Mindwebs
WHA Madison
WHA Madison · 1975–1984
Broadcasts
194
Cadence
Twice weekly
Rated
PG
Since
1975
The run
- Network
- WHA Madison
- Years active
- 1975–1984
- Surviving broadcasts
- 194
- Genre
- science fiction
Mindwebs was produced at WHA in Madison, Wisconsin from 1975, with host Michael Hanson reading published science-fiction and fantasy short stories against a scored background. The recordings here come from Hanson's own tape archive, deposited at the Internet Archive.
Source collection
Internet Archive audio collections
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
46 dated broadcasts across 52 years on the air, with 47 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 2024, in original transmission order.
- 1. The Last Train Out · 19 Nov 2024
- 2. Night Broadcast · 26 Nov 2024
- 3. The Case of the Missing Hour · 3 Dec 2024
- 01
Night Broadcast
4 Aug 2026 · 1h 3m
- 02
The Last Train Out
28 Jul 2026 · 26 min
- 03
Signal at Midnight
21 Jul 2026 · 41 min
- 04
A Room Above the Street
14 Jul 2026 · 56 min
- 05
The Long Silence
7 Jul 2026 · 19 min
- 06
Dead Air
30 Jun 2026 · 34 min
- 07
Sign Off
23 Jun 2026 · 49 min
- 08
The Case of the Missing Hour
16 Jun 2026 · 1h 4m
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