This week Alice and Kim talk about the Space Race, recommend books to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, and laugh at moon conspiracy theories. This episode is sponsored by Pre Loved Podcast, Becoming Superman by J. Michael Straczynski and Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss by Margaret Renkl. Subscribe to For Real using RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. For more nonfiction recommendations, sign up for our True Story newsletter, edited by Kim Ukura. NEW BOOKS The Weil Conjectures by Karen Olsson They Called Us Enemy by George Takei Beneath the Tamarind Tree by Isha Sesay In the Valleys of the Noble Beyond by John Zada THE MOON Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly Moonbound by Jonathan Fetter-Vorm American Moonshot by Douglas Brinkley Galaxy Girls by Libby Jackson Apollo’s Legacy by Roger D. Launius Destination Moon by Richard Maurer READING NOW For the Love of Books by Graham Tarrant If All the Seas Were Ink by Ilana Kurshan The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices