Lucy in the Sky
Explicit content warning
12/05/23 • 79 min
This week Ashley and Remi discuss Noah Hawley’s Lucy in the Sky (2019), a film loosely inspired by former NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak. Join us as we uncover the details behind the riveting story which dominated headlines. Spoiler: It involves much more than soiled diapers.
Primary Source:
Moore, K. Star Crossed: The Story of Astronaut Lisa Nowak.University Press of Florida (2020).
Instagram: @CriminalAdaptations
Email us: [email protected]
TikTok: @criminaladaptations
Music: He_s Changing The Game by Darren-Curtis _ https___soundcloud.com_desperate-measurez_Music promoted by https___www.free-stock-music.com_Creative Commons _ Attribution 3.0 Unported License (CC BY 3.0)_https___creativecommons.org_licenses_by_3.0_deed.e
This week Ashley and Remi discuss Noah Hawley’s Lucy in the Sky (2019), a film loosely inspired by former NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak. Join us as we uncover the details behind the riveting story which dominated headlines. Spoiler: It involves much more than soiled diapers.
Primary Source:
Moore, K. Star Crossed: The Story of Astronaut Lisa Nowak.University Press of Florida (2020).
Instagram: @CriminalAdaptations
Email us: [email protected]
TikTok: @criminaladaptations
Music: He_s Changing The Game by Darren-Curtis _ https___soundcloud.com_desperate-measurez_Music promoted by https___www.free-stock-music.com_Creative Commons _ Attribution 3.0 Unported License (CC BY 3.0)_https___creativecommons.org_licenses_by_3.0_deed.e
Previous Episode
Foxcatcher
Mark and Dave Shultz were viewed by many as the greatest wrestlers in the world, but their lives and careers would be uprooted less than a decade after they meet an eccentric multi-millionaire, John du Pont. Their story is portrayed in Bennett Miller’s Foxcatcher (2014), featuring an all-star cast including Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, and Mark Ruffalo.
Primary Sources:
Schultz, M. Foxcatcher: The True Story of my Brother’s Murder, John du Pont’s Madness, and the Quest for Olympic Gold. The Penguin Group (2014).
30 for 30: The Prince of Pennsylvania (2015)
Instagram: @CriminalAdaptations
Email us: [email protected]
TikTok: @criminaladaptations
Music: He_s Changing The Game by Darren-Curtis _ https___soundcloud.com_desperate-measurez_Music promoted by https___www.free-stock-music.com_Creative Commons _ Attribution 3.0 Unported License (CC BY 3.0)_https___creativecommons.org_licenses_by_3.0_deed.e
Next Episode
The Polka King
Everybody polka! This week we discuss Jan Lewan, Grammy nominated polka artist turned Ponzi schemer, and Jack Black’s depiction of him in Maya Forbes’s The Polka King (2017). Was Lewan a contriving money hungry criminal or a man who found himself in too deep? We will let you be the judge.
Primary Sources:
American Greed Podcast: The Polka King Con
Instagram: @CriminalAdaptations
Email us: [email protected]
TikTok: @criminaladaptations
Music: He_s Changing The Game by Darren-Curtis _ https___soundcloud.com_desperate-measurez_Music promoted by https___www.free-stock-music.com_Creative Commons _ Attribution 3.0 Unported License (CC BY 3.0)_https___creativecommons.org_licenses_by_3.0_deed.e
If you like this episode you’ll love
Episode Comments
Generate a badge
Get a badge for your website that links back to this episode
<a href="https://goodpods.com/podcasts/criminal-adaptations-297157/lucy-in-the-sky-39582956"> <img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/goodpods-images-bucket/badges/generic-badge-1.svg" alt="listen to lucy in the sky on goodpods" style="width: 225px" /> </a>
Copy