Episodi

  • Episode 9 - First Again

    Episode 9 - First Again
    Jan 6 2022
    In this final episode of this miniseries, we get a sense of the magnitude of the Soviet success in space by going through all of their firsts. It's a long list! Thank you so much for listening to this podcast, and I really hope to hear back from you!
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    17 min
  • Episode 8 - Setbacks

    Episode 8 - Setbacks
    Dec 30 2021
    Episode 8 - Setbacks The Soviets paid a price for all their firsts in space, and there were victims to their secrets on both sides of the Space Race. But if we remember them and talk about them now, we do the right thing. Listen to the story about the Soviets' less fortunate firsts!
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    28 min
  • Episode 7 - To Venus and Mars

    Episode 7 - To Venus and Mars
    Dec 23 2021
    Episode 7 - To Venus and Mars The Soviets hoped to put a red cosmonaut on the Red Planet, and this may have lost them the race to the Moon. But their unmanned missions to Venus and Mars were astounding successes, especially in light of the limited technology available in the sixties
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    20 min
  • Episode 6 - The First Woman in Space

    Episode 6 - The First Woman in Space
    Dec 16 2021
    In the Soviet Union, everything was different -- even sexism. Sending the first woman to space was a natural fact of Communism, but like everything else in such societies, egalitarianism had a dual, paradoxical nature. Listen to the story of Valentina Tereshkova and other women of the space age!
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    20 min
  • Episode 5 - First Man in Space

    Episode 5 - First Man in Space
    Dec 9 2021
    Until April 12, 1961, nobody had known what the outer space would do to a human being. Some people thought that it would cause insanity; others, blindness. But the first human ever to go there returned home with only the slight side effect of the confusion caused by his sudden promotion to major. Listen to the story of the first man in space, a Soviet pilot named Yuri Gagarin!
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    54 min
  • Episode 4 - To the Moon

    Episode 4 - To the Moon
    Dec 2 2021
    Episode 4 - To the Moon There was a time before July 12, 1969 when the race to the Moon was still very much on -- and the Soviets were winning. Listen to the story of how the Soviets lost the Moon race by winning almost every milestone! My name is Alex Deva. I am a novelist, and I work as an IT Architect. I live in Sweden. My website is alxx.se and, if you like the way I tell stories, you can look up my books.
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    31 min
  • Episode 3 - Space Dogs

    Episode 3 - Space Dogs
    Nov 25 2021
    The Americans had sent fruit flies to space, and figuring that insects aren't all that closed to humans, the Soviets reused a Sputnik capsule to experiment with dogs instead. Some lived, some didn't, and the most famous of them was Laika, the first living being on Earth orbit. Listen to their stories in this week's episode! My name is Alex Deva. I am a novelist, and I work as an IT Architect. I live in Sweden. My website is alxx.se and, if you like the way I tell stories, you can look up my books.
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    20 min
  • Episode 2 - Sputnik

    Episode 2 - Sputnik
    Nov 18 2021
    The first thing humanity ever sent to Earth's orbit was a shiny metal sphere with four whiskers, and it rocked the world. It was called Sputnik 1, and it led President Eisenhower to declare that "the Soviets had surpassed America and the rest of the free world in scientific and technological advancements in outer space." The New York Times hailed it as "a major triumph for Russian communism", and it prompted the formation of DARPA, which famously contributed to the creation of the Internet -- as well as to one of the COVID vaccines. My name is Alex Deva. I am a novelist, and I work as an IT Architect. I live in Sweden. My website is alxx.se and, if you like the way I tell stories, you can look up my books.
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    18 min