A Wind Is Rising: X Minus One (October 3, 1957)

“A Wind Is Rising” is an episode of X Minus One, the old-time radio show, first broadcast October 3, 1957. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

On the planet Corella, Earthman Clayton and Narechev set out in a heavy armored land vehicle to repair a water pipeline during a violent windstorm, despite warnings from the native Carillon radioman Smannock. Clayton and Narechev disagree over how to handle the danger, and the natives' attitudes toward the human colony are unclear. The X Minus One series, which aired on NBC, presented this science fiction story on 1957-10-03, adapted from a story by Finn O'Donovan. The cast includes Les Damon as Clayton, Bert Colin as Narechev, and William Griffiths as Smannock.

The planet Corella, at an Earth exploration station during extreme windstorms

Characters: Clayton, Narechev, Smannock

Listen for: The sound of the howling wind and Clayton's account of the storm's rising speed

Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.