The Splendid Table, Thomas Jefferson on Wine, March 28, 2008

The Power of Myth: Programs 1-6

• ORIGINAL (5 hrs and 34 mins)
• By Joseph Campbell, Bill Moyers
• Narrated By Joseph Campbell, Bill Moyers

An exhilarating journey into the mind and spirit of a remarkable man, a legendary teacher, and a masterful storyteller, conducted by TV journalist Bill Moyers for their acclaimed PBS series.

The Martian Chronicles: A Radio Dramatization

• ORIGINAL (5 hrs and 34 mins)
• By Ray Bradbury
• Narrated By The Colonial Radio Players

The people of Earth are preparing for war - a war that could potentially destroy the planet. Explorers are sent to Mars to find a new place for humans to colonize. Bradbury's Mars is a place of hope, dreams, and metaphor, where a fine dust settles on the great empty cities of a silently destroyed civilization. It is here the invaders have come to despoil and commercialize, to grow and to learn - first a trickle, then a torrent, rushing from a world with no future toward a promise of tomorrow. The Earthman conquers Mars... and then is conquered by it.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Primary Phase (Dramatised)

• UNABRIDGED (3 hrs and 56 mins)
• By Douglas Adams
• Narrated By Peter Jones, Simon Jones, Geoffrey McGivern, and others

A Special Edition of the original radio series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1978 and recently voted the Nation's Favourite Audiobook in a Guardian poll. Starring Peter Jones, Simon Jones, Geoffrey McGivern, Mark Wing-Davey, Susan Sheridan and Stephen Moore, these six episodes (Fit the First to Fit the Sixth) have been remastered to modern-day standards by Dirk Maggs, and for the first time feature Philip Pope's arrangement of the familiar theme tune.

Dragnet: Old Time Radio - 380 Episodes

• ORIGINAL (137 hrs and 54 mins)
• By Frank Burt, James E. Moser, John Robinson
• Narrated By Jack Webb, Barton Yarborough, Ben Alexander, and others

Dragnet was perhaps the most famous and influential police procedural drama in media history. The series gave millions of audience members a feel for the boredom and drudgery, as well as the danger and heroism, of real-life police work.

Actor and producer Jack Webb's aims in Dragnet were for realism and unpretentious acting. He achieved both goals, and Dragnet remains a key influence on subsequent police dramas in many media.