“History Lesson” first appeared in the May, 1949 issue of Startling Stories.
This is a fun little story that is split neatly into two narratives.
The first part of the story is told from the perspective of a tribe of nomadic humans of the 30th century, in a future where Earth has entered a final ice age.
The second part of the story is told from the perspective of a race of Venusian reptiles who have evolved into intelligent beings capable of space travel in the 5,000 years since the cooling of the Sun.
The effort of the latter to understand the former is what makes this story so fun. Micheal Hanson really outdid himself this time with the voices and special effects. It’s a great listen.
Mind Webs was a 1970's series out of WHA Radio in Wisconsin that featured weekly short stories of science fiction by some of the genre's best writers. The music, sound cues and occasional character voices along with the performance of Michael Hansen, the reader, resulted in better than most fully dramatized productions of the period. Around 150 shows were aired between 1976 and 1984 varying in length, but most were about 30 minutes.
Mind Webs: History Lesson - Arthur C. Clarke - 30:24