Quietly Yours

This week we discuss a long-lost and recently rediscovered episode of Quiet Please called "Meeting at Ticonderoga," originally broadcast March 15, 1948.

This week we discuss "Never Send to Know" from March 8, 1948.

This week we cover a listener request for a program from The Witch's Tale, widely regarded as the first horror program on American radio. We chose "Four Fingers and a Thumb" from  October 19th, 1937.

We're joined by Paul Knierim for a discussion on Sketch for a Screenplay from March 1st, 1948.

We return to Quiet Please with a look at "Wear the Dead Man's Coat" from February 23rd, 1948.

We conclude our October H.G. Wells-athon with the one, infamous, iconic War of the Worlds broadcast. We are joined by Michael Socolow, Associate Professor of Communication and Journalism at the University of Maine for a quick discussion on the "panic" myth before breaking down the episode itself. 

Read the article in question here: 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 

Part 2 of our HG Wellsathon for the month of October. This time it's Escape's rendition of "The Country of the Blind," from November 26th, 1947.

Matt and David kick off our October series on the radio adaptations of H.G. Wells with a deep dive on Wells, late 19th century socialism, history, and utopian fiction. Our first episode is Escape's rendition of "A Dream of Armageddon" from September 5th, 1948, which features the world collapsing under the weight of its contradictions in the year 2021--er I mean 2200.

Before the program, we are briefly joined by IATSE member Will Martin to discuss the potential strike and labor conditions in the film, television, and streaming industry (PLEASE NOTE: Will is joining us purely of his own accord and is not speaking on behalf of IATSE).

You can sign a petition in solidarity with IATSE here: https://iatse.net/by-a-nearly-unanimous-margin-iatse-members-in-tv-and-film-production-vote-to-authorize-a-nationwide-strike/

David and Matt are joined by Richard Hand, Professor of Media Practice at the University of East Anglia and author of Terror on the Air!: Horror Radio in America, 1931-1952 to discuss "Whence Came You?" from February 16th, 1948. We discuss Hand's work on Old Time Radio, including a few interesting cameos while putting together his book, discuss Orientalism, dialects, and Egyptology, and finally close with a few non-American radio horror recs.

Matt and David discuss "A Red and White Guidon" from February 9th, 1948.