In this first episode of The Great Endeavors podcast, I begin the story of the Space Race with the tale of Wernher von Braun and how, in 1945, he found himself among the most wanted men in the world. Amidst the chaos of World War II, he was being hunted by both the United States and the Soviet Union. Fortunately for him, they wanted him alive.

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