversy this created among football fans.

Episode notes: http://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/resource/sport-in-the-cold-war/episode-03-the-stasi-s-football-team

The 1963 World Ice Hockey Championships were disastrous for the United States, which was trounced by nearly every other team. The day after an embarrassing 17-2 loss to Sweden, John F. Kennedy called his aid and personal friend David Hackett to complain and ask for answers.

John Soares (Notre Dame) discusses why the US team was so terrible in 1963.

Episode notes: http://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/resource/sport-in-the-cold-war/episode-02-john-f-kennedy-and-hockey

A new podcast exploring key moments in Cold War sports history. In the first episode, Tony Shaw (University of Hertfordshire) and Denise Youngblood (University of Vermont) discuss how Cold War tensions played out in American and Soviet films.

What was the Soviet response to Rocky IV? How were American athletes portrayed in Soviet sports films? Who won the cinematic Cold War?

Episode notes: http://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/resource/sport-in-the-cold-war/episode-01-the-cinematic-cold-war