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Historical Blindness

Moonstruck! Debunking Apollo Hoax Claims - Part Two: Dignifying Lunarcy

Historical Blindness

Nathaniel Lloyd

Politics, News, History, Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.0885 Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2026

⏱️ 49 minutes

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In part two of my series on the long-lived claims that the Apollo program was a hoax, I look more closely at the "evidence" of denialists and refute it all. Check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠the show merch⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, perfect for gifts!  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pledge support on Patreon to get an ad-free feed with exclusive episodes!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check out my novel, Manuscript Found!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Direct all advertising inquiries to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠advertising@airwavemedia.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.airwavemedia.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to find other high-quality podcasts! Some music in this episode was licensed under a Blue Dot Sessions blanket license at the time of publication. Tracks include "The Gran Dias," "Cicle Gerano," "Access Road 214," "Delicates," "Flor Vjell," "Leatherbound," "Cicle Deserrat," and "Game Lands." Additional music, including "Remedy for Melancholy," is by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0) Other music: "Leaving Home" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.

0:06.9

Ever wondered if the magic was real.

0:09.7

Well, this is where it was made.

0:12.6

The wonder of the Hogwarts Express.

0:15.5

The chill of the forbidden forest.

0:18.1

The secrets hidden in Gringot's Bank.

0:20.7

You don't watch the films here. You feel them.

0:23.7

Every spell, every creature, every detail. Immers yourself in the filmmaking magic at Warner Brothers

0:30.6

Studio Tour London, the making of Harry Potter. Tickets must be booked in advance,Bstudio4.co.com. In part one of this series on moon landing denialism, I talked about the statistical

1:01.2

growth of belief in conspiracy claims about the moon landings being staged.

1:06.5

I pointed out a late 90s survey that indicated 6% of respondents did not believe Americans went

1:14.0

to the moon.

1:15.0

And more recent data indicating that number has since grown to 12%.

1:20.3

However, there have been other studies that give a more nuanced understanding of the

1:25.5

growth of this belief.

1:27.2

A 2019 survey showed about 10% believed the landings weren't real, compared to the 2021 survey showing

1:35.3

12%.

1:36.8

Does this mean belief in the conspiracy claim grew 2% in two years?

1:41.7

No.

1:42.5

It means there's a margin of error. But the two polls both confirm the growth

1:47.2

of this belief. What's truly interesting is the data segmentation provided by that 2021 poll,

1:54.2

which I think I mistakenly said was Gallup in part one, like the 1999 data that gave us the 6% figure.

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