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
Episodes
- Bradbury 100 - episode 78 - The 1963 F&SF Bradbury Special Issue
In this episode of Bradbury 100, I review an old magazine published as a tribute to Ray Bradbury. Back in May 1963, the award-winning Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (which is still running today) published its second-ever author spe…
- Bradbury 100 - episode 77 - How Truffaut Came To Make Fahrenheit 451 in 1966
Another celebration of the 60th anniversary of the release of the feature film version of FAHRENHEIT 451... In a previous episode (https://bradburymedia.blogspot.com/2026/03/new-podcast-episode-fahrenheit-451-film.html), I detailed how Fra…
- Bradbury 100 - episode 76 - Chronological Bradbury 1945 (part 2)
Bradbury 100 returns with another "Chronological" episode, this time continuing with the year 1945. In this year, Ray published no fewer than thirteen stories. In this episode, I cover the next five stories: Skeleton (first version), The W…
- Bradbury 100 - episode 75 - Fahrenheit 451 film & play
Francois Truffaut's film of FAHRENHEIT 451 is sixty years old! In this episode I revisit the film and talk about how it came to be made, and then move on to discussing Ray Bradbury's reactions to the film. Not only did Ray review the film…
- Bradbury 100 - episode 74 - Skeleton
In this episode, a reading of Ray Bradbury's story "Skeleton" - but perhaps not the story you are familiar with... In 1945, Ray published TWO short stories with the same title, "Skeleton". The more famous of the two went on to be collected…
- 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 N…
- 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
- 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 pu…
- 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
- 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…
- 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" - w…
- 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 t…
- 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 mo…
- Bradbury 100 - episode 66 - Chronological Bradbury 1943
Bradbury 100 podcast time! And it's another of my "Chronological Bradbury" series, this time covering the year 1943. This is the year when Ray broke all his previous records, by having no fewer than eleven stories published in professional…
- Bradbury 100 - episode 65 - Radio Classics: Dimension X / X Minus One
Bradbury 100 - episode 65 - Radio Classics: Dimension X / X Minus One by Bradbury 100 podcast by bradburymedia.co.uk
- Bradbury 100 - episode 64 - It Came From Outer Space
Sometimes the podstreams just cross, and this episode is a prime example. When Colin Kuskie, co-host of my other podcast suggested reviewing It Came From Outer Space, the classic 1953 science fiction movie created by Ray Bradbury, it was r…
- Bradbury 100 - Episode 63 - The First Geeks with Orty Ortwein
Bradbury 100 is back with a new batch of episodes! This time: an interview with Orty Ortwein, author of THE FIRST GEEKS, which examines the early days of organised science fiction fandom. And guess who was there? Ray Bradbury, of course. A…
- Bradbury 100 Returns - 1st May 2025!
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- Bradbury 100 - Episode 62 - Ray Bradbury and Leigh Brackett
In this episode, I look at the relationship between two greats of genre fiction: Ray Bradbury and his friend Leigh Brackett. Brackett is perhaps best remembered today as one of the screenwriters of STAR WARS: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK - but…
- Bradbury 100 - Episode 61 - Ray Bradbury and Radio's SUSPENSE!
Here's another new episode of my Bradbury 100 podcast. This time, I look at the early years of Ray Bradbury's professional career, which saw him not only mastering the craft of short story writing and putting together his first book, but b…
- Bradbury 100 - Episode 60 - Ray Bradbury and The Simpsons!
A few weeks ago, there was a new episode of The Simpsons which was entirely based on the works of Ray Bradbury. "Simpsons Wicked This Way Comes" is not the first time Ray has been referenced by the show. In fact, the number of Bradbury all…
- Bradbury 100 - Episode 59 - "Lazarus Come Forth"
"Lazarus Come Forth" (1944) is one of a handful of early Ray Bradbury stories to have slipped into the public domain. It's also one of two Bradbury stories set on board a "morgue ship" - a space ship that cleans up after space battles, col…
- Bradbury 100 - Episode 58 - Ray Bradbury on Stage
As well as writing his famous novels and short stories, Ray Bradbury wrote extensively for the stage. In this episode I explore Ray Bradbury as playwright, looking at his one-act plays and his full-llength adaptations of his own novels. Yo…
- Bradbury 100 - Episode 57 - Bradbury 100 LIVE for 2024
This is the audio from my 2024 livestreamed version of the podcast, which went out over Facebook and Youtube. If you want the full effect, you can find the VIDEO recording of the livestream on YouTube, at: https://youtube.com/live/SBGtfPQZ…
- Bradbury 100 - Episode 56 - Dark Carnival Paperback and Ebook First Editions
Ray Bradbury's first-ever book, DARK CARNIVAL (1947) has been re-published. For the first time, it is available in paperback and ebook editions. In this episode I go through the story behind Dark Carnival, and review the new editions. For…
- Bradbury 100 - Episode 55 - Chronological Bradbury 1942
In my occasional series of "Chronological Bradbury" episodes, we reach the year 1942. This was Ray Bradbury's first full year as a professional writer, and the year he broke through to two of the leading science fiction and fantasy pulp ma…
- Bradbury 100 - Episode 54 - Q&A Special
For Christmas this year, I bring you a bumper double-length episode of Bradbury 100! Member of the "Science Fiction Book Club" Facebook group provided questions about Ray Bradbury for me to answer. So this whole episode is given over to my…
- Bradbury 100 - Episode 53 - Ray's Fanzine, Futuria Fantasia
In this new episode of Bradbury 100, I explore FUTURIA FANTASIA - the fanzine that Ray Bradbury produced when he was a teenage science fiction fan. The first issue of Futuria Fantasia, published when Ray was eighteen years old, catches him…
- Bradbury 100 - Episode 52 - Chronological Bradbury 1941
In my occasional series of "Chronological Bradbury" episodes, we reach the year 1941. Ray Bradbury makes his first professional sale, appearing in pulp science fiction magazine SUPER SCIENCE STORIES! For full shownotes, visit my website: w…
- Bradbury 100 - Episode 51 - Some Recent Bradbury Product
In this episode I review three new Bradbury products that have come my way - two blurays, and one book. For full show notes, check out my website, www.bradburymedia.co.uk
- Bradbury 100 - Episode 50 - Chronological Bradbury: 1940
Welcome to the FIFTIETH episode of Bradbury 100! This is another episode in my "Chronological Bradbury" strand - where I go through Ray Bradbury's publishing history in order. We've reached the year 1940, when Ray turned 20. It's a year wh…
- Bradbury 100 - Episode 49 - Reviewing Ray Bradbury
This time on Bradbury 100 I talk about The New Ray Bradbury Review, the online journal I edit on behalf of the Ray Bradbury Center. Specifically, I talk about the origins of the journal - which stretch way back to 1952, and William F. Nola…
- Bradbury 100 - Episode 48 - Chronological Bradbury: 1939
This is another episode in my "Chronological Bradbury" strand - where I go through Ray Bradbury's publishing history in order. We've reached the year 1939, when Ray turned 19. It's a year which sees him strengthening his ties with the scie…
- Bradbury 100 - Episode 47 - Bradbury 100 LIVE, 2023 Edition
22 August 2023 would have been Ray Bradbury's 103rd birthday, so in time-honored tradition (a tradition going back a whole three years...) I did a livestreamed version of the podcast via Facebook. Here's the audio from that livestream, ver…
- Bradbury 100 - Episode 46 - Chronological Bradbury: 1938
In this episode, I begin a new strand: Chronological Bradbury! In this strand, I'll be going through Bradbury's publishing history in order. Sometimes I'll cover multiple stories (as with this episode), and sometimes I'll focus on a single…
- Bradbury 100 - Episode 45 - Rescuing SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES
Last time on Bradbury 100, we looked at the origin of Ray Bradbury's SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES, and its peculiar history as a film script that became a book, and then became a film script again. This time, I continue the story, exami…
- Bradbury 100 - Episode 44 - Film/Book/Film: Writing SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES
It's forty years since the film version of SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES was released! So in this episode, I take a detailed look at the origins of SWTWC, going all the way back to the short story "The Black Ferris" (1948) and working th…
- Bradbury 100 - Episode 43 - Bradbury Books That Never Were
In a file in the Ray Bradbury archive, we find his proposed book projects for the years 1960-1962. While some of the titles are familiar, some of them just never came to be. Find out about these Bradbury plans in this episode! One of the p…
- Bradbury 100 - episode 42 - Literacy, Censorship & Burning Books: Fahrenheit 451 at 70
In February 2023, I gave a public talk on FAHRENHEIT 451 for Wolverhampton Literature Festival. This podcast episode is a version of that talk - minus all the visual bits and pieces, of course. (If you want to see the visuals, head over to…
- Bradbury 100 - episode 41 - Ray Bradbury and his "Ghost Writer" Friends...
In a 1947 issue of Planet Stories magazine, Ray Bradbury penned a humorous writer bio of himself, in which he claims that all his stories are written for him by a posse of talented professionals including Robert Heinlein. That magazine sli…
- Bradbury 100 - episode 40 - Rocket Summer!
What better way to melt away the winter blues than with Ray Bradbury's ROCKET SUMMER? But this episode of the podcast isn't about the familiar opening chapter of THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES. No, here I'm looking at Bradbury's FIRST use of the t…
- Bradbury 100 - episode 39 - Ray Bradbury and Christmas
Bradbury 100 - celebrating the life and work of American writer Ray Bradbury, presented by Phil Nichols of Bradburymedia.co.uk. In this episode I discuss Ray Bradbury's Christmas-themed stories - all two of them - and some lesser known Chr…
- Bradbury 100 - episode 38 - Ray Bradbury and EC Comics
Bradbury 100 - celebrating the life and work of American writer Ray Bradbury, presented by Phil Nichols of Bradburymedia.co.uk. In this episode I discuss Ray Bradbury's stories as adapted by EC Comics, and review the new collection of thes…
- Bradbury 100 - episode 37 - Bradbury's Dinosaur Tales
Bradbury 100 - celebrating the life and work of American writer Ray Bradbury, presented by Phil Nichols of Bradburymedia.co.uk. In this episode I discuss Ray Bradbury's dinosaur stories (A Sound of Thunder, The Fog Horn and more), and the…
- Bradbury 100 - episode 36 - The Tragic Death of Ray's Uncle Lester
Bradbury 100 - celebrating the life and work of American writer Ray Bradbury, presented by Phil Nichols of Bradburymedia.co.uk. Ninety years ago this month, Ray Bradbury's uncle Lester Moberg was murdered. Ray was twelve years old at the t…
- Bradbury 100 - episode 35 - Ray Bradbury's October
Bradbury 100 - celebrating the life and work of American writer Ray Bradbury, presented by Phil Nichols of Bradburymedia.co.uk. This episode looks at the most significant month in the Bradbury calendar: October! Ray published three books r…
- Bradbury 100 - episode 34 - Ray Bradbury's Advice to Writers
With apologies for some variation in sound quality in this recording... Bradbury 100 - celebrating the life and work of American writer Ray Bradbury, presented by Phil Nichols of Bradburymedia.co.uk. This full-length episode looks at Ray's…
- Bradbury 100 - episode 33 - The Exiles
Bradbury 100 - celebrating the life and work of American writer Ray Bradbury, presented by Phil Nichols of Bradburymedia.co.uk. This short episodes focuses on Ray's short story "The Exiles", also known as "The Mad Wizards of Mars". An unas…
- Bradbury 100 - episode 32 - Dandelion Wine live talk
Bradbury 100 - celebrating the life and work of American writer Ray Bradbury, presented by Phil Nichols of Bradburymedia.co.uk. This episode features the audio from a live talk given on Ray's 102nd birthday, discussing the origins and deve…
- Bradbury 100 - episode 31 - August 2022 update
Bradbury 100 - celebrating the life and work of American writer Ray Bradbury, presented by Phil Nichols of Bradburymedia.co.uk. This short episode is an update, and something of a trailer for coming attractions. With Ray's 102nd birthday a…