The Space Race

Homeschool History

BBC

History, Education, Kids & Family

4.7 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2020

⏱️ 15 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Join host Greg Jenner as he skyrockets back to the 20th century for a homeschool history lesson on the space race. From ancient Assyrian astrology to modern spacecraft, we explore how superpowers Russia (Team USSR) and America (Team USA) raced each other into space, aiming to be the first to land a man on the Moon. But don't worry, we’ll also cover the really important stuff like which dogs went into orbit and the dangers of going to the toilet in a spacecraft. Presented by Greg Jenner Produced by Ben Green Script by Gabby Hutchinson Crouch and Emma Nagouse Historical consultant: Dr Tom Ellis A Muddy Knees Media production for BBC Radio 4

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts
0:09.9	Hello and welcome to Home School History with Greg Jenner.
0:13.0	I'm Greg and I've spent my whole career making history fun on the TV show Horrible
0:17.6	Histories and more recently on the BBC Podcast, you're dead to me, although that one's for
0:21.9	the grownups.
0:23.2	With everyone being cooped up in the house, I thought I'd do a brand new pop-up podcast
0:27.2	that delivers a snappy history lesson to educate and entertain the whole family, who
0:31.9	says that homeschooling can't be a bit of fun.
0:34.4	Now today we are going full rocket man to learn all about the moon landing, or more specifically
0:40.4	about the 20th century space race that saw America and Soviet Russia battle it out over
0:46.3	who had the better technology.
0:48.4	And listen up because at the end of the episode there'll be a quick quiz to see how much
0:51.5	you can remember.
0:53.0	All systems go, we have liftoff!
0:58.2	Humans have been fascinated by space for thousands of years and not just because it's
1:03.0	very pretty.
1:04.4	Since the time of the ancient Babylonians 5,000 years ago, astrologers believed that looking
1:09.4	at the moon, stars and planets could help predict the future.
1:14.1	And in the 20th century space was where many politicians and military experts believed
1:19.0	the future would be decided.
1:21.0	Whoever could get into space first might become the most powerful country in the world.
1:26.6	The spaceflight is mega expensive, so it was only Russia, and America, who could really
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in -1799 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from BBC, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of BBC and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.