The Bradbury Chronicles is a celebration of the life and work of science-fiction master Ray Bradbury. It is also an ode to the spoken word, an exploration of the art and joy of storytelling. Bradbury's prose has a poetry and musicality that just begs to be read out loud, so that's what I will be doing. Stick me in your ears (if that's not too weird, it is isn't it??) and enjoy the flow of Bradbury's words.

This month's episode is a double-feature with two tales grounded in the real world, offering social commentary on the dangers of technology, the invisibility of immigrants, and how we as a society can easily be lured into othering whole groups of people; a sobering and pertinent message when we look at the world right now. 

In this episode I mention Einstein's involvement with the Manhattan Project, and for fact-checking purposes I wanted to mention here that he didn't directly work on the project, he was deemed a security risk, but he went on to regret the small part he did play in the development of the atomic bomb. You can read more about it here... https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/einstein/peace-and-war/the-manhattan-project

Let me know what you thought of this story? What would you have done if you were Mrs. O'Brian or the Emperor?

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Credits: All of Bradbury's work is copyright of the estate of Ray Bradbury. Any words reproduced by this podcast are used under the terms of fair usage.

Artwork by Ben Whittard.

This episode was written and produced by John de Gruyther.

Music by John de Gruyther and ANCHOR FM. This podcast is brought to you by The World Outside the Window.