The Last Soviet Podcast
1) [Hit Man] UPDATE: The Real Rex Feral
Even after the book Hit Man: A Technical Manual for Independent Contractors was linked to a triple murder in 1993, the true identity of the author has remained hidden. Rex Feral’s actual name ca...Show More
2) Introducing: Afghan Star, hosted by John Legend
From the fall of the Taliban until its return, people all over Afghanistan planned their lives around Afghan Star. People would pack into apartments. Villages would hook up generators to a single tv s...Show More
3) Introducing: On Musk with Walter Isaacson
What is it like to shadow Elon Musk for two years? To sit courtside as he builds a rocket? Or tears apart an engineer? Or couch surfs at the homes of billionaires? And how on earth do you make sense o...Show More
4) THE LAST SOVIET - EP 8: A Common Goal
The collapse of the Soviet Union heralds a new era in international space travel and leads to the arrival of Lance Bass in Star City. But what happens when Lance’s mission goes wrong? Like what you ...Show More
5) THE LAST SOVIET - EP 7: Homecoming
Sergei finally returns to a new country. But what will happen to his beloved space program now cosmonauts are selling their space medals in the metro? Like what you hear? Follow us @kscope_nyc on Tw...Show More
6) THE LAST SOVIET - EP 6: Pioneers and Pirates
A starry eyed young wheeler-dealer from Toronto sets out on a mission. To get a coca cola can onto Sergei’s space station. But soon the idealism of post Communist Russia turns dark as Sergei’s new cou...Show More
7) THE LAST SOVIET - EP 5: Three Hot Days in August
Sergei makes the decision to stay in the space station. But a few weeks later something happens that changes everything. Mikhail Gorbachev disappears. What happens over the next 3 days will decide the...Show More
8) THE LAST SOVIET - The Lance Files
In this mini-episode, we take a pit stop with our host Lance Bass in Star City. He gives us the no holds barred account of training with the Russians: from flying a fighter jet drunk on vodka to elect...Show More
9) THE LAST SOVIET - EP 4: VK3CFI
A woman in suburban Australia makes contact with the Soviet Space Station. Little does she know she’s about to become a lifeline to Sergei as his country collapses. Like what you hear? Follow us @ks...Show More
10) THE LAST SOVIET - EP 3: No Experience Necessary
A woman is driving home from work one day when she hears an ad on the radio that changes her life. “Astronaut Wanted No Experience Necessary.” This unassuming Brit who worked in the Mars Bar factory i...Show More