Artwork

Content provided by Spencer Bailey and The Slowdown. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Spencer Bailey and The Slowdown or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.
Player FM - Podcast App
Go offline with the Player FM app!

Jeff Shesol on the Space Race, U.S. Politics, and Power

37:30
 
Share
 

Manage episode 299473248 series 2652968
Content provided by Spencer Bailey and The Slowdown. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Spencer Bailey and The Slowdown or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.
Historian and speechwriter Jeff Shesol, author of the new book “Mercury Rising: John Glenn, John Kennedy, and the New Battleground of the Cold War,” speaks with us about how the space race of the 1950s and ’60s differs from the space flights of Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson happening today, the unresolved questions that fuel power struggles in America, and why the pandemic and the climate crisis are crucial tests of the durability of the country’s democratic system.
  continue reading

167 episodes

Artwork
iconShare
 
Manage episode 299473248 series 2652968
Content provided by Spencer Bailey and The Slowdown. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Spencer Bailey and The Slowdown or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.
Historian and speechwriter Jeff Shesol, author of the new book “Mercury Rising: John Glenn, John Kennedy, and the New Battleground of the Cold War,” speaks with us about how the space race of the 1950s and ’60s differs from the space flights of Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson happening today, the unresolved questions that fuel power struggles in America, and why the pandemic and the climate crisis are crucial tests of the durability of the country’s democratic system.
  continue reading

167 episodes

All episodes

×
 
Loading …

Welcome to Player FM!

Player FM is scanning the web for high-quality podcasts for you to enjoy right now. It's the best podcast app and works on Android, iPhone, and the web. Signup to sync subscriptions across devices.

 

Quick Reference Guide