Space: 1972
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Space: 1972
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Narrated by:
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Natasha Lyonne
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full cast
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By:
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Bill Oakley
In an alternate America, JFK survived—and didn’t just win the Space Race. He never stopped.
Now it’s 1972, and JFK’s ever-expanding space empire is ripping holes in space-time itself—erasing people, places, and entire histories from existence.
The only ones who might be able to stop him? Nancy Kranick (Emmy nominee Natasha Lyonne), a former moon nurse lying low in Hoboken, New Jersey… and Richard Nixon, tangled in a conspiracy so bizarre it stretches from the Moon to a Shakey’s Pizza to a parallel-universe Watergate.
As JFK tightens his grip on an Empire of the Stars, Nancy and Nixon must reunite and track down the fragments of a mysterious, reality-warping metal—hidden across space, time, and alternate dimensions—before history is rewritten for good.
From Emmy-winning writer Bill Oakley (The Simpsons, Futurama, Portlandia), Space: 1972 is a bigger, stranger, and more gloriously off-the rails sequel to the hit Audible Original Space: 1969.
Available in Dolby Atmos on Audible.
©2026 Audible Originals LLC (P)2026 Audible Originals, LLC.Sooooooo entertaining and funny
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Creative & Funny
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Completely fabulous in every way
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I got curious about the first series, Space: 1969, thanks to listening to a number of Simpsons podcasts during the tumultuous decade that was 2022. I was a fan of Bill Oakley (anyone who loves Steamed Hams likely is) and Josh Wienstein (who doesn't write in this show but does appear as a character), took the plunge, bought the series, and gave em a listen. Space: 1969 was just the thing I needed for the stresses of the day and to be that wonderful level of irreverent, hilarious, a quasi love-letter to the pop-culture of the past and to be a genuinely compelling mystery. Started off quite slowly and then builds up momentum (right when a notable celebrity dies in a bizarre smoking accident), building up to a climax where Natasha Lyonne knocks it out of the park, as does the entire cast.
And I thought it was a one and done. Didn't think we were getting more and that it was just the funniest show I had heard that year (and still in the top three of the decade for me). Moved on and thought nothing more of it.
The surprise I got when I was listening to a podcast randomly that Space: 1972 was going to be a thing in June nearly knocked me over. Got to June 11th of this year, grabbed it, relistened to Space:1969 for a quick refresher (I think I've bought that show three times now) and went out into Space: 1972 knowing that I wasn't going to be able to guess what the hell was going to happen and with tempered expectations.
It did not disappoint.
Whereas Space: 1969 was a strangely optimistic take (if having JFK for most of the 60s and getting America into Space was optimistic) that felt like, if you were to adapt it in visuals, it would potentially have the color pallet of the Adam West Batman, Star Trek or Lost in Space? Space: 1972 feels like we're getting into the nitty gritty beige and brown of the 70s. The colours might be there, but it's gonna be predominantly orange, avocado green or burgundy and you can smell the cigarette smoke and the black coffee that's inside those polystyrene cups. It feels like the hangover of the late 60s has kicked in and life has gotten a bit more cynical and grim.
Which is perfect for Natasha Lyonne because she takes the reigns of Nurse Nancy and she's in her element here. It's also perfect for Richard Nixon who is still our narrator of this series (though that gets REALLY fun as the show goes on) and still the biggest loser on the planet AND the moon, and yet oddly makes a strangely endearing comedy protagonist. It's the only time in my entire life I think I've ever yelled out loud "No, Nixon! Don't do it, you fool!" when he mentions going out on the town with a creepy and likely insane old man and going to see a movie (no spoilers, but I had to pause it because I was laughing too hard).
The story is now into full blown 70s conspiracy thriller, where trust is in short supply, everyone smokes and you WILL learn a thing or two about bubble gum. I'm glad Bill Oakley got three years to fine tune this thing because it was worth it.
High recommendation, particularly if you liked Steamed Hams and Mission Hill and Space: 1969.
Hilarious, Irreverent and one of my favourite shows of this year
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Really entertaining
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