Did you know Lance Bass is a Russian train astronaut?

That he went through training in a secret facility outside Moscow,

hoping to become the youngest person to go to space?

Well, I ought to know, because I'm Lance Bass.

And I'm hosting a new podcast that tells my crazy story

and an even crazier story about a Russian astronaut

who found himself stuck in space with no country to bring him down.

With the Soviet Union collapsing around him,

he orbited the Earth for 313 days that changed the world.

Listen to the last Soviet on the I Heart Radio app, Apple podcasts,

or wherever you get your podcasts.

When my daughter ran off to hop trains, I was terrified I'd never see her again,

so I followed her into the train yard.

This is what it sounds like inside the box-top.

And into the city of the rails, there I found a surprising world so brutal and beautiful

that it changed me, but the rails do that to everyone.

There is another world out there, and if you want to play with the devil,

you're going to find them down in the rail yard.

I'm Denon Morton, come with me to find out what waits for us in the city of the rails.

Listen to city of the rails on the I Heart Radio app, Apple podcasts,

or wherever you get your podcasts.

Or cityoftherails.com.

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