Bradbury 100 - episode 4

Time for another new episode of my podcast, Bradbury 100.

This week, my guest is photographer 
Elizabeth Nahum-Albright. Elizabeth is the daughter of Donn Albright, Ray's longtime bibliographer. Ever since she was a child, Elizabeth knew Ray, and would visit his house when Donn made the cross-country trip from east coast to west coast.

Elizabeth's current show - "I Saw It At Ray's House" - is a photo exhibition consisting of photos taken in and around Ray Bradbury's Los Angeles home. Some of the photos date from those childhood visits, but most of them are from later years, with a large number showing the house and Ray's effects after he had passed away.

The exhibition debuted as a physical exhibition in New York a few years ago, and was re-staged at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis after that. Because of Covid-19, a planned 2020 physical exhibition at Tribeca's Soho Photo Gallery has been replaced by an online exhibition. This is the first time the whole exhibition has been made available online. The photos are fascinating, but not without a tinge of sadness. There is a link to the exhibition below, in the show notes.

Because of the "Ray's house" theme of the exhibition and my interview with Elizabeth, I decided to make Ray's house(s) the theme of this week's podcast. 

Bradbury 100 · Bradbury 100 - Episode 04 - with photographer Elizabeth Nahum-Albright

Show Notes

I referred to the Shadow Show comic, and its adaptation of Sam Weller's story "Live Forever!" Here is one page from the comic, showing the little (or big!) yellow house:

You can buy this issue of the comic directly from IDW.

Elizabeth Nahum-Albright's exhibition "I Saw It At Ray's House" can be viewed here until the end of August 2020.

Elizabeth has an Instagram page, and a Facebook page.

 

Ray Bradbury discussion - BBC Forum

Here it is: the BBC World Service Forum radio programme about Ray Bradbury. A few weeks back, I took part in the discussion of Bradbury's life and career, with Jonathan R. Eller and Miranda Corcoran.

Each contributor recorded at home while in isolation, and our contributions were recorded down the line by the BBC. (We also submitted recordings we made locally, so the editors would have more control over the sound quality.)

What we didn't get at the time of recording were the various clips of Ray speaking, the readings from his work, and other played-in contributions. So listening to this programme is, even for me, like listening to something new. I'm quite impressed with how much they've been able to cram in to forty minutes!

Click here to listen: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cszjvr

Bradbury 100 - episode 3

The third episode of my podcast Bradbury 100 drops today. You can play it below, or search for it on your podcast app.

My guest is Sandy Petroshius, committee chair of the Ray Bradbury Experience Museum in Waukegan, Illinois. Waukegan, of course, is Bradbury's birthplace and childhood hometown, and the RBEM will be a celebration of Ray and an interactive exploration of his life and works.

I hope you enjoy the discussion. You can join by posting a comment below - I'll reply to comments and questions in later episodes of the series.

Sandy Petroshius with a favourite book.

Bradbury 100 · Bradbury 100 - Episode 03

Show Notes

Visit the Ray Bradbury Experience Museum online: http://raybradburyexperiencemuseum.org/

Explore the history of Waukegan with the Historical Society: https://www.waukeganil.gov/181/History-of-Waukegan

Read my blog post revealing the truth about Waukegan's criminal mastermind, The Lonely One! https://bradburymedia.blogspot.com/2009/09/revealed-lonely-one.html

And see the aerial photo of Waukegan alongside Ray Bradbury's sketch of Green Town: http://bradburymedia.blogspot.com/2006/10/green-town-illinois.html

BBC Discussion on Bradbury: The Forum

Coming up in a week's time - 13th August -  the BBC World Service radio programme The Forum will be all about Ray Bradbury.

The Forum is a round-table discussion, and this edition features Bradbury biographer Jon Eller, editor of a book on Bradbury's supernatural fiction Miranda Corcoran - and some fellow called Phil Nichols...

We recorded the programme quite a few weeks ago, and it is being released now to (roughly) coincide with the one-hundredth anniversary of Ray Bradbury's birth. The Forum is broadcast on the BBC's World Service radio channel, and episodes are made available to listen online after the broadcast. You can also subscribe to the podcast feed to get episodes delivered straight to your preferred listening device.

Look here for more information as it becomes available.

Photo exhibition online - "I Saw It At Ray's House"

"I Saw It At Ray's House" is a photo exhibition by photographer Elizabeth Nahum-Albright. It consists of photos taken in and around Ray Bradbury's Los Angeles home. Some of the photos date from the photographer's childhood visits to Ray's house, but most of them later years, with a large number showing the house and Ray's effects after he had passed away.

The exhibition debuted as a physical exhibition at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis a couple of years ago, but is now being made available online for the first time by Soho Photo Gallery. The photos are fascinating, but not without a tinge of sadness. You can view the exhibition here.

Elizabeth Nahum-Albright will be a guest on a forthcoming episode of my podcast, Bradbury 100.