Mind Webs - Old Time Audio

This episode presents the science fiction short story 'Beachhead In Utopia' from Roger Elwood's collection 'Omega' published by Fawcett.

A woman named Sonia moves gracefully in a motel room at dawn, prompting reflections on how beauty relates to age.

This episode introduces the science fiction story 'The Sentinel' from 1951, inviting listeners to observe the moon's features as part of the narrative setup.

This episode presents Marion Zimmer Bradley's science fiction short story 'The Day of the Butterflies' from the Daw Science Fiction Reader anthology, introducing protagonist Diana in her urban environment.

This episode presents a reading of Avram Davidson's science fiction short story 'Or All the Seas with Oysters' from Isaac Asimov's anthology 'The Hugo Winters, Volume 1', beginning with a scene in a bike shop.

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A young man named Jefferson Toms experiences love at first sight with a girl at an auto cafe and contrives to meet her by complaining about robot service.

This episode presents John Cheever's short story 'The Swimmer,' beginning with a midsummer Sunday scene where characters reflect on excessive drinking from the previous night.

This episode narrates a descriptive passage about a man with remarkably powerful forearms and hands, as featured in the book Infinity One edited by Robert Hoskins.

This episode features a narrated short story titled 'Weep No More, Old Lady' by author C.L.

A man in a bar becomes intrigued by his own reflection while another warns him about something unseen nearby, setting up a mysterious science fiction tale.

This episode features promotional content for the series Veronica season three on Sky Show Time and the film Wuthering Heights on Viaplay, interspersed with casual narration about warehouse purchases.

This episode presents a science fiction story titled 'The Valley of Echoes' by Gerard Klein, set on Mars with vivid descriptions of its landscape and atmosphere.

This episode presents a science fiction short story from 1953's Amazing Magazine about a character named Ernest Elwood who seems disconnected from his surroundings.

This science fiction allegory follows John Mark at the Research Guidance Center as he receives a communication that affects his stability rating.

This episode introduces Wilson Francis Howell Markham, an Impressionist painter with a mysterious identigram and unknown connections to 11 other individuals sharing his exact name.

A science fiction drama about a physician and nurse preparing to awaken Robert Murdoch for a special journey, exploring themes of promises and awakening.

This episode narrates Ray Bradbury's short story 'Kaleidoscope' from his collection The Vintage Bradbury, depicting astronauts scattered in space after their rocket explodes.

This episode explores Harrison Wintergreen's childhood realization about seeing the world differently through his baseball card collection.

This episode narrates a science fiction story about Murdoch driving at high speeds across a plain with an autonomous vehicle named Jenny adjusting their course.

This episode presents the science fiction/fantasy short story 'The Hellbound Train' by Robert Block, originally published in 1958, focusing on a boy named Martin and his railroad-working father.

A man named Paul returns to Earth after six years in space, struggling with memories and identity as he encounters a changed world and a girl who recognizes him.

This episode features promotional content for the series Veronica season three, including a repeated ad read by actress Alexandra Rappaport and brief mentions of warehouse and office equipment purchases.

A council meeting is urgently convened to discuss the alien entity known as 'the voice' and decide on a course of action based on probability vectors.

This episode presents Robert Silverberg's science fiction story 'To the Dark Star', following a mismatched crew including a microcephalon alien and a genetically adapted girl as they arrive at a dark star.

This episode presents Judith Merrill's 1948 science fiction story 'That Only a Mother,' which explores themes of motherhood, nuclear weaponry, and wartime ethics through a narrative set around the Enola Gay mission.

This episode of Mind Webs features Paul Nahin discussing the causes of the energy crisis in an educational setting.

A man named Spence contacts his psychiatrist brother Fred, referencing a science fiction story titled 'A Night in Elf Hill' and reflecting on their strained relationship and differing life paths.

A young man reflects on taking a test that no one has ever passed, viewing it as a rite of passage to cultivate humility and accept failure as destiny.

This episode features a reading of the short story 'Weep No More, Old Lady' by C.L.

This episode presents Bob Shaw's 1966 science fiction short story 'Light of Other Days' about a world with 'slow glass' technology, narrated in an atmospheric audio drama format.

This episode presents Marion Zimmer Bradley's science fiction short story 'The Day of the Butterflies' from the Daw Science Fiction Reader anthology, introducing protagonist Diana navigating city life.

A science fiction story where Captain Killpepper and biologist Simmons discuss a seemingly idyllic but restricted alien landscape after their spaceship landing.

This episode presents a reading of Edward Macken's science fiction short story 'The Unremembered' from an anthology edited by Donnell A.

A narrator recounts a business negotiation over land in Evanston with an unexpectedly sophisticated developer who takes him to a quiet bar to discuss the deal.

This episode introduces Judith Merrill's 1948 science fiction story 'That Only a Mother,' which explores themes of motherhood and nuclear weaponry, set against the backdrop of the Enola Gay's mission in World War II.

This episode explores the science fiction story 'The Cage' by Bertram Chandler, focusing on themes of imprisonment and the humiliation of being treated as less than human by alien captors.

This episode analyzes Frederick Brown's extremely short horror story 'Knock' from the anthology 'Contact', focusing on its minimalist two-sentence structure and the implied terror.

This episode narrates Damon Knight's 1955 science fiction short story 'The Country of the Kind', beginning with a scene at a car lot where the protagonist interacts with an attendant and retrieves a hand torch.

This episode features a story by Gene Wolfe from the 1970 collection Orbit 6, edited by Damon Knight, about a character preparing to go to the surface and walk.

This is a science fiction story by John Brunner about Hal Page preparing for a party while grappling with a mysterious notice he considers destroying.

This episode presents a science fiction story about a notorious criminal known as The Eel, who is hunted across multiple planets in the galaxy for punishment.

This episode promotes Shopify's e-commerce platform, highlighting its tools for selling, branding, marketing, and sales across various channels with a trial offer.

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Klausner, a character in a Roald Dahl story, unlocks a wooden shed in his garden containing a mysterious sound machine.

A man is tormented by an unseen group called 'They' who constantly disrupt his peace.

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