We pull back the curtains of time to examine the alleged riots that Orson Welles' War of the Worlds caused 75 years ago, and then look at the resurgence of a method of transportation best known for its spectacular explosions.

Show Notes: 

• Did War of the Worlds Broadcast really cause a panic?

http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/did-the-war-of-the-worlds-radio-broadcast-really-caus-1453582944/@barrett

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/10/30/241797346/75-years-ago-war-of-the-worlds-started-a-panic-or-did-it

• Zeppelin! The Comeback!

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/09/11/aeroscraft-zeppelin_n_3904561.html

Old time airships, by the way, were awesome:

http://jalopnik.com/the-world-was-awesome-when-airships-and-blimps-ruled-th-1444551031

Cool online museum from Denmark:

http://mini.ptt-museum.dk/zeppex/en/enExhibition.html

A fleet of blimps will be airshield for Washington DC:

http://gizmodo.com/a-fleet-of-blimps-will-soon-serve-as-a-missile-shield-o-885030187

And here's the company making them:

http://www.raytheon.com/capabilities/products/jlens/