Theater for the Mind

Imaginary Worlds

Eric Molinsky

Arts, Science Fiction, Fiction, Society & Culture

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2018

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

The "golden age of radio drama" may have been a stellar period for storytelling -- but the stories weren't all golden bright. Science fiction and horror were the ideal genres to explore the deep anxieties people felt from the Depression through the Cold War. And these radio dramas set the stage for fantastical stories that couldn't be told yet without advanced special effects. Dallas Taylor of the podcast Twenty Thousand Hertz co-hosts this episode as we hear from radio historians Neil Verma and Richard J. Hand, and radio drama veterans Dirk Maggs and Richard Toscan. Plus Emory Braswell recalls the day he thought Martians had invaded New Jersey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I've just sold my car.
0:02.0	All right.
0:03.0	I got a court in 30 seconds from We Buy Any Car.
0:06.0	Drifted my local branch in 13 minutes.
0:08.0	And cash is getting sent to my bank.
0:10.0	Oh, nice.
0:11.0	Just sold my car.
0:13.0	To We Buy Any Car.
0:15.0	Just sold my car.
0:17.0	To We Buy Any Car.
0:19.0	To find out how much your car's worth in 30 seconds
0:21.0	and to your region on the now, at WeByanicar.com.
0:26.0	I'd been female apply for more information
0:28.0	visit WeByanicar.com.
0:30.0	Follow.
0:32.0	You're listening to Imaginary Worlds.
0:34.0	A show about how we create them
0:36.0	and why we suspend our disbelief.
0:38.0	American Malinsky.
0:40.0	When Emory Braswell was growing up in the 1930s,
0:43.0	he used to love listening to radio drama serials.
0:46.0	Well, I listened to the shadow.
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