Old Radio Shows.org » Edwin Jerome http://oldradioshows.org Free Streaming Old Time Radio Shows Wed, 16 May 2012 16:15:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Exploring the Post-Apocalypse with Atomic Radio http://oldradioshows.org/03/10/exploring-the-post-apocalypse-with-atomic-radio/ http://oldradioshows.org/03/10/exploring-the-post-apocalypse-with-atomic-radio/#comments Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:42:49 +0000 oldradioshows http://oldradioshows.org/?p=778 ]]> During the early years of the Atomic Age, many became concerned not only with the effects of Atomic War, but the after effects. The power of Atomic weapons is so overwhelming that it seems logical to wonder if civilization itself would survive their use.

So what will be the result of their use? Science Fiction writers have been exploring that question since before the dawn of the Atomic Age.

X Minus One: Ray Bradbury’s Dweller’s in Silence

Ray Bradbury’s tale, “Dwellers in Silence”, was broadcast on X Minus One, and is featured in our Atomic Radio Collection. Some humans have managed to escape to Mars from the inevitability of Atomic War. Many years later they are able to mount an expedition that will return to Earth, to see what has happened to their home world. The small team of astronauts is surprised to find a single family has survived the holocaust. But curiously, while the scientist father has aged through the years since the Atomic War, his wife and children have remained youthful.

http://www.otrcat.net/otr6/X-1-551110-024-Dwellers-In-Silence-OTRCAT.com.mp3

 

Suspense: Report from a Dead Planet

Suspense! brings us another post-apocalyptic story, also featured in Atomic Radio. “Report from a Dead Planet” is told from the point of view of astronauts approaching what to them is a new world. From their descriptions of their landing, the listener can tell that they have landed in a New York City that has been abandoned for decades, or even centuries. Why don’t the Spacemen realize that it is Manhattan?

http://www.otrcat.net/otr6/Suspense-600710-Report-From-A-Dead-Planet-OTRCAT.com.mp3

]]> http://oldradioshows.org/03/10/exploring-the-post-apocalypse-with-atomic-radio/feed/ 0 Cavalcade of America’s Final Episode aired 3-31-1953 http://oldradioshows.org/03/31/cavalcade-of-america/ http://oldradioshows.org/03/31/cavalcade-of-america/#comments Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:10:25 +0000 oldradioshows http://oldradioshows.org/?p=31 ]]> Today in 1953, Cavalcade of America was heard for the final time on network radio. It had been the longest-running show of its kind (dating back to 1935).

Cavalcade of America presented dramatized events in American history over 18 years.

Please enjoy the last network broadcast of this series titled, “A Time To Grow”:

Sponsored by DuPont: Robert Livingstone helps young America make the Louisiana Purchase while his friend Pierre du Pont de Nemours lends invaluable assistance.

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