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Moonrise

Moonrise

13 episodes

“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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Introducing The Empty Grave of Comrade Bishop

Published: Oct. 17, 2023, 11 a.m.
Duration: 3 minutes 34 seconds

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Listen to the first episode of Field Trip: Yosemite National Park

Published: June 30, 2023, 10 a.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 41 seconds

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Introducing Field Trip

Published: June 14, 2023, 11 a.m.
Duration: 3 minutes 13 seconds

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The Dark Moon

Published: Oct. 22, 2019, 11:15 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 23 seconds

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Magnificent Desolation

Published: Oct. 15, 2019, 11:15 a.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 10 seconds

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The Beyond

Published: Oct. 8, 2019, 11 a.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 23 seconds

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JFK and the Secret Tapes

Published: Oct. 1, 2019, 11:15 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 37 seconds

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A New Frontier

Published: Sept. 24, 2019, 11 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 36 seconds

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Nightmare on the Hill

Published: Sept. 17, 2019, 11:15 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 12 seconds

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SPUTNIK!

Published: Aug. 27, 2019, 11:30 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 42 seconds

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The Bomb and the Saucer

Published: Aug. 20, 2019, 11:46 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 57 seconds

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Inside the Gulag

Published: Aug. 13, 2019, 1 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 53 seconds

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The Shapeshifter

Published: Aug. 6, 2019, 1 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 58 seconds

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Visionaries of the Void

Published: July 30, 2019, 1 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 50 seconds

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The Tale of the Blue Light

Published: July 19, 2019, 1:12 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 3 seconds

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Introducing Moonrise

Published: July 18, 2019, 9:01 p.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 5 seconds

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