What We Saw

Take a front seat ride in the Apollo Lunar Module as it makes its historic descent and avoids a near catastrophe unfolding behind the scenes. Then travel back to a time before the Space Race, to the America of cowboys and Indians, to understand how all of America’s small steps led us to the one giant leap.

Four satellite launches into the Space Race, and the score—in terms of pounds put into orbit—is Communism, 1300; Capitalism, 33. And the humiliations keep on coming. In history's biggest sales pitch ever, the Soviet Union is handing the United States its backside on a platter. But then a new capsule, the space equivalent of a '66 Corvette Stingray convertible starts to get some real traction as the Cold War gets hotter.

As the Apollo program finally starts to take wings, learn how the entire program, and everything it accomplished, was actually NASA's backup plan. From a fire during a routine test to Christmas messages from the far side of the moon, see how the Apollo Program got to that one giant leap of Apollo 11 with a series of very small steps, and missteps.

Enjoy this episode for free for a limited time. The Cold War started in the same place that World War II ended: Berlin. On the Eastern side, the collectivist, state-centered world of Joseph Stalin's communist ideology, armed to the teeth with conventional forces. On the Western side was a war-weary alliance of capitalist countries, led by the beacon of individual rights, the United States. Part 1 of What We Saw: The Cold War, peels back the layers of mystery cloaking the terror state run by the Kremlin, and watches America taking its first small steps onto the stage of world leadership. Become a DailyWire+ member to watch the full series.

After the defeat of Nazi Germany, the fragile alliance between the Allied countries in the west and Joseph Stalin’s battle-hardened Red Army, came to an end. Stalin looked for opportunities to expand communism and exploit a divided Europe, hoping America would return to isolationism and withdraw its troops. But this didn’t occur. And when America dropped two atomic bombs to bring a swift end to the war in Japan, Stalin switched gears.

Immediately following World War Two, Germany was divided into four parts: British, Russian, American and French. Berlin was divided the same way, however it was embedded in the Russian zone of occupation. And On June 29th, 1948 the Soviets blocked Allied passage to Berlin, starting the Cold War in the process and setting the stage for the next four decades to come. While the western allies were perplexed, even outraged, the Russians viewed the Berlin Blockade as a war it was already fighting— the war to end capitalism. But how willing was Joseph Stalin to start World War Three? He might have lowered the gate in the Berlin Blockade. But would he be willing to shoot down allied planes that flew over it?

Over 20 million people were murdered in 20th century Soviet Russia at the hands of Lenin, Trotsky, and Stalin. Unimaginable horror swept the nation, turning the wort nightmares of blameless Soviet citizens into a gruesome reality. Join Bill Whittle as he revisits the sites of the most deadly regime in human history.

Russia is still feeling the shock of the long-established autocracy falling with Tsar Nicholas II while they're completely wrapped up in World War 1. An ambitious Vladimir Lenin is secretly smuggled into Russia to bring chaos, and chaos he certainly brought. Follow Bill Whittle as he details the intensely chaotic beginnings of the Bolshevik Revolution, including charismatic characters, competing governments, and secret foreign actors.

It's 1917. Lenin and comrades have galvanized large swaths of Russian common folk, or the "Proletariat," and they all want revenge. A provisional government that reminds the masses too much of the previous oppressive monarchy turns a blind eye to Lenin and the people. The conditions are ripe for revolution.