The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
Socratica Reads - A podcast by Kimberly Hatch Harrison
It’s hard to pick one book that Ray Bradbury is best known for. He only wrote a handful of longer books (Fahrenheit 451, Something Wicked This Way Comes, etc.). Mostly he was a creator of perfect little stories—stories that were usually about something other than what you initially thought. 26 strange, lovely little stories about Mars are woven together in The Martian Chronicles. Today, on RDB's 101st birthday, Kimberly revisits this essential work.
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Christian Ready Launchpad Astronomy YouTube channel:
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Star Dragon by Mike Brotherton
Spider Star by Mike Brotherton
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TRANSCRIPT:
Welcome everybody, to Socratica Reads. I’m Kimberly Hatch Harrison, the co-founder of Socratica. What do we do at Socratica? We’re dreaming up the education of the future. It’s hard, sometimes, not to get mired in the issues of today. How do you keep your eye on where we want to go? This is one of the real benefits of science fiction. It allows you to think freely. I don’t mean in DENIAL about reality, or that you become unreasonable or illogical. Just that you can think about what the world could be like if we leapfrog over some of the roadblocks that are keeping us stuck here. That’s why my podcast Socratica Reads is focused on science fiction. I’m collecting the stories that have inspired me and inspired our work at Socratica.
One of my guiding lights, my North star, is Ray Bradbury. I started this podcast a year ago today, on Ray Bradbury’s 100th birthday. It’s a year later, and of course, I am still looking to Bradbury to remind myself. There’s something about that man that keeps the curious child alive in me.
It’s not just Bradbury. It seems like the universe is conspiring. Something amazing happened to me this month. I just got back from a visit to Laramie, Wyoming, where I was invited to take part in a very special workshop called “Launchpad Astronomy.” It’s run by two astronomy professors: Mike Brotherton and Christian Ready. You might recognize Mike Brotherton from his other life as a writer of hard scifi like Star Dragon and Spider Star. Christian Ready you might know as your “friendly neighborhood astronomer” from his YouTube channel Launchpad Astronomy.
These two fellows lead a...
