The Time We Almost Nuked The Moon

Softcore History

Improv, Comedy, History

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2026

⏱️ 49 minutes

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After the launch of Sputnik, the U.S. needed a response to show they had not fallen behind the Soviets during the Cold War. The Air Force put together a top-secret, very real plan under the name Project A119 to detonate a nuclear bomb on the surface of the moon for the rest of the world to see. Carl Sagan was brought in to do calculations on the blast radius and the Space Race almost went atomic. Subscribe to ⁠⁠⁠the Softcore History Patreon⁠⁠⁠ for hundreds of hours of extra history content including episodes like this, listener voicemails, movie watch-alongs, and weekly bonus episodes. Refresh your everyday with luxury you'll actually use. Head to ⁠Quince.com/SOFTCORE⁠ for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada, too. Rob Fox⁠⁠ ⁠ ⁠https://www.instagram.com/robfoxthree/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/RobFoxThree ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@robfoxthree ⁠⁠ Dan Regester ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/danregester/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Some follow the noise.
0:03.3	Bloomberg follows the money.
0:05.4	Because behind every headline is a bottom line.
0:09.3	Whether it's the funds fueling AI or crypto's trillion dollar swings,
0:13.8	there's a money side to every story.
0:16.5	And when you see the money side, you understand what others miss.
0:20.9	Get the money side of the story.
0:22.9	Subscribe now at Bloomberg.com.
0:27.5	Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to softcore history.
0:31.2	I'm your host for the week, Dan Majester, joined, as always, by Robert Fox.
0:34.8	Joined just outside of a recently
0:37.8	closed active crime scene
0:39.3	that's true
0:40.6	got the gun on standby
0:42.3	boy
0:43.5	if you haven't seen the news
0:45.0	we try not to be topical
0:46.0	but I'll just say it anyway
0:46.9	because I don't care
0:47.3	right around the corner
0:48.0	there's two dudes in Austin
0:50.1	just did like eight shootings
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