Fly Me to the Moon and what's making us happy

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🗓️ 12 July 2024

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

The cheeky new romantic dramedy Fly Me to the Moon stars Scarlett Johansson as a NASA publicist at the height of the space race. She must stage a top-secret fake version of the moon landing as backup, just in case the real attempt fails. No one else at NASA can know about it — especially the upstanding launch director, played by Channing Tatum. The pair clash (and flirt) as they prepare for Apollo 11 to launch.

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0:00.0	Christian nationalists want to turn America into a theocracy, a government under biblical rule.
0:07.0	If they gain more power, it could mean fewer rights for you.
0:12.0	I'm Heath Drusen and on the new season of Extremely American
0:16.0	I'll take you inside the movement. Listen to Extremely American from Boise State Public
0:21.2	Radio, part of the NPR Network.
0:24.0	In 1969, NASA put a few men on the moon.
0:32.0	But what if the government had a plan B
0:34.7	in case things didn't go down as planned?
0:37.5	That's the premise of the cheeky-ROM dramedy Fly Me to the Moon
0:40.9	starring Channing Tatum and Scarlet Johanson.
0:43.8	Sparks and rockets, well, fly.
0:47.8	I'm Aisha Harris, and today we're talking about Fly Me to the Moon
0:51.0	on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour.
0:53.6	Joining me today is Kristen Meinzer.
0:55.2	She co-host The Daily Fail, a podcast that does comedic close readings of the tabloids.
1:00.3	Hey Kristen, hey Aisha.
1:02.3	And also with us is Jeffrey Masters.
1:04.0	He's the host of the podcast, LGBT, Q, and A, and senior producer at the New Yorker radio hour.
1:10.0	Hey Jeffrey.
1:11.0	Hey there.
1:12.0	I am excited to take this rocket ship with you both. It's
1:16.0	great to have you here. Well flyme to the moon stars Scarlet
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