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Radio Retropolis stands out in the crowded podcast landscape by blending vintage radio drama with modern storytelling flair with EXCLUSIVE behind the scenes commentary from JR!The original broadcast... more
FAQs about Radio Retropolis:How many episodes does Radio Retropolis have?The podcast currently has 1,442 episodes available.
April 09, 2025The My Favorite Husband Radio Podcast #57- Liz Teaches the SambaGeorge talks Liz into teaching Wally, the son of the bank's newest director, Mr. Forsythe, how to dance the Samba, and Wally gets a crush on Liz. Commentary on the I Love Lucy adaptation of this episode called Young Fans that also includes a teenage Dick Crenna in both the radio and TV versions, Jim Backus channeling his inner Mr. Magoo, and listening to Lucy and Richard Denning break character at the end....more33minPlay
April 08, 2025The Dragnet Radio Podcast #72- The Big BreakFriday and Romero deal with a dangerous robber who sets out to prove no jail can hold him. Commentary on the real life copycat escape of three inmates at the Santa Ana jail in 2016....more30minPlay
April 07, 2025The Superman Radio Podcast #712- Drought in Freeville Pt. 12 Lois thinks she wrapped up the entire story with Uncle Ed's un-American speech against the veterans. However, Clark believes there is much more to the story. The drought itself! JR comments on the reality of man-made weather!...more17minPlay
April 06, 2025The Lights Out Radio Podcast #58- The Rocket ShipA 1945 frightening story of a trip to the moon and back, a nuclear bomb, and all taking place September 20, 2000. Commentary on the irony of this broadcast which was before the bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima. References made to the Trinity test in New Mexico which occurred just 12 days before this broadcast....more33minPlay
April 05, 2025The Shadow Radio Podcast #26- Tenor with the Broken VoiceDuring the performance of an opera, a premier tenor loses his voice. The audience think nothing wrong of this, until, a sandbag falls on another performer, killing him, when the same opera plays again. Each performance of the opera leads to another unfortunate occurrence and only the Shadow can solve the mystery....more29minPlay
April 04, 2025The Suspense Radio Podcast #257- Night Must Fall Act 2 (3/27/48) In Act 2, while Olivia, the niece, spies on Danny and discovers some suspicious information in his belongings, a dead body is also discovered on Mrs. Bramson's estate. Commentary on how suspense and terror is created by a simple ticking clock. Plus, the story was adapted with two different endings. Why?...more47minPlay
April 04, 2025The Suspense Radio Podcast #257- Night Must Fall Act 1 (3/27/48) In Act 1, An elderly woman takes in a new charming servant whom she treats as a son while the niece is suspicious and decides to dig into his past. JR speaks on how Robert Montgomery came to choose this story for Suspense....more29minPlay
April 03, 2025The Superman Radio Podcast #711- Drought in Freeville Pt. 11 Lois and Jerry believe they are both in the clear walking through the woods to the highway, yet what they don't know is that quicksand is mere steps ahead. JR comments on use of the word "Heaven" as opposed to "God" in these episodes. Plus, what is the big deal with "quicksand" in the 1940s?...more21minPlay
April 02, 2025The My Favorite Husband Radio Podcast #56- The Country Club DanceLiz and Iris tell George and Atterbury that if the boys won't take them to the Country Club Dance, then the girls will go anyway, with somebody else! Commentary on the similarities to an I Love Lucy episode although never adapted for television, the Essex Roadster the girls buy, and a young man in the guest cast who eventually grew up to command John Rambo....more29minPlay
April 01, 2025The Dragnet Radio Podcast #71- The Big PictureA pair of phony talent scouts are targeting young girls with dreams of stardom in Hollywood. Commentary tonight on the tragedy of fame and fortune plus Jim shares a very personal tragic story about a close friend of his. ...more35minPlay
FAQs about Radio Retropolis:How many episodes does Radio Retropolis have?The podcast currently has 1,442 episodes available.