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War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast

February 13, 2022 • Pat Shepherd • Season 1 • Episode 10

Today’s episode is the story of two Wells, a groundbreaking book, a low-budget radio program in search of a lifeboat to stay alive, an innovative Halloween broadcast that nearly didn’t happen, a groundbreaking woman sound effects innovator, a nation thrown into panic that wasn’t real, two relatively new mediums competing for influence, and lessons delivered but maybe not yet learned.

Resources

· https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds_(1938_radio_drama)

· https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/war_of_the_worlds

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

· https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7amqdrVO-E0

· https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfNsCcOHsNI

· https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds

· https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martian_canal

· https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ora_Nichols

· https://www.neh.gov/article/fake-news-orson-welles-war-worlds-80

· https://slate.com/culture/2013/10/orson-welles-war-of-the-worlds-panic-myth-the-infamous-radio-broadcast-did-not-cause-a-nationwide-hysteria.html