Celebrate "The War of the Worlds'" 84th anniversary with the radio legend's backstory: "The War of the Welles," a radio documentary with George Takei
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Here's a bonus Off-Ramp Episode to celebrate a special anniversary!
In 1938, Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre scared the pants off the American public with the CBS Radio broadcast "The War of the Worlds."
In 2013, to mark the 75th anniversary of Welles' radio masterpiece, I commissioned RH Greene to produce a documentary telling the backstory of the broadcast, which he called "The War of the Welles." The icing on the cake is that it's introduced by the one and only George Takei.
So let's listen to it again on the 84th anniversary, and lift a glass to the power of audio.
(Fun fact: "The War of the Words" was broadcast on October 30, not 31, 1938.)
Support for this podcast comes from Gordon and Dona Crawford, who believe that quality journalism makes Los Angeles a better place to live; and by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people.
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