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Project Paperclip | Brian Crim
July 28, 2026
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Project Paperclip | Brian Crim

Project Paperclip; or how the US gave citizenship to Nazi scientists so we could build rockets to get to the moon and defeat the Soviets. This episode will explore this project with Brian Crim, PhD, Professor for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Keene State College.

(New Intro) Challenger Explosion | Adam Higginbotham
January 28, 2026
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(New Intro) Challenger Explosion | Adam Higginbotham

On the 40th Anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, we rerelease this episode with a new introduction to include Ron McNair articles from his home, N.C. A&T Physics.

Was the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion inevitable? with Adam Higginbotham
November 26, 2024
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Was the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion inevitable? with Adam Higginbotham

If you were alive at the time, you remember an o-ring caused the January 28, 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger explosion 73 seconds after take off. But was it that simple? Adam Higginbotham discusses his new book, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space and see how much you re...