Award-winning history writer John Strausbaugh tells fascinating stories about the past, bringing fresh perspectives to events and characters great and small.
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Weekly long-form conversations with fascinating people at the creative edges of national security. Unscripted. Informal. Always fresh. Chatter guests roll with the punches to describe artistic endeavors related to national security and jump into cutting-edge thinking at the frontiers where defense and foreign policy overlap with technology, intelligence, climate change, history, sports, culture, and beyond. Each week, listeners get a no-holds-barred dialogue at an intersection between Lawfar ...
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The Space Show focuses on timely and important issues influencing the development of outer-space commerce, space tourism,space exploration and space development. The Space Show is committed to facilitating our becoming a space-faring nation and society with a growing and self-sustaining space-faring economy. The Space Show also focuses on other related subjects of interest to us all.
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The United States is in the midst of a dramatic political realignment with shifting views on national security, economics, technology, and the role of government in our lives. Saagar Enjeti and Marshall Kosloff explore this with thinkers, policymakers, and more.
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Send us a Text Message. On Sunday, December 7, 1941, news of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor began to reach New Yorkers in the middle of the afternoon. In the Brill Building, America's pop songwriters went to war that very day. They reacted to Pearl Harbor with instant fury and patriotic zeal, churning out hundreds of war songs at a ferocious c…
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We welcomed John Strausbaugh to the show to discuss his new book, "The Wrong Stuff: How The Soviet Space Program Crashed and Burned." John told behind the scenes stories from the Soviet program, took several calls and answered multiple email questions. Read the full summary of this show at www.thespaceshow.com for this date, Sunday, June 9, 2024.…
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483 | John Strausbaugh: The Wrong Stuff - How the Soviet Space Program Crashed and Burned
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The Harrowing History of the Soviet Space Program with John Strausbaugh
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In the wake of World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union set off on the great space race, competing to see which super power could put the first human in space and eventually land them on the Moon. As historian John Strausbaugh writes, that race should have been over before it even started. Strausbaugh’s new book, The Wrong Stuff: How th…
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Saagar & Marshall Supercast AMA & Discussion Preview: Prepping for the Biden-Trump Presidential Debate, RFK Jr.'s Lack of Inclusion, and More...
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Subscribe to The Realignment to access the full version of this episode and support the show: https://realignment.supercast.com/ In the latest edition of The Realignment's weekend Ask Me Anything and discussion series, Saagar and Marshall discuss the upcoming presidential debates between President Biden and former President Trump, the how and the w…
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Dr. Neal discussed his campaign proposal for lunar resource prospecting, confirmation and determining resources vs. reserved. Several phone calls and multiple email questions/comments. Please read the full summary of this program at www.thespaceshow.com for this date, June 21, 2024, Friday.
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488: Gen. Frank McKenzie: High Command and War in the 21st Century - From the Killing of Soleimani to the Fall of Kabul
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Bob returned for detailed discussions re SpaceX, Starship, the FAA, memories of Apollo 8 and recently deceased Bill Anders, Boeing problems, Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic and much more. Read the full summary of the program at www.thespaceshow.com for this date, Tuesday, June 16, 2024.
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This Hotel Mars show featured John Bucknell and Dr. Ed Tate talking about space solar power and their company. It is a one segment program, about ten minutes in length. Post your comments for it on the blog. Read the full summary for this show at www.thespaceshow.com for this date, Wednesday, June 12, 2024.…
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The People Who Turn Lies into Reality, with Renée DiResta
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Renée DiResta is the author of Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies into Reality. Until the other day, she was one of the brains behind the Stanford Internet Observatory, where she did pioneering work studying Internet information streams how they generate. The day before this podcast was recorded, news broke that Stanford was shutting down—o…
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487: John Ganz: How the 1990s Broke America - Con Men, and Conspiracies, and a Failed Transition from the Reagan Years
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We welcomed Scott Tibbitts to the program to discuss his book, "From the Garage to Mars: Memoir of a Space Entrepreneur." Scott talked so much more than his book in this 1 hour 46 minute discussion - a discussion you do not want to miss. Please read the full summary at www.thespaceshow.com for this date, Friday, June 14, 2024, Flag Day! See the vid…
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486 | Ruchir Sharma: What Went Wrong with Capitalism - Bailouts, Low Growth, Spiraling Debt, and the Case for Neoliberalism
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Dr. Autry was with us to discuss his new book, "Red Moon Rising." We talk about China and their space program, especially their lunar plans. We also talked about Chinese technology and IP theft and more. Greg was raising the alarm that we were in Cold War 2 and Space Race 2, mostly with China. He took several listener calls and answered multiple em…
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FDR, Charles Lindbergh, and Presidential Libraries with Paul Sparrow
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Paul Sparrow, who served as Director of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum from 2015 to 2022, has written the book Awakening the Spirit of America about the war of words between FDR and Charles Lindbergh in 1940-41. He joined host David Priess to discuss his path to the FDR Library, the history of presidential libraries, how …
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485 | Peter S. Goodman: How the World Ran Out of Everything - Inside the Global Supply Chain
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Saagar & Marshall Supercast AMA & Discussion Preview: Reflecting on the 80th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings
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Subscribe to The Realignment to access the full version of this episode and support the show: https://realignment.supercast.com/ In the latest edition of The Realignment's weekend Ask Me Anything and discussion series, Saagar and Marshall take a break from the daily news + current events grind and discuss the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings,…
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Sarah returned as our guest to discuss her new book, "Countdown: The Blinding Future of Nuclear Weapons." We had a vibrant discussion with Sarah on nukes, the state of our modernization programs, nukes with other countries, policy makers, the scientists that design and build these weapons and much more. Read the full summary of this program at www.…
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John and I welcomed Dr. Steve Howell from NASA Ames to discuss exoplanets and specifically Speculoos 3b. We talked about the star system, its habitable zone, conditions for life and lots more. Read the full summary at www.thespaceshow.com for this date, Wednesday, June 5, 2024.
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484 | Steven Teles: The Rise of the Abundance Agenda & America's Factional Political Future
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Send us a Text Message. The Soviets put the first woman, Valentina Tereshkova, into space 61 years ago, on June 16, 1963. They did it to beat the Americans at it. Having done that, it was another 20 years before the next female cosmonaut flew... An excerpt from my book, "The Wrong Stuff." https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/john-strausbaugh/th…
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Dr. Dante Lauretta joined us to discuss his new book, "The Asteroid Hunter" plus we talked in detail about the Osiris REx sample return mission analysis. Please read the full summary of this program for this date, Friday, May 31, 2024 at www.thespaceshow.com.
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482 | Stephanie Ternullo: How Democrats Lost White Voters in the Heartland
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John Jossy was with us to discuss human spaceflight, the gravity prescription, space settlement and related topics during this two segment program. Read the full summary at www.thespaceshow.com for this date, Wednesday, May 29, 2024.
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Dr. Brandenburg joined us to discuss quantum gravity. Much of the discussion was history going back to the great scientists of the early 1900s leading up to WW2 John did most of the talking to go through history, describe the problems related to quantum gravity and what it means to have it and use it. He also referred to his GEM theory and more. Re…
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481 | Kyla Scanlon: Why America Is Stuck in a "Vibecession"
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Oceania's Nuclear and Climate Storytelling with Anaïs Maurer
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Raised in Mā’ohi Nui (French Polynesia), Dr. Anaïs Maurer is assistant professor of literature at Rutgers University and author of The Ocean on Fire. Her research and writing, including this book, have explored the intersection of the legacy of colonial powers' massive nuclear detonations in Oceania, critical threats from climate change, and the st…
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Saagar & Marshall Supercast AMA & Discussion Preview: Debating Israel, Gaza, and the U.S. Response, America's Alliance System, Breaking Points on Rumble, 2024 Prospects, and More...
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Send us a Text Message. An excerpt from my book The Wrong Stuff. https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/john-strausbaugh/the-wrong-stuff/9781541703346/By John Strausbaugh
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480 | Heath Brown: Did Biden's Rocky Transition to the Presidency Set His Administration Up for Failure?
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Dr. Peter Hancock from UCF joined us to discuss challenges for humans to Mars and the Moon. Please read the full summary of the show at www.thespaceshow.com for this date, Sunday, May 5, 2024.
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American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism, with Tim Alberta
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Tim Alberta is an American journalist and author, and son of an evangelical pastor. Following his father’s death in 2019, Alberta began a four year journey, talking to American evangelicals ranging from megachurch pastors who preach to thousands to pastors at churches with a few dozen congregants to understand the schism occurring in the American e…
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479 | David Ignatius: The First Space War, Ukraine & China Challenges, Biden's Age, and America's New Age of Reform
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Welcome to the Open Lines discussion. Many topics, a big focus on the upcoming ISDC, AI, the gravity RX for human settlement, and lots more. Read the full summary of this program for this date, Sunday, 5-19-24. Note, I had some speaking issues for the early part of the show. Not sure what was going on with m voice but you will certainly hear it.…
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We welcomed Ron Birk to the program to discuss space pathways to cislunar development, widespread systems engineering and standardization, NewSpace plus traditional aerospace joint progress, policy and regulation plus much more. See the full summary of this program at www.thespaceshow.com for this date, Friday, May 17, 2024.…
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John and I welcomed Dr. Eryn Cangi & Dr.Bethan Gregory from The Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado at Boulder, CO to discuss the question of where did the water on Venus go. They also connected dots to Mars. Please read the full summary of this program at www.thespaceshow.com for date, Wednesday, May 15, 2024…
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478 | Craig Whitlock: The Story of "Fat Leonard" - How One Man Seduced and Corrupted the U.S. Navy
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Send us a Text Message. In 1959, in the basement of a tenement on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, Richard and Dorothea Tyler founded an avant-garde artists’ collective and funeral society called the Uranian Phalanstery and First New York Gnostic Lyceum Temple. The Tylers were influential underground figures in postwar New York City culture. They …
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Migration has always been a part of humanity's story. It will continue to be so long after any of us now living are gone. Population shifts in the coming century, spurred by climate change, are on track to become more extreme than at any point in our history--with hundreds of millions, probably billions, of people on the move. For this episode, Dav…
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477 | Nellie Bowles: Waking Up the Morning After the 2020 Revolution
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476 | Edward F. O'Keefe: The Era, Women, and Realignment That Made Theodore Roosevelt
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Phantom Orbit with Journalist David Ignatius
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David Ignatius has worked at the Washington Post for more than 35 years in various roles and won many awards. He has written a column on foreign affairs for 25 years and reported some of the most significant national security stories over the last couple of decades. And he has done it while pumping out best-selling spy thrillers. Lawfare Research f…
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475 | Bayard Winthrop: Why America Must Rebuild Its Domestic Manufacturing Base
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Subscribe to The Realignment to access our exclusive Q&A episodes and support the show: https://realignment.supercast.com/ a16z Podcast: a16z Podcast | Andreessen Horowitz REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/ PURCHASE BOOKS AT OUR BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignment Email Us: realignmentpod@gmail.com Foundatio…
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