Daybreak: The Man Who Was Thursday — Twice

What happens when two radio productions take on one of G. K. Chesterton’s strangest books?

This morning on Daybreak, we listen to two versions of The Man Who Was Thursday and explore how radio transforms Chesterton’s extraordinary mixture of mystery, comedy, conspiracy, nightmare, and metaphysical adventure. The same Syme. The same Sunday. But not quite the same journey.

Then we cross into another world where appearances can be wonderfully deceptive: the celebrated “feud” between Jack Benny and Fred Allen. We visit Bill Stern’s Sports Newsreel, remember a great October 23 moment in baseball history, and look out from The Little Station on Commercial Street at a few things worth noticing in the wider world today.

Two Thursdays. One imaginary feud. Sports becoming storytelling. And the peculiar magic of radio—the medium that can build an entire world inside your head.

Good morning from The Little Station on Commercial Street. This is Daybreak from Chesterton Radio.

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