Saturday, December 23, 2006.  There were two great homecomings twenty years ago today.  The <a href="http://www.dickrutan.com/page2.html">experimental aircraft Voyager</a> completed a non-stop, non-refueled flight around the world; and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrei_Sakharov">Andrei Sakharov</a> was allowed to return home to Moscow after seven years of internal exile. Today's episode music is "Splat the Rat," by <a href="http://www.podsafeaudio.com/jamroom/bands/690/music.php">Father Rock</a>.  Theme music composed and performed by <a href="http://www.drysmoke.com">Marc Rose</a>.

Saturday, December 23, 2006. There were two great homecomings twenty years ago today. The experimental aircraft Voyager completed a non-stop, non-refueled flight around the world; and Andrei Sakharov was allowed to return home to Moscow after seven years of internal exile. Today's episode music is "Splat the Rat," by Father Rock. Theme music composed and performed by Marc Rose.

Saturday, December 23, 2006.&nbsp; There were two great homecomings twenty years ago today.&nbsp; The <a href="http://www.dickrutan.com/page2.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">experimental aircraft Voyager</a> completed a non-stop, non-refueled flight around the world; and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrei_Sakharov" rel="noopener noreferrer">Andrei Sakharov</a> was allowed to return home to Moscow after seven years of internal exile. Today's episode music is "Splat the Rat," by <a href="http://www.podsafeaudio.com/jamroom/bands/690/music.php" rel="noopener noreferrer">Father Rock</a>.&nbsp; Theme music composed and performed by <a href="http://www.drysmoke.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Marc Rose</a>.

Episode #42 -- Voyager and Andrei Sakharov

A look at the events and culture of the (relatively) recent past -- twenty, or sometimes thirty, years ago from the day of posting.  The 1980s. The 1990s.  People.  Society.  Books, movies, television and video games.  Crime and justice.  War and disasters.  It's all here, seen through the lens of my own memory.  Learn or remember about days not so long gone, and see how what happened then affects us today -- all in less than ten minutes per episode.

History

A look at the events and culture of the (relatively) recent past -- twenty, or sometimes thirty, years ago from the day of posting. The 1980s. The 1990s. People. Society. Books, movies, television and video games. Crime and justice. War and disasters. It's all here, seen through the lens of my own memory. Learn or remember about days not so long gone, and see how what happened then affects us today -- all in less than ten minutes per episode.

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Episode #42 -- Voyager and Andrei Sakharov

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