Mind Webs - Retro Radio

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.

This episode features a speculative fiction short story about humanity's expansion through the solar system and the challenges faced when turning attention to the stars.

This episode features a reading of Philip K.

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

A lawyer named Simon Graham reflects on never visiting his client Pruitt Evergreen's estate despite decades of legal representation as he drives there for the first time.

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 Philip K.

This episode presents a 1928 science fiction story by Jack Williamson about a mysterious, life-like statue called The Metal Man in a college museum.

This episode presents the story 'En Passant' by Schweitzer from the fantasy magazine New Worlds of Fantasy No.

This episode features a science fiction short story by Norman Spinrad about an alien silver dome discovered in the desert at Yucca Flats.

This episode is an audio adaptation of Bob Shaw's 1966 science fiction short story 'Light of Other Days' about a journey through a landscape featuring mysterious 'slow glass'.

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.

A narrator searches for a potential suicide victim on a moonlit beach, describing the eerie, pale landscape and the strange impulses of those who take their own lives.

A man feels persecuted by unseen forces that won't leave him alone, disrupting his peace and making him question reality.

A poetic narrative describing vivid memories of a dreamlike sky, sun, clouds, and wind, evoking magical imagery and sensory experiences.

This episode introduces a 1936 Stanley Weinbaum science fiction story about an assistant professor of mathematics whose seemingly dry life becomes unexpectedly adventurous.

This episode explores a mysterious and emotional personal narrative involving a night where someone cried, with vivid imagery of clothing being pushed out tautly without a brassiere.

This episode presents the short story 'Gas Mask' by James Houston from the collection 'The Ruins of Earth', following character Charlie Bates as he encounters a traffic standstill on the freeway.

This episode features a reading of John Steinbeck's short story 'The Snake' from 'The Long Valley', following Dr.

A small tank painted for African guerrilla warfare drives up to a pretentious mansion on a California hill, setting the scene for a surreal story.

A hobo named Martin makes a deal with a mysterious conductor to receive a watch that can stop time, hoping to avoid eternal damnation on a hell-bound train.

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 retired nurse marries a high-ranking government official who is rarely home, leading to a tense incident involving children and a potential victim at a riverfront park.

A narrator travels back to 1903 to kill his grandfather with a revolver, creating a time paradox while working on secret inventions in a laboratory.

This episode presents a narrated short story about an old miller named John Staples who remains alone in an abandoned Vermont valley as nature reclaims the land.

This episode presents a fantasy story titled 'Nackels' from the anthology 'New Worlds of Fantasy' edited by Terry Carr.

This episode introduces a scene involving a character with cool gray eyes and Abigail Shuler, the housekeeper, using a precipitron while someone moves upstairs via a small elevator.

A 40-year-old topologist, bored with his university job and fearing his life has peaked, accidentally walks into a group of students distributing flowers and handbills.

A science fiction story about men who have mysteriously disappeared into Jupiter's violent storms, with the fifth man now standing before the head of the Jovian Survey Commission.

A man reflects on the enduring beauty of a woman named Sonia moving through a motel room at dawn, challenging assumptions about aging and physical attractiveness.

This episode presents an audio adaptation of Ray Bradbury's short story 'The Foghorn', a classic work of fiction exploring themes of loneliness and the supernatural.

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

A narrator recounts taping Professor Gareth's English composition class on the day a mysterious event occurred, which becomes clearer upon repeated listening.

A customer orders a specific 12.5 millimeter arthroscopic eyepiece for their Bardot refractor telescope from Crookshank Scientific Company.

This episode explores the relationship between space, faith, and divine glory through a narrative involving the Vatican and celestial imagery.

A man named Crane awakens on a devastated seacoast, using stars and a compass to navigate a post-apocalyptic world where Earth's polarity remains intact.

This episode explores the character Tronte, who exists without emotions like pain, joy, or time, as dictated by a philosophical ethos.

Two alien monarchs on a distant planet discuss the possibility of life elsewhere in the galaxy while ruling over their last subject, a palace robot.

This episode presents Edmund Hamilton's classic science fiction short story 'The Man Who Returned' from February 1934.

This episode presents a science fiction audio drama adaptation of Robert Sheckley's short story 'The Petrified World,' beginning with the character Flanagan waking from a recurring nightmare.

A man named Ernest Elwood becomes distracted and unresponsive during a conversation, staring out a window as if hearing something others cannot.

A woman navigates a surreal laboratory maze as part of an experiment involving radioactive mutation and DNA alteration to expand intelligence.