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EPISODE · Apr 13, 2026 · 13 MIN

Episode 211: Lost Moon / Apollo 13

from Everything is a Primary Source · host Eric Salmonsen

S5E31: "Failure is Not an Option: Apollo 13 as a primary source of the mid 1990s"This episode of the Everything is a Primary Source podcast is another clip extracted from the archives, this time a conversation with a drop-in guest named Ted about the 1994 book Lost Moon, which was the basis for the 1995 film, Apollo 13.It may have taken a few years but my guest’s wish is about to come true. I will be beginning my week-long oral history collecting road trip in his native Chicago this June. You’ll be able to catch me at the Museum of Broadcast Communications, and you know there will be plenty of displays, artifacts, and other amazing TV and Radio materials on hand to inspire more conversations about time and place. Check out everything-history.com/america250 to learn more about this and see how you can get involved.

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