One Year - 1986: The Man From Fifth Avenue

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Slate Podcasts

News, Society & Culture, History, Documentary, Politics

4.6 • 25.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2022

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

After Joe Mauri gets evicted from his New York apartment, he becomes a star in the USSR, the subject of a documentary about the injustices of capitalism. But this Cold War icon was using the Soviets just as much as they used him. One Year is produced by Evan Chung, Sophie Summergrad, Sam Kim, Madeline Ducharme, and Josh Levin. Mixing by Merritt Jacob. Derek John is Sr. Supervising Producer of Narrative Podcasts and Merritt Jacob is Sr. Technical Director. Slate Plus members get to hear more about the making of One Year. Get access to extra episodes, listen to the show without any ads, and support One Year by signing up for Slate Plus for just $15 for your first three months. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, this is Josh Levine, the host of One Year.
0:05.4	I hope you've been enjoying our season on 1986.
0:09.2	This is our seventh and final episode.
0:11.8	But I've got some good news for you.
0:13.6	We're coming back for another season.
0:15.9	It's going to be coming your way very soon.
0:19.2	Stay tuned after this episode to learn what year we're doing next and how you can help
0:24.0	us out.
0:25.0	Now, on with our show.
0:31.8	I got obsessed with The Man from Fifth Avenue as soon as I found out it existed.
0:37.0	It's one of the most important movies of 1986, but I'm guessing you've never heard of
0:41.6	it.
0:42.6	That's because it aired on Soviet television.
0:47.8	The Man from Fifth Avenue is a documentary about life in the United States from a Soviet
0:53.3	perspective.
0:55.2	It opens with an overhead shot of the Statue of Liberty and then shifts to a close-up of
1:00.2	Bruce Springsteen singing Born in the USA.
1:07.8	Then there's a protest in Washington, DC and a close-up on people wrapped in blankets,
1:13.4	trying to sleep on the ground.
1:15.4	Men and women left behind by the richest country in the world.
1:19.8	From there, it moves to a bustling New York street scene with skyscrapers and yellow
1:24.7	taxis and pedestrians crammed shoulder to shoulder.
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