EPISODE 82: Postmodern Horizons
Original Air Date: 10-1-1987
Rebroadcast Date: 8-1-2024
On a distant rock floating through the vastness of space exists a small yet thriving community called humanity. They toil endlessly to make their lives more comfortable for themselves and each other. It wasn’t until crises rose did they learn to value the essence of togetherness and connectivity. Beginning in the 1940s and accelerating in the 1960s, Postmodernism rose as a striking new radical idea. An innovation of thinking, problem solving, adapting, and building. It was a new horizon for humanity, a wave of motivated change for the future. In 1982 something will happen in America that will thrust mankind centuries into the future. Albeit it was planned for a socialist luxurious city of tomorrow, we visit the world of Disney’s Epcot to discover the possibilities of the future made present. Join us in tonight’s episode.
Honey I Shrunk The Audience (Theme) // Bruce Broughton
Mission: Space // Trevor Rabin
One Little Spark // The Sherman Brothers
Golden Dream // Buddy Baker – Bob Moline
The Living Seas // George Wilkins – Russell Brower
Ellen’s Energy Adventure // Bruce Broughton
Legacy // Steve Woods
It’s Fun To Be Free // Xavier Atencio – Buddy Baker
Listen To The Land // Robert Moline – Patrick G Gleeson – Alan Oldfield
Magic Journeys // The Sherman Brothers
Universe Of Energy // Joel Hirschhorn – Al Kasha
Living With The Land (Finale) // George Wilkins
Living With The Land (Barn Music) // George Wilkins
Spaceship Earth // Bruce Broughton – Narration by Dame Judi Dench
Soarin’ Around The World // Bruce Broughton
Test Track (SimTrack Audio) // Paul Leonard-Morgan
Promise // Gavin Greenaway – Kellie Coffey
Grasslands // Checkfield
Montezuma // Cusco
References
“The Dream Called EPCOT .” YouTube, YouTube, www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2_zDLcnDiY.
“Walt Disney’s E.P.C.O.T Film (1966).” YouTube, YouTube, www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLCHg9mUBag.
“Buckminster Fuller on Tensegrity Structures.” YouTube, YouTube, www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JwOX4PlO2A.
“BUCKMINSTER FULLER IN 3 MINUTES.” YouTube, YouTube, www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQp6AnKRA8A.
“Why Is Postmodern Architecture so Bizarre?” YouTube, YouTube, www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW9RfPWevwg. Accessed 7 Aug. 2024.
“EPCOT will be an experimental prototype community of tomorrow that will always be in a state of becoming. It will never cease to be a living blueprint of the future where people actually live a life they can’t find anywhere else in the world. Everything in EPCOT will be dedicated to the happiness of the people who live, work, and play here and to those who come here from all around the world.” ~ Walter E. Disney
