Birth by Robert J. Sawyer and Michael Lennick

Robert J. Sawyer and Michael Lennick

(4 stars; 3 reviews)

Birth premiered on July 8, 2005, at 10:00 p.m. across Canada on CBC Radio One as part of a limited anthology series called Deep Night, executive produced by Gregory J. Sinclair. This intriguing story explores the accidental emergence of sentience among robots on Mars.

In this episode, award-winning science fiction writer Robert J. Sawyer and filmmaker Michael Lennick present an extraordinary tale of two births: the first human on Mars and a collection of tiny robots that achieve consciousness, leading to life-threatening consequences. Tune in to Deep Night right after the ten p.m. news.

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.