Underunderstood

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Lou Pearlman Tried to Send a Boy Band to Space

S5 E3

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Published November 23, 2021 6:00am

These pop singers thought they were going to be the first band in space. What happened?

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Show notes:

02:50 – NASA on mission to planet pop (New Scientist)

04:57 – Put Your Arms Around Me (Natural/YouTube)

06:32 – I Love the USA (Weezer/YouTube)

11:45 – Steve Kipner

15:35 – Claire's press release

19:48 – Journalism about Lou Pearlman from The New Yorker, Tyler Gray, and Lance Bass Productions

25:29 – Veit Renn

35:27 – Danny O'Donoghue (Wikipedia)

40:25 – Columbia Disaster: What happened and what NASA learned

47:25 – Jon Fuller'

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