Onstage and Backstage Podcast

Dave Thompson, author of Twilight Zone FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Fifth Dimension and Beyond, spoke with Simon Applebaum host of Tomorrow Will Be Televised. They talked about the book and some of the Twilight Zone's well-known episodes! Listen to the podcast below and let us know what you think!   About the BookThe Twilight Zone FAQ takes the reader back to that halcyon era, looking back on the show and its impact as a force for societal change, via reflections on the manifold topics and controversies that the show took on – from the space race to the Red Menace, from paranoia to madness and beyond. Dave Thompson traces the history of the show – from its earliest flowering in the mind of then-unknown Rod Serling through its slow birth, shaky beginning, and breathless five-season run – and he shows how it became the blueprint for so much of the fantasy television that has followed.               Dave Thompson is the auth