154 - The War Of The Worlds Radio Play

Do Go On

Matt Stewart, Jess Perkins & Dave Warneke

History, Comedy, Fact, Facts

4.9 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2018

⏱️ 124 minutes

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Summary

On October 30, 1938 Orson Welles and The Mercury Theatre broadcast one of the most famous pieces of radio in history. An adaptation of the H.G Wells' science fiction classic 'The War Of The Worlds,' performed as a news broadcast. Thousands across the USA panicked as they mistook it for a real bulletin... But is that the whole story? This is the first episode of Blockbuster-Tober.

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REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING

THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, THE MERCURY THEATRE ON THE AIR, FULL BROADCAST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=Xs0K4ApWl4g

ORSON WELLES MEETS H.G WELLS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=450&v=3XhwiliJxc4

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/infamous-war-worlds-radio-broadcast-was-magnificent-fluke-180955180/

http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/history/2013/10/orson_welles_war_of_the_worlds_panic_myth_the_infamous_radio_broadcast_did.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-15470903

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/radio/what-to-listen-to/the-war-of-the-worlds-panic-was-a-myth/

http://mentalfloss.com/article/529187/when-orson-welles-met-hg-wells-the-war-of-the-worlds

http://www.lilanewman.com/about-ora-nichols/

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0:00.0	Hello, we're just dropping you at the very start of this podcast who reminds you that our 400th episode live stream is coming up very very soon
0:09.2	It's on Saturday the 17th of June
0:12.9	2023 so you're listening to this in an old episode
0:15.7	It's still happening and you can watch it very very soon. You can watch it live with us and comment along with other listeners
0:22.3	Or you can watch it on catch up if it's not a good time for you. I'm so excited for this. So we got a big
0:28.5	400th episode which is gonna be a lot of fun here in the
0:31.2	Superdoll Studios, but also in the after party which I believe you can still watch on the stream
0:35.5	You can watch and book you from your landry. You're gonna see DJ Bob on the decks. Yeah on the wheels of steel
0:42.9	The wheels of steel and you're putting together a
0:47.1	playlist with favorites from the show and some of your personal favorites. I can't wait. I'm keeping the vibes high to be honest
0:54.6	nothing under
0:56.6	130
0:58.6	BPM, okay, I don't know what that means. I'm new to DJing
1:01.9	But I'm having a lot of fun and I think it'll be a great time
1:04.5	So we're gonna people find tickets Dave. Yeah tickets at do go on pod dot com click on live shows and then yeah
1:11.8	We'd love to see you there live all later. So excited
1:16.7	This podcast is part of the planet broadcasting network visit planet broadcasting comm for more podcasts from our great mates
1:26.6	You
1:34.5	Hello and welcome to another episode of do go on my name is Dave want to get I'm sitting here in the lounge room of one match
1:41.0	Stuart with match Stuart and Jess Perkins. It would be weird if we were here without Matt. We'd broken in
1:47.2	Yeah, we have keys. He still hasn't still hasn't said anything. I mean, we all I mean it's you say my landry
1:53.1	It's all of our lounge rooms. I did say that one time that if the sailors got up that day that I would own the lounge room and
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