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Moonrise

Moonrise

16 Episodes • By The Washington Post • www.washingtonpost.com/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, ...more
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Introducing “The Empty Grave of Comrade Bishop”
Grenada’s revolutionary leader was executed in a cou... more
Oct 17 2023 3m
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Listen to the first episode of “Field Trip”: Yosemite National Park
Lillian Cunningham begins her journey in the place t... more
Jun 30 2023 55m
Loss and Conservation in Yosemite
Chapter 1 15 mins
Field Trip
Chapter 2 17 mins
Threats to Giant Sequoias
Chapter 3 7 mins
Land Management and John Muir
Chapter 4 13 mins
Restoring Fire to Heal Yosemite
Chapter 5 2 mins
Music Trip Credits and Closing Statements
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Introducing “Field Trip”
Journey through the messy past and uncertain future ... more
Jun 14 2023 3m
Chapter 1 4 mins
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The Dark Moon
Apollo 11 lifts off from Earth, fulfilling but also ... more
Oct 22 2019 49m
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Magnificent Desolation
The United States confronts race riots and the Vietn... more
Oct 15 2019 50m
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The Beyond
Lyndon Johnson takes over the presidency following J... more
Oct 8 2019 57m
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JFK and the Secret Tapes
John F. Kennedy announces the moonshot. Then the dou... more
Oct 1 2019 45m
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A New Frontier
John F. Kennedy goes from senator to president. Spac... more
Sep 24 2019 47m
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Nightmare on the Hill
Congress investigates the Sputnik launch. Lyndon Joh... more
Sep 17 2019 49m
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SPUTNIK!
A top-secret memo in the Eisenhower administration. ... more
Aug 27 2019 40m
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The Bomb and the Saucer
Nuclear fears haunt the American psyche. Fascination... more
Aug 20 2019 38m
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Inside the Gulag
A Russian rocket dreamer is sent to a Siberian priso... more
Aug 13 2019 38m
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The Shapeshifter
A German rocket scientist with a secret mission and ... more
Aug 6 2019 41m
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Visionaries of the Void
A tiny New York office fills with big ideas. A group... more
Jul 30 2019 36m
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The Tale of the Blue Light
A man who meets himself on the moon. A blue orb that... more
Jul 19 2019 20m
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Introducing Moonrise
You’ve heard about how we landed on the moon, now fi... more
Jul 18 2019 4m
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