Episodes

  • Bradbury 100 - Episode 60 - Ray Bradbury and The Simpsons!

    Bradbury 100 - Episode 60 - Ray Bradbury and The Simpsons!
    Dec 24 2024
    A few weeks ago, there was a new episode of The Simpsons which was entirely based on the works of Ray Bradbury. "Simpsons Wicked This Way Comes" is not the first time Ray has been referenced by the show. In fact, the number of Bradbury allusions across all of The Simpsons (i.e. on TV, in comics, and in books) now totals: thirteen. In this episode I detail them all! Many of them are represented by audio clips. But there are a few gags which are purely visual, including the comic-book and book appearances, and so I'll present some of those on my website. Check out the show notes at: https://bradburymedia.blogspot.com/2024/12/ray-bradbury-and-simpsons.html
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    24 mins
  • Bradbury 100 - Episode 59 - "Lazarus Come Forth"

    Bradbury 100 - Episode 59 - "Lazarus Come Forth"
    Dec 11 2024
    "Lazarus Come Forth" (1944) is one of a handful of early Ray Bradbury stories to have slipped into the public domain. It's also one of two Bradbury stories set on board a "morgue ship" - a space ship that cleans up after space battles, collecting dead astronauts to (presumably) bring them back home for proper burial or cremation. In this episode, I bring you the background behind the story, and a complete reading of it. Enjoy! For more episodes of Bradbury 100, check out my website at www.bradburymedia.co.uk
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    42 mins
  • Bradbury 100 - Episode 58 - Ray Bradbury on Stage

    Bradbury 100 - Episode 58 - Ray Bradbury on Stage
    Nov 19 2024
    As well as writing his famous novels and short stories, Ray Bradbury wrote extensively for the stage. In this episode I explore Ray Bradbury as playwright, looking at his one-act plays and his full-llength adaptations of his own novels. You can find the full shownotes on my blog, here: https://bradburymedia.blogspot.com/2024/11/new-podcast-episode-ray-bradbury-on.html
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    46 mins
  • Bradbury 100 - Episode 57 - Bradbury 100 LIVE for 2024

    Bradbury 100 - Episode 57 - Bradbury 100 LIVE for 2024
    Aug 23 2024
    This is the audio from my 2024 livestreamed version of the podcast, which went out over Facebook and Youtube. If you want the full effect, you can find the VIDEO recording of the livestream on YouTube, at: https://youtube.com/live/SBGtfPQZYBw
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    1 hr
  • Bradbury 100 - Episode 56 - Dark Carnival Paperback and Ebook First Editions

    Bradbury 100 - Episode 56 - Dark Carnival Paperback and Ebook First Editions
    Mar 14 2024
    Ray Bradbury's first-ever book, DARK CARNIVAL (1947) has been re-published. For the first time, it is available in paperback and ebook editions. In this episode I go through the story behind Dark Carnival, and review the new editions. For more information, check out the show notes at https://bradburymedia.blogspot.com/2024/03/new-bradbury-100-episode-dark-carnival.html
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    33 mins
  • Bradbury 100 - Episode 55 - Chronological Bradbury 1942

    Bradbury 100 - Episode 55 - Chronological Bradbury 1942
    Jan 17 2024
    In my occasional series of "Chronological Bradbury" episodes, we reach the year 1942. This was Ray Bradbury's first full year as a professional writer, and the year he broke through to two of the leading science fiction and fantasy pulp magazines: Astounding Science Fiction, and Weird Tales. So it's an important year, although he only published two stories in that year. For full shownotes, visit my website: www.bradburymedia.co.uk
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    19 mins
  • Bradbury 100 - Episode 54 - Q&A Special

    Bradbury 100 - Episode 54 - Q&A Special
    Dec 22 2023
    For Christmas this year, I bring you a bumper double-length episode of Bradbury 100! Member of the "Science Fiction Book Club" Facebook group provided questions about Ray Bradbury for me to answer. So this whole episode is given over to my ponderings on some terrific questions. For more details, check the full show notes at www.bradburymedia.co.uk
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    1 hr and 53 mins
  • Bradbury 100 - Episode 53 - Ray's Fanzine, Futuria Fantasia

    Bradbury 100 - Episode 53 - Ray's Fanzine, Futuria Fantasia
    Dec 8 2023
    In this new episode of Bradbury 100, I explore FUTURIA FANTASIA - the fanzine that Ray Bradbury produced when he was a teenage science fiction fan. The first issue of Futuria Fantasia, published when Ray was eighteen years old, catches him just before he heads off to New York for the first-ever World Science Fiction Convention. In that first issue, he is very much focused on "Tecnhnocracy", a movement which promised to turn science fiction into political reality. For more information, check out the shownotes at www.bradburymedia.co.uk
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    44 mins