Introducing: BUZZ

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello, I'm John Lithgow and I want to tell you
about my new fiction podcast, We Choose to Go to
the Moon.

Speaker 2 (00:07):
It's an audio thriller about Buzz Aldrey, one of.

Speaker 1 (00:13):
The true pioneers of space.

Speaker 3 (00:17):
On a ramp.

Speaker 1 (00:25):
Those words would become cemented in our culture, but they
weren't my words. This man is about to land on
the Moon. Everything seems to be going as smoothly as
parking your car at the local supermarket.

Speaker 4 (00:40):
Houston Tranquility Base here the eagle has landed.

Speaker 1 (00:44):
Get to a hell of a job, Buzz. That's the
story you think you know. This is the story you don't.

Speaker 4 (00:52):
Buzz has resented that I'm commander since the crew assignments
were announced. Predisposition to depression, alcohol abuse, and suicide when.

Speaker 3 (01:00):
You get back.

Speaker 4 (01:00):
I don't want a hero, Buzz. I want a husband.
I want to bother for our kids.

Speaker 1 (01:06):
Pack your stuff. That's it. You're firing Buzz Aldron. For
Christ's sake, Buzz, you were famous, you were a hero.
What happened? Are you? Colonel Aldron? Buzz Aldron. We'll see
Buzz face his frailties.

Speaker 2 (01:22):
I couldn't respond, I couldn't focus. Overcome demons what do
you say, Buzz?

Speaker 1 (01:29):
Another beer, much obliged foul and triumph over addiction.

Speaker 2 (01:34):
You're a great pilot, Buzz, as far as I'm concerned,
the best I've seen, and become a.

Speaker 4 (01:39):
True hero, Roger Houston. Buzz and I will proceed into
the lunar module.

Speaker 1 (01:44):
Not because he conquers space. You see you, Buzz, Aldron,
good luck to you, but because he conquers himself. If
I'm an egomaniac, it's only because I'm vastly superior. Buds.
We intercepted a Soviet radio transmission. They launched zond and

(02:04):
one on a lunar trajectory starring me John Lithgow. Can
you put it through?

Speaker 4 (02:09):
Can you translate on

Speaker 1 (02:11):
The iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your
podcasts