CBS Radio Workshop: The Big Event (The Law of Averages)

The Big Event (The Law of Averages)

Society is disrupted when extremely unlikely events become routine; worse, the nations of the world stagger towards war because they realize someone is going to win a very unlikely victory, while their enemies will go down in an equally unlikely defeat.

CBS Radio Workshop:All Is Bright

All Is Bright

This details the genesis and spread of the popular song Silent Night.

CBS Radio Workshop: Carl Sandburg's 79th Birthday

Carl Sandburg's 79th Birthday

I assume this is what it says on the tin but the copy I downloaded was too noisy for me to listen to and I didn't.

CBS Radio Workshop: No Time for Heartaches

No Time for Heartaches

The nattering of an ingenue gives Sophie Tucker a chance to muse on her long life and long career, from the days when she was expected to wear black-face on stage to days of more conventional success.

Ah, sf fans

How obviously absurd do I have to be before someone notices I am not being serious?

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Anne Rice reminds us who the real victims are

White people who toss the N-word around.

Extra points for using the phrase "lynch mob culture". A reminder from Billie Holiday about that phrase:

New to me

Once Upon A Time (In Space) by The Mechanisms

Really?

But for giggles, here are the other journals I recognize in a quick skim of the top 500 (in the social capital metric):

#4. seanan_mcguire
#7. james_nicoll
#9. girlgeniuscomic
#27. filkertom
#36. autopope
#62. siderea
#95. ginmar
#223. lyonesse
#224. woodwardiocom
#227. usernamenumber
#282. ceceliatan
#318. rigel
#323. teddywolf
#342. plumtreeblossom

I don't know why I would place that high.

I wonder

What is it about being a cat that is so tiring?

CBS Radio Workshop: Fire at Malibu

Fire at Malibu

This looks at what I guess would have been a famous fire for its day. Not really my thing. I did wonder if it would be based on this:



but I don't think it was.

CBS Radio Workshop: The Crazy Life

The Crazy Life

A woman, driven to distraction by her husband's inappropriate sense of humour and his inability to provide for her and their newborn, resolves to leave him. Happily it turns out a single flamboyant gesture fixes everything.