Uploaded September 2023 | Updated September 2026, 8 hours ago

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The War of the Worlds is one of the greatest science fiction stories ever written. But the major adaptations all seem to ignore what the novel is really about. Is it just about invaders from Mars? Or is H.G. Wells trying to tell us something deeper here?

Watch part two here, examining the infamous 1938 radio mass panic: youtu.be/Xey_DsBUIV4