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Thank you guys for joining. This is such a fun episode
because we are going to the moon.
We. Literally out of this world, we
are going to walk on the moon's surface and wow, get to know the
famous man who the first person to ever do that, Neil Armstrong.
He's honestly, I didn't know anything about him.
It's so funny. I told my friend Tess, hi, Tess,
that we're doing this episode and she's like the biker, like
Lance Armstrong. That's Lance.
But yeah, I didn't know anything about Neil Armstrong as a
person. There was a movie that came out
four years ago, five years ago called First Man with Ryan
Gosling and Claire Foy. And I watched it actually to
prepare for this, because this is a very private couple, so I'm
going to be piercing together things that I can.
But it was. I love those episodes.
Yeah, it was. It was fun to cover because I
also think there's something so romantic about space and you
know, there's so many phrases like I love you to the moon and
back or written in the stars and just the vastness of it.
The idea of your spouse being. So far away.
The furthest away you possibly can be as a human.
Oh my gosh, yes. Like, you know, there's this
song, Rocket Man, you know, that that whole idea of being so far
away. Yeah, it's a it's a romantic
idea. Oh my gosh.
I'm excited because I feel like he's one of the most famous
Americans, probably. But I don't really know anything
about him, so I'm intrigued. Yeah, he was a man of mystery.
Yeah. And no, it really is crazy.
Like the fact that your spouse can be not on this earth yet
still alive in a way. Like that's that.
Is crazy crazy and I. Can't even wrap my head around
that. And I was looking at quotes
about space to get me inspired. There's one by this astronomer
named Carl Sagan, which I really liked, that's exploring the
cosmos is an exploration of ourselves, a journey to unravel
the cosmic mysteries that have shaped our very being, which I
really like because it reminded me of this podcast in a way, is
like, we're exploring people's relationships because we're
trying to understand ourselves. And I just think there's like,
there's such beauty and space exploration because at the end
of the day, it really is just trying to understand what does
it all mean? Like, why are we here?
Is there anybody else out there? And, you know, that relates to
love in so many ways, I think so.
It's pretty cool. That's so deep, Mel, and so true
because that is. Kind of falling in love too, is
that question of like, is anybody else out here?
I mean, yes, there's millions of people in the world, but
billions of people in the world. But it sometimes feels like
you're all alone. So to be able to connect with
somebody that's so true. Yeah, Like, it's literally like,
in a way. Like the search for aliens.
It's similar to the search for your soul mate, because it's
like doesn't exist, you know? Yeah.
Does it exist? Yes.
But how did you decide to do this besides all the, you know,
comparisons to space? You know, I was listening to the
song Rocket Man actually, and I was like, I just, I love that
song. It's one of my favorite songs.
And then it got me thinking of doing a space themed episode.
So yeah, Neil was just the first one I thought of since he was
the first man that walked on the moon.
But I guess I could have done Buzz Aldrin or another
astronaut, too. So maybe someday.
Maybe. Someday.
Yeah. That's a cool wow.
And this is our second Neil. We did another Neil recently, so
yeah, I just realized that too. Neil I also just love doing that
time period to the 1960s like Janet.
So Neil, this is about Neil's first marriage to his wife,
Janet. And like, she had this short
Pixie cut. She smoked cigarettes like she
wore 1960s clothes. Obviously, 'cause that was the
time period. But I just.
I like going back in time and putting ourselves contextually
in history. Yeah, I looked up pictures of
them and I did watch the trailer, but that's all I know,
so. I'm ready.
It was a pretty good film. It's no Apollo 13, but I I
really liked it. But yeah, so.
Well, Mel, what 3 words would you describe this couple?
Oh my gosh. I would say I I'm doing this on
the spot as always. I'd say distanced, complicated
and committed in a way. Got it.
Oh. Nice, I would say.
All right, So Neil, who are? They who are they?
So Neil. He was born August 5th, 1930 and
Wapakono Wapakonoda, Ohio. His mom, Viola, was a stay at
home mom and his dad, Steven, was an auditor for the Ohio
State government and for some reason that caused them to move
around a lot, as they do. Oh my God, move around the
state. So just different towns.
He lived in 16 different towns. All right, I will have to stop
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