Stories about radio - Listening to ghosts & Keep them guessing
- Author
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Published
- Fri 01 Dec 2023
- Episode Link
- https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/the-history-listen/the-history-listen-radio-national-abc-talk-music/102960646
Two stories about radio. In the past, radio was the most ephemeral of all media or art-forms. It's invisible, evanescent—it passes by the ear and is gone, yet radio can leave deep sound prints - memories of listening that can reverberate over decades.
Plus, trying to unravel the secret behind one of the most popular radio shows of the 20th century, as a grandson tries to find out how his grandparents read people's minds. A story about magic,illusion and the creative power of radio.
