Moonrise
“Truer, but also darker.” This is the real origin story behind America’s decision to go to the moon. The story we learn starts with Sputnik, then President Kennedy’s challenge, and ends with triumph: an American flag on the lunar surface. But in the 50 years that have passed since the moon landing, as presidential documents have been declassified and secret programs have been revealed, a wilder story has begun to emerge. “Moonrise,” a new Washington Post narrative mini-series, digs into the nuclear arms race of the Cold War, the transformation of American society and politics, and even the birth of science fiction, to unearth what really drove us to the moon. Join host Lillian Cunningham (of the Presidential and Constitutional podcasts) as she uncovers a story that has so much to reveal about America -- and about the dreams and nightmares of being human on this Earth.
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Previous Episodes
- Introducing “The Empty Grave of Comrade Bishop” 17.10.2023
- Listen to the first episode of “Field Trip”: Yosemite National Park 30.06.2023
- Introducing “Field Trip” 14.06.2023
- The Dark Moon 22.10.2019
- Magnificent Desolation 15.10.2019
- The Beyond 08.10.2019
- JFK and the Secret Tapes 01.10.2019
- A New Frontier 24.09.2019
- Nightmare on the Hill 17.09.2019
- SPUTNIK! 27.08.2019
- The Bomb and the Saucer 20.08.2019
- Inside the Gulag 13.08.2019
- The Shapeshifter 06.08.2019
- Visionaries of the Void 30.07.2019
- The Tale of the Blue Light 19.07.2019
- Introducing Moonrise 19.07.2019
