Bradbury 100 - Celebrating the Life and Work of American Writer Ray Bradbury

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Bradbury 100 is a podcast celebrating the life and work of American writer Ray Bradbury, brought to you by Phil Nichols of www.bradburymedia.co.uk

  1. Bradbury 100 - episode 73 - Chronological Bradbury 1945 (part 1)

    FEB 26

    Bradbury 100 - episode 73 - Chronological Bradbury 1945 (part 1)

    Bradbury 100 returns for 2026 with another "Chronological" episode, this time starting us off with the year 1945. In this year, Ray published no fewer than thirteen stories. In this episode, I cover the first four stories: The Poems, I’m Not So Dumb, Hell’s Half Hour, and The Tombstone. There's a mixture here of two genres still favoured as a professional short story writer, namely the detective story and the weird tale. For more information, including links to online versions of the stories (where available), please check the full show notes on my website, here: https://bradburymedia.blogspot.com/2026/02/bradbury-100-returns-new-episode.html

    25 min
  2. Bradbury 100 Returns Soon!

    FEB 17

    Bradbury 100 Returns Soon!

    Coming Soon: a new season of Bradbury 100. This short trailer gives you an idea of what to expect when the new season begins on 26 February 2026. As always, find more information on my website at www.bradburymedia.co.uk

    2 min
  3. Bradbury 100 - episode 72 - Chronological Bradbury 1944 (part 3)

    09/04/2025

    Bradbury 100 - episode 72 - Chronological Bradbury 1944 (part 3)

    My Chronological Bradbury series continues with the third and final look at the year 1944 - which sees Ray continue to dabble with crime fiction, but still turning his hand to SF and fantasy, completing the NINETEEN short stories he had published in that single year. The most notable story of the batch is the timeless "The Jar", a creepy yet amusing fantasy set in the Lousiana swamps. Written when Ray was just 24 years old, it was a story which maintained a fascination for readers/listeners/viewers well into the 1990s and beyond. In the full shownotes (at https://bradburymedia.blogspot.com/2025/09/new-podcast-episode-chronological.html), I provide links to most of the stories mentioned in this episode, in their original pulp appearances; these versions sometimes differ slightly from the versions in Ray's books. With this episode, Bradbury 100 takes a short vacation. But it will return later in 2025!

    1h 2m
  4. Bradbury 100 - episode 71 - Laurel & Hardy and Ray Bradbury

    08/23/2025

    Bradbury 100 - episode 71 - Laurel & Hardy and Ray Bradbury

    This is the audio version of a live talk I did for Ray Bradbury's 105th birthday (22 August 2025). For more info, check out the show notes at: https://bradburymedia.blogspot.com/2025/08/new-podcast-episode-laurel-and-hardy.html

    37 min
  5. Bradbury 100 - episode 70 - Chronological Bradbury 1944 (part 2)

    08/07/2025

    Bradbury 100 - episode 70 - Chronological Bradbury 1944 (part 2)

    Time for another in my "Chronological Bradbury" strand, where I work through Ray Bradbury's stories in the order they were published. This time, we continue with the year 1944, which sees Ray publishing a string of crime stories alongside the more familiar fantasy and science fiction tales. As you will recall from last time, there are too many stories from 1944 for me to cover in a single episode, so this is the second of three episodes for 1944. For the full show notes - including links to online versions of some of the stories discussed - head to https://bradburymedia.blogspot.com/2025/08/new-podcast-episode-chronological.html

    30 min
  6. Bradbury 100 - episode 69 - Chronological Bradbury 1944 (part 1)

    07/24/2025

    Bradbury 100 - episode 69 - Chronological Bradbury 1944 (part 1)

    Time for another podcast episode - and another in my "Chronological Bradbury" strand, where I work through Ray Bradbury's stories in the order they were published. This time, we reach the year 1944, which sees Ray publishing "The Lake" - which he always said was the first "good" story that he ever wrote. It's also the year of "I, Rocket", the story which nabbed him a posthumous Retro Hugo Award for best short story of 1944. For more details - and links to online versions of the stories covered in this episode - check out the shownotes at https://bradburymedia.blogspot.com/2025/07/time-for-another-podcast-episode-and.html

    54 min
  7. Bradbury 100 - episode 68 - Chronological Bradbury 1943 (continued)

    07/10/2025

    Bradbury 100 - episode 68 - Chronological Bradbury 1943 (continued)

    Here's another new podcast episode, picking up the "Chronological Bradbury" thread once more, with the remaining Ray Bradbury stories which were first published in the latter part of 1943. I cover five stories in this episode, completing the total of eleven stories Ray published in that year. All of the stories are available online within archived copies of the original pulp magazines. The stories are: Doodad (Astounding, September 1943) And Watch the Fountains (Astounding, September 1943) Promotion to Satellite (Thrilling Wonder Stories, fall 1943) The Ducker (Weird Tales, November 1943) King of the Gray Spaces (aka R is for Rocket) (Famous Fantastic Mysteries, December 1943) If you visit my website for the shownotes, you'll find direct links to the stories as they appeared in the original pulp magazines: https://bradburymedia.blogspot.com/2025/07/heres-another-new-podcast-episode.html

    27 min
  8. Bradbury 100 - episode 67 - "The Wind"

    06/26/2025

    Bradbury 100 - episode 67 - "The Wind"

    This episode of the Bradbury 100 podcast is something of a partner to the last episode where I looked at Ray Bradbury's stories from the year 1943. You may recall I talked about "The Wind". Well, in this episode, I look at that story in more detail - and give a reading of the entire, original version. What you will hear is the first-ever published version of the story, taken from Weird Tales magazine. This is before Ray re-wrote it for inclusion in his first book, Dark Carnival (1947). Incidentally, the revised version of "The Wind" is the version you will find in all of Ray's books. After that Weird Tales appearance, Ray didn't give the original version any further outings. Comparing the two versions is quite fun, and something of a lesson in how to improve a story by re-writing. After I've read the story, I give a comparison of the two versions. If you want to read the story for yourself, you can find the Weird Tales issue online, here: https://archive.org/details/Weird_Tales_v36n10_1943-03_ATLPM-Sas/page/n3/mode/2up Next time: I cover the rest of Ray's stories from 1943! Don't forget to check out my website at www.bradburymedia.co.uk

    39 min
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