Laika's Dream

A month after Sputnik went up, the Soviets launched Sputnik 2, with a very famous passenger: Laika, a mutt from the streets of Moscow. She never made it home. The writer John Haskell has this tribute, part fact and part fiction, to the canine cosmonaut. Produced by Pejk Malinovski.

Music Playlist

  1. Barrow in Furnace

    Artist: Pamelia Kurstin
    Album: Thinking out Load
    Label: Tzadik
  2. Edinburgh

    Artist: Pamelia Kurstin
    Album: Thinking out Load
    Label: Tzadik
  3. Keep on Looking

    Artist: Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings
    Album: 100 Days, 100 Nights
    Label: Daptone