10 episodes
The Last Soviet Kaleidoscope
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- Society & Culture
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4.7 • 274 Ratings
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Lance Bass, NSYNC Superstar and Russian trained astronaut, takes you on a wild ride into space. He tells the story of the last Soviet cosmonaut who is trapped on the world’s only space station, as the country he knows and loves collapses beneath him. On this journey through Earth’s atmosphere in the form of a podcast, Lance introduces you to the woman who won a reality show cosmonaut contest, a ham radio operator in Australia who became a lifeline for the Soviet Space Station, a hustler from Chicago who tried to sell coca-cola to the Russians and the editor of Playboy who took part in a revolution.
It’s one man’s dream to go to space, his dedication to the country he thought he knew and 313 days spent orbiting the Earth. 313 days that changed our world.
Plus, Lance’s own dream to go to space and the lengths he went to make it a reality.
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THE LAST SOVIET- EP 1: Let’s Go
Traveling at five miles a second, 250 miles above the Earth’s surface, Soviet cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev wakes to a message from his handlers on the ground: the Soviet Union is collapsing. And so is the Soviet Space agency. You have a choice: come down as planned and abandon the world’s only space station to an unknown fate. Or stay, protect the final outpost of a falling empire and risk your life?
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THE LAST SOVIET - EP 2: Salyut 7
The world’s only space station goes dark. And now Soviet cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev has to lead one of the riskiest missions ever flown in space. He alone is tasked with saving the Soviet Space program from catastrophe.
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THE LAST SOVIET - EP 3: No Experience Necessary
A woman is driving home from work one day when she hears an ad on the radio that changes her life. “Astronaut Wanted No Experience Necessary.” This unassuming Brit who worked in the Mars Bar factory in the suburbs would end up traveling with our cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev on the mission he almost didn’t come home from. An effort to save the Soviet space program, birthed commercial space travel.
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THE LAST SOVIET - EP 4: VK3CFI
A woman in suburban Australia makes contact with the Soviet Space Station. Little does she know she’s about to become a lifeline to Sergei as his country collapses.
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THE LAST SOVIET - EP 5: Three Hot Days in August
Sergei makes the decision to stay in the space station. But a few weeks later something happens that changes everything. Mikhail Gorbachev disappears. What happens over the next 3 days will decide the future of the Soviet Union once and for all. Three days that changed the world.
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THE LAST SOVIET - EP 6: Pioneers and Pirates
A starry eyed young wheeler-dealer from Toronto sets out on a mission. To get a coca cola can onto Sergei’s space station. But soon the idealism of post Communist Russia turns dark as Sergei’s new country is plunged into chaos.
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Customer Reviews
Amazing podcast
Great to listen to. Great storytelling. Lance really showed his vulnerability and it’s good to hear from him. Also good job production team for creating a great storytelling.
Ads, ads and more ads….
I was excited to listen to this after hearing an interview with Lance Bass and having him suggest listening to it through headphones in bed or somewhere you could just lie down and immerse yourself…. And I totally agree - but the the commercials ruined it. Nothing like getting jerked out of a story by some lame, corny commercials. I heart radio surely doesn’t need the ad revenue to support its podcasts. I unsubscribed and will avoid any I heart radio podcasts in the future. Such a beautifully told story, but I can find it elsewhere without ads.
Great show— ruined by the ads
The show it’s self is great but the ads are so obnoxious it’s almost unbearable. I’ll be avoiding iHeart podcasts from now on.