Radiolab

Hour 1: Therapy/Therapeutic Resistance

The Accidental Cultist
70 percent of the human brain is still inexplicable and misunderstood. The Accidental Cultist, a story of a woman whose life falls to pieces because she follows the advice of a vindictive psychologist, was born out of that cloudy region.

Producer: Alix Spiegel
(This documentary is part of the America Project series which can be found at www.theamericaproject.org, the series was funded by a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.)

Karaoke Counselor
What do you call Neil Diamond's greatest hits (pick any) minus Neil Diamond? Some would call it Karioke. Natalie Kestecher calls it therapy.

Producer: Natalie Kestecher
"Karioke Counselor" first aired on the Australian Broadcast Corporation's program "Radio Eye":
Links:
www.abc.net.au/rn/arts/radioeye/

Hour 2: Look Out…Martians!

We now take you to Grovers Mill
On October 20 1938, 12 million Americans sitting around the wireless froze. The regular Sunday night music programming had been interrupted to bring them a special report: a strange craft had landed in an out of the way place called Grover's Mill, New Jersey. Out of that craft emerged leathery-faced bug-eyed green men with deadly heat rays, eviscerating nearby reporters and policemen. Then, more craft landed. And together, these crafts, 19 in all, grew metal legs tall as skyscrapers and began to storm their way towards New York, crushing everything in their path.

On that evening, the US experienced a kind of mass panic not seen since: Nearly a million people ran from their homes, towels over their faces, tripping, breaking limbs. Numerous women had miscarriages.

"We now take you to Grover's Mill" goes behind the scenes of "The Panic Broadcast": Orson Wells' dramatization "War of the Worlds".

Correspondents: Joe Bevilacqua
Link:
www.comedyorama.com

War of the Worlds
Excerpts from the original broadcast of the "War of the Worlds", Sunday, October 20, 1938.

Listen to the entire War of the Worlds original broadcast

Hour 3: The History of RnB

"Let the Good Times Roll"- Going to Chicago
Every city draws a certain crowd. Had you walked along the streets of Chicago in the 50's, you might of seen Bo Didley playing a set at the Macambo Lounge, Muddy Waters strolling down Maxwell Street, or even Chuck Berry recording in a hole-in-the-wall studio. "Let the Good Times Roll" explores the windy city's history as a major recording hub for black performers and as the birthplace of the blues, do-wap and rock and roll.

Produced by Lex Gillespie for The Rhythm & Blues Foundation
Executive Producer: Suzan Jenkins
Links:
www.rhythm-n-blues.org