Description

We pull back the curtains of time to examine the alleged riots that Orson Welles' War of the Worlds caused 75 years ago, and then look at the resurgence of a method of transportation best known for its spectacular explosions.

Show Notes: 

• Did War of the Worlds Broadcast really cause a panic?

http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/did-the-war-of-the-worlds-radio-broadcast-really-caus-1453582944/@barrett

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/10/30/241797346/75-years-ago-war-of-the-worlds-started-a-panic-or-did-it

• Zeppelin! The Comeback!

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/09/11/aeroscraft-zeppelin_n_3904561.html

Old time airships, by the way, were awesome:

http://jalopnik.com/the-world-was-awesome-when-airships-and-blimps-ruled-th-1444551031

Cool online museum from Denmark:

http://mini.ptt-museum.dk/zeppex/en/enExhibition.html

A fleet of blimps will be airshield for Washington DC:

http://gizmodo.com/a-fleet-of-blimps-will-soon-serve-as-a-missile-shield-o-885030187

And here's the company making them:

http://www.raytheon.com/capabilities/products/jlens/