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Ridiculous Crime

Operation Lunar Eclipse

Ridiculous Crime

iHeartPodcasts

True Crime, Comedy, History

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

When a teenage astronomy fan is gifted a piece of the moon by NASA, he’s inadvertently pulled into the seedy underground moonrock trade. But don’t worry. With help from H. Ross Perot, NASA secret agents are on the case.

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Very Special Episodes is a new podcast where we tell one incredible story every week. Stranger-than-fiction tales about normal people in extraordinary situations. Stories that make you say, “this should be a movie!” Follow Zaron, Dana, and Jason down a different rabbit hole every Wednesday.

Hosted by Dana Schwartz, Zaron Burnett, Jason English
Written by Jake Rossen
Produced, Edited and Sound Designed by Josh Fisher
Additional Editing by John Washington
Mixing and Mastering by Baheed Frazier
Original Music by Elise McCoy
Story Editing by Marisa Brown
Research and Fact-Checking by Marisa Brown, Austin Thompson, and Jake Rossen
Show Logo by Lucy Quintanilla
Executive Producer is Jason English

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0:00.0

This is the story of how a group of people brought music back to Afghanistan by creating their own version of American Idol.

0:10.0

The joy they brought to the nation.

0:12.0

You're free completely.

0:14.0

No one is there to destroy you.

0:16.0

The danger they endured.

0:18.0

They said my head should be cut off.

0:21.0

I'm John Legend.

0:22.0

Listen to Afghan Star on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your

0:27.8

podcast.

0:28.8

Hello! Acclaimed comics writer and notorious Scott Summers' hater, Rosie Knight.

0:37.0

Well, hello, Emmy-winning podcaster and totally unbiased Targarian royal supporter Jason Concepcion.

0:43.0

Somehow the X-ray Vision podcast has returned.

0:46.0

And like always, we'll be here every week.

0:48.0

You'll hear from TV writers, actors, comics, theaters, pop culture critics.

0:52.0

Nothing is off the table.

0:53.8

Listen to X-ray Vision on the I-Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your

0:58.1

podcast.

1:00.1

As important as choosing the right destination when traveling is choosing the right travel partner.

1:06.0

Gene! Gene Fodor!

1:08.0

Gene was good.

1:09.0

But be careful because the worst trips result when two partners have two different agendas.

1:14.8

The CIA really need your help, Jean.

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