The Bob Edwards Show, Leonard Cohen, May 26, 2006

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.

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.

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.