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ReadMultiplex.com: The Iron Chancellor (A robot story).

B2Upper-intermediateAugust 1, 202626 min

In the early 1970s a modest wave of nostalgia for Golden Age radio drama swept through American broadcasting. Networks and independent producers experimented with bringing back scripted shows in an era already dominated by music, news, and talk. Among the attempts was a single experimental revival of X Minus One, the acclaimed NBC science-fiction anthology that had originally run from 1955 to 1958. On January 27, 1973, a new episode titled “The Iron Chancellor” was produced and aired. It adapted Robert Silverberg’s 1958 Galaxy short story of the same name (sometimes later reprinted as “The Weight Watcher”). The script was adapted for radio...

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WRVR presents X-1. This is an experimental program on WRVR, and we'd like to hear your comments. Please drop us a note to X-1 WRVR New York, New York 10027.

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And now, tonight's adventure on X-1. Countdown for blastoff. X minus 5, 4, 3, 2, X minus 1, fire. From the far horizons of the unknown

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come transcribed tales of new dimensions in time and space. These are stories of the future. Adventures in which you'll live in a million could-be-years on a thousand maybe worlds. Renaissance Radio Network, in cooperation with Galaxy

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