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What if the Soviet Union beat the Americans to the moon? That's the plot of the AppleTV+ original series, For All Mankind. In this episode, Andrew recaps the first season of the show and how actual historical events served as inspiration for this fictional story. Season 2 of For All Mankind premieres on AppleTV+ on 2/19/21.

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In the Netflix miniseries, The Queen's Gambit, Beth Harmon is orphaned at the age of 8 - right around the same time, she discovers chess. She becomes a prodigy, quickly rising through the ranks of the chess world until she is poised to become the U.S. Open Champion at the age of 16. The show examines the cost of fame against the backdrop of the 1960s and the growing threat of the Soviet Union.

Starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Harry Melling, Thomas Brodie-Sangster.

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