Show 28 – Rossum’s Universal Robots

LISTEN TO A PODCAST OF SHOW 28 HERE

This is the second week of our two week break on sound of science and this week, by popular demand, as they say, we will be playing you:

Feature: Rossum’s Universal Robots

This week we present parts 1 to 3 of a four part serialisation of the 1921 play, R.U.R, by the Carel Capek. This is an old NBC radio production for hear on 2000X. Noel introduces the play and set it in its historical context.

Music on the show

Intro: Sound of Silence, Beastie Boys followed by Polar Bear

Intro to the play was “We are the Robots” by Kraftwerk

Outro: Locomotion by John Coletrane Quartet