The New Yorker Radio Hour

Watching the Moon Landing

07.19.2019 - By WNYC Studios and The New YorkerPlay

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Some people have always believed that the moon landing was a government hoax, and, in the age of the Internet, that conspiracy theory continues to thrive. Andrew Marantz explores the value of skepticism, and the point at which disbelief leads to a totalitarian breakdown. We went to the archives for three real-time accounts of what it was like to watch the moon landing on television. 

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