One of the few benefits of the current crisis is the greater available time I have to read. On a recent Sunday an Observer article, “‘Rockers and spies’ – how the CIA used culture to shred the iron curtain,” piqued my interest. The article promoted a podcast launching on Spotify on May 11, “Winds of Change” which deals, yet again, with the salacious history of the CIA’s use of cultural diplomacy during the Cold War to decrease anti-American sentiment. The article provided the usual overview of the CIA’s ‘manipulation’ of American cultural products to gain foreign support, with little reflection Read more