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EPISODE · Jun 8, 2016 · 13 MIN

Part 1 – “The Space Race” – Nov. 1, 1968

from The Soyuz Files · host The West

Breaking news! The United States has lost the Space Race to the Soviet Union. On October 31, 1968, Americans received transmissions from Cosmonauts on the Lunar surface. Jack Schechter, host of WNYX's news program The Friday Review brings on Natalia Gromyko, Soviet diplomat, to discuss what this means for geopolitics and the future of the Cold War. Presented by The West, an LA-based multimedia storytelling collective. See more of our work on the stage and screen at thewest.la

Breaking news! The United States has lost the Space Race to the Soviet Union. On October 31, 1968, Americans received transmissions from Cosmonauts on the Lunar surface. Jack Schechter, host of WNYX's news program The Friday Review brings on Natalia Gromyko, Soviet diplomat, to discuss what this means for geopolitics and the future of the Cold War. Presented by The West, an LA-based multimedia storytelling collective. See more of our work on the stage and screen at thewest.la

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Part 1 – “The Space Race” – Nov. 1, 1968

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