Speaker 1: Hello, I'm John Lithgow and I want to tell you
Speaker 1: about my new fiction podcast, We Choose to Go to
Speaker 1: the Moon.
Speaker 2: It's an audio thriller about Buzz Aldrey, one of.
Speaker 1: The true pioneers of space.
Speaker 3: On a ramp.
Speaker 1: Those words would become cemented in our culture, but they
Speaker 1: weren't my words. This man is about to land on
Speaker 1: the Moon. Everything seems to be going as smoothly as
Speaker 1: parking your car at the local supermarket.
Speaker 4: Houston Tranquility Base here the eagle has landed.
Speaker 1: Get to a hell of a job, Buzz. That's the
Speaker 1: story you think you know. This is the story you don't.
Speaker 4: Buzz has resented that I'm commander since the crew assignments
Speaker 4: were announced. Predisposition to depression, alcohol abuse, and suicide when.
Speaker 3: You get back.
Speaker 4: I don't want a hero, Buzz. I want a husband.
Speaker 4: I want to bother for our kids.
Speaker 1: Pack your stuff. That's it. You're firing Buzz Aldron. For
Speaker 1: Christ's sake, Buzz, you were famous, you were a hero.
Speaker 1: What happened? Are you? Colonel Aldron? Buzz Aldron. We'll see
Speaker 1: Buzz face his frailties.
Speaker 2: I couldn't respond, I couldn't focus. Overcome demons what do
Speaker 2: you say, Buzz?
Speaker 1: Another beer, much obliged foul and triumph over addiction.
Speaker 2: You're a great pilot, Buzz, as far as I'm concerned,
Speaker 2: the best I've seen, and become a.
Speaker 4: True hero, Roger Houston. Buzz and I will proceed into
Speaker 4: the lunar module.
Speaker 1: Not because he conquers space. You see you, Buzz, Aldron,
Speaker 1: good luck to you, but because he conquers himself. If
Speaker 1: I'm an egomaniac, it's only because I'm vastly superior. Buds.
Speaker 1: We intercepted a Soviet radio transmission. They launched zond and
Speaker 1: one on a lunar trajectory starring me John Lithgow. Can
Speaker 1: you put it through?
Speaker 4: Can you translate on
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