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b'Happy Halloween dear listeners! The October 30th 1937 War of The Worlds radio broadcast is an artistic masterpiece that shapes a great deal of the Horror we consume today. A monument to the power of mass media and how fear can be used to control the populace, in this particular case for entertainment purposes. G and Mike take a deep dive into the backstory and impact on the stat of New Jersey that cold October Sunday. We hear from the operators that took the desperate calls and play some of the media of that time which influenced the broadcast. We also discuss how fear is being used to control the populace today for perhaps more sinister purposes in mass media and the social networks.'