In 2019, approaching the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, I found a timely book in a secondhand bookshop: The Berlin Wall, 13 August 1961 – 9 November 1989 by Frederick Taylor. The book inspired me to write about my two contrasting visits to Berlin as a backpacker in 1987 and 1995.

Two Visits to the Berlin Wall is a travel memoir from the Tall And True writers' website, written and narrated by Robert Fairhead.

Read the piece on Tall And True: https://www.tallandtrue.com.au/nonfiction/travel/two-visits-to-the-berlin-wall

Podcast website: https://www.tallandtrueshortreads.com

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Buy Robert's short story collections online:

• Amazon Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Robert-Fairhead/e/B086HZ36NM

• Rakuten Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/au/en/author/robert-fairhead

Podcast Theme and Sound Effects

Royalty-free music from Pixabay.com: Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28 'Pastorale' – IV. Rondo. Allegro ma non-Troppo, performed by Karine Gilanyan.

Sound effects licensed under Creative Commons 0 from FreeSound.org:

• Shop Bell:  https://freesound.org/people/775noise/sounds/494565/

• Gunfire: https://freesound.org/people/C-V/sounds/523404/

• Ping Sound: https://freesound.org/people/edsward/sounds/341871/

• Plane: https://freesound.org/people/bigpickle51/sounds/262753/

• Clock Ticking: https://freesound.org/people/Julien%20Matthey/sounds/457651/

• Van Horn: https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/479995/

• City Ambience (Cologne): https://freesound.org/people/Pfannkuchn/sounds/384353/

• Siren: https://freesound.org/people/lluiset7/sounds/367442/

Production Notes

Tall And True Short Reads is produced using Audacity. 

Episodes are recorded in Sydney, Australia, on the traditional lands of the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation.

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