13 Minutes to the Moon Podcast
How the first moon landing was saved. The full story of the people who made Apollo 11 happen and prevented it from going badly wrong. Hosted by Kevin Fong. Theme music by Hans Zimmer. Episodes released weekly.
Episodes to download
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Bonus: The making of the music
Mon 23 Dec 2019
Hans Zimmer in a special episode about creating the 13 Minutes to the Moon theme music
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Bonus: The music by Hans Zimmer
Mon 23 Dec 2019
Hear the full theme music. By Hans Zimmer for Bleeding Fingers Music. #13MinutestotheMoon
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Ep.12 Live from Houston
Sat 20 Jul 2019
“We choose to go.” The season finale comes from where JFK made his famous Moon speech
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Ep.11 The 13 minutes
Sun 14 Jul 2019
History as it happened, uninterrupted: every word, every crackle, the tension and triumph
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Ep.10 ‘For all mankind’
Sun 14 Jul 2019
History as it happened, explained. Kevin Fong guides us through audio of the descent
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Ep.09 Tranquility Base
Wed 10 Jul 2019
Tension is “through the roof”. Neil Armstrong takes control and fuel starts to run out
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Ep.08 ‘We’re go for powered descent’
Mon 1 Jul 2019
The 13 minutes begin. Eagle is going too fast. There are communications problems
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Ep.07 Michael Collins: Third man
Wed 26 Jun 2019
Without the astronaut who didn’t step on the moon, Apollo 11 wouldn’t have succeeded
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Ep.06 Saving 1968
Wed 19 Jun 2019
War, riots, assassinations: “the year that shattered America”. But it ended with Apollo 8
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Ep.05 The fourth astronaut
Wed 12 Jun 2019
The computer that got us to the moon. There had never been anything like it
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Ep.04 Fire to the Phoenix
Wed 5 Jun 2019
"You heard ‘fire’. Then you heard a scream." The Apollo 1 tragedy and what happened next
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Ep.03 Long Island Eagle
Wed 29 May 2019
Ugly, angry, with four legs and wrapped in gold: a spacecraft like nothing on Earth
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Ep.02 Kids in control
Wed 22 May 2019
Unsung heroes who saved the day. The "26-year-old kid who could stop the lunar mission"
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Ep.01 ‘We choose to go’
Wed 15 May 2019
With no idea how to get there, the race to the moon begins – "we intend to win"
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T-minus 2
Fri 26 Apr 2019
Hans Zimmer has composed the 13 Minutes to the Moon theme music. It’s his first podcast
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T-minus 3
Mon 22 Apr 2019
Introducing 13 Minutes to the Moon, with an Apollo astronaut and former NASA engineer
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