This week with Project Mastodon, we’re travelling back to a time when mastodons roamed and mosquitoes were… frankly, terrifying. This 1956 episode from the brilliant X Minus One series, based on a story by Clifford D. Simak, blends satire, suspense, and big ideas in equal measure. When a group of entrepreneurs discover a gateway to the distant past, their first instinct isn’t scientific curiosity—it’s opportunity. Why stay in the modern world with all its rules and restrictions when you can h...
