"Martians have landed in New Jersey!" the broadcast began. Many who heard this became overwrought with worry that an invasion from Mars actually was underway in a small Northeastern town.https://abcn.ws/2Q2EsBH
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And Fox News has been terrifying conservatives for over 20 years.
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Currently reading this because real life is more horrifying
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Who needs Martians when you've got Trump...
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It didn't really terrify a nation. It's actually a myth. Only 2% of the American public was tuned into the broadcast. Do your homework ABC.
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Is there any way to hear it now?
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Thanks so much Leslie!

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You're welcome! I've directed the radio script twice, and audiences love it. They sit with their eyes closed and let their imagination pick up where the actors and sound-effects leave off.
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Love it .. you’re so talented Leslie!
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And it has been 69 years since Orwell released “1984” and we now have a terrified planet.
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Now we have our “president “....and I use that term very loosely, terrifying all of us.
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It was a small percentage of people that actually heard the broadcast. The nation didn't even know about it.
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@DoGoOnPod thought of you guys right away
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And the book was set in a small English town, but I suppose not many in the States have heard of Woking in Surrey
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I have. I've read the original novel. I first read it in fourth grade.
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and just like THAT broadcast, aliens are the subject again.
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