Exploring Tomorrow was described as the first science-fiction show of science-fictioneers, by science-fictioneers and for science-fictioneers, and was narrated by John W. Campbell, the editor of the science fiction magazine, "Astounding." The stories were written by the best science fiction authors of the time, including Isaac Asimov, and the show was broadcast on the Mutual Radio Network in 1957 and 1958.