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Wind of Change podcast

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Wind of Change

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  Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify  

It’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 Change is an Original Series from Pineapple Street Studios, Crooked Media and Spotify.

It’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 Change is an Original Series from Pineapple Street Studios, Crooked Media and Spotify.

 

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33 MINS

33:29

07 Jun 2023

#13

Bonus #3 - Scorpions Live from New York | Fundraiser For Ukraine

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11 Oct 2022

19 MINS

19:44

11 Oct 2022

#12

Special Preview: "Rogues" by Patrick Radden Keefe

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21 Jul 2022

10 MINS

10:28

21 Jul 2022

#11

An Avocado Revolution | Introducing 544 Days

Everything was going great for Jason Rezaian. He was The Washington Post’s correspondent i... more

14 Oct 2021

29 MINS

29:18

14 Oct 2021

#10

Out Now: Bonus Episodes

Thanks for listening to Wind of Change. We’ve made two additional episodes of the show — a... more

06 Jul 2020

01 MINS

01:30

06 Jul 2020

#9

8. Hello, Klaus

HANOVER, GERMANY, 2020: There is one last person Patrick needs to ask about “Wind of Chang... more

29 Jun 2020

51 MINS

51:24

29 Jun 2020

#8

7. Rorschach

MOSCOW, RUSSIA, 2019: On a boat ride down the Moskva River, Patrick starts to fear that th... more

22 Jun 2020

46 MINS

46:48

22 Jun 2020

#7

6. The Doctor Is In

CAYMAN ISLANDS, 1982: The Scorpions’ manager Doc McGhee has a secret past: he played a rol... more

15 Jun 2020

58 MINS

58:35

15 Jun 2020

#6

5. I Follow The Moskva

MOSCOW, USSR, 1989: Klaus Meine, the lead singer of the Scorpions, has said for 30 years t... more

08 Jun 2020

42 MINS

42:52

08 Jun 2020

#5

4. The KGB Rock Club

LENINGRAD, USSR, 1988: Patrick finds another person who has told an eerily similar story a... more

01 Jun 2020

47 MINS

47:09

01 Jun 2020

#4

3. America’s Secret Weapon

LAGOS, NIGERIA, 1961: One of America’s most beloved singers died without ever knowing that... more

25 May 2020

45 MINS

45:12

25 May 2020

#3

2. You Call It An Operation, We Call It A Performance

KYIV, UKRAINE, 2019: Patrick flies to Ukraine and witnesses how fully the political messag... more

18 May 2020

47 MINS

47:08

18 May 2020

#2

1. My Friend Michael

LANGLEY, VIRGINIA, 2011: The Scorpions’ song “Wind of Change” became the soundtrack to the... more

11 May 2020

45 MINS

45:17

11 May 2020

#1

Wind of Change, coming May 11

A power ballad helped bring down the Soviet Union. Was it written by the CIA? Journalist P... more

25 Apr 2020

03 MINS

03:39

25 Apr 2020