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The Snowball Effect by X Minus One

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🗓️ 18 August 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

This week on Relic Radio Science Fiction, X Minus One presents its story from August 14, 1956, The Snowball Effect. Listen to more from X Minus One https://traffic.libsyn.com/forcedn/e55e1c7a-e213-4a20-8701-21862bdf1f8a/SciFi894.mp3 Download SciFi894 | Subscribe | Spotify | Support Relic Radio Science Fiction

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0:00.0

Relic Radio

0:02.1

This is Relic Radio, sci minus one, but first.

0:38.6

You were listening to the distinctive style of Claude Thornhill, one of today's

0:42.4

top musicians and band leaders.

0:44.2

It's popular music with all the beauty of a classical symphony.

0:47.3

And there are more fine arrangements by Claude Thornhill all this week when he makes

0:50.5

his appearance on NBC bandstand.

0:53.1

In addition, you're treated to the inimitable beat and rhythm of master jazz man Lionel Hampton.

0:57.9

Join MC's Bert Parks and Dick Hames all this week on NBC Bandstand.

1:05.6

And now stay tuned for X minus 1 on NBC.

1:13.6

Count on for blastoff.

1:15.6

X-minus 5, 4, 3, 2, X-minus 1, fire. The From the far horizons of the unknown come transcribed tales of new dimensions in time and space.

1:55.8

These are stories of the future.

1:58.4

Adventures in which you'll live in a million could be years on a thousand

2:01.9

maybe world. The national broadcasting company, in cooperation with galaxy's science fiction

2:07.8

magazine, presents... X, X, minus, minus, minus, one... One.

2:24.8

Tonight's story.

2:28.0

The Snowball Effect by Catherine McLean. The... I took over the university of time of crisis.

2:41.0

For one thing, we had been placed on probation by the conference for overpaying football players by 100%.

2:46.0

And one half of the varsity was penalized the year's eligibility.

2:50.2

On top of that, I was called in by Mr.

2:52.7

Harvey Jay Grover of the Board of Trustees. We had lunch at 21 on his expense account, and after

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