The Incomparable Radio Theater

By David J. Loehr

What's The Incomparable Radio Theater about?

The Incomparable Radio Theater is a series of original radio shows that pays homage to classic mid-20th century radio while also giving a nod to modern pop culture. It’s produced by the people who bring you The Incomparable podcast network.

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The Incomparable Radio Theater episodes:

03.01.2024
4.1: Bebop Palooka
In a dark city, on the wrong side of the tracks, a boxer with fists of fury and a heart of gold helps a woman in need. Or maybe it was his trainer with a swing like the Babe that...
11.23.2023
3.11: Meanwhile, Corrections
Giving thanks for our members and listeners, we answer some listener comments, correct some mistakes, apologize to some sponsors, and make references to other references. Listener Blair is also mentioned. This episode was originally released last month as part of...
02.28.2023
3.10: Where or When: A Box Just for Wishes
A preview of Where or When, episode 5, in which Will does a little research into the possibility of time travel, Olivia wonders why he’s listening to podcasts, Luna gets to know Frank Sinatra, and that’s when things get weird…wait,...
11.30.2022
3.9: Where or When: The Second Hand Unwinds
Check out our co-production with Lost Girls Theatre, a time-traveling beach read of a romcom, Where or When, created by Andie Arthur and David J. Loehr. Meet Liv and Will, living their happily ever after. She’s an event planner, he’s...
08.30.2022
3.8: Galaxy Scouts: Very Different Today
The doctor awoke floating in an escape pod in a most peculiar way, he was feeling very still, and there was nothing he could do…but he doubts his spaceship knows which way to go… Welcome to the fourth Galaxy Scouts...
05.12.2022
3.7: Galaxy Scouts: Greene -- Free Preview
As part of our network membership drive, we’re bringing you the opening scene of Episode 1 of Galaxy Scouts: Greene, the miniseries coming soon to the Incomparable Radio Theater. If you just can’t wait to hear the rest of this...
03.01.2022
3.6: Galaxy Scouts: In the Vastness of Night
In which we meet the intrepid bounty hunter Tycho Bass on a most dangerous mission. Brought to the tidally-locked planet Proxima B, Tycho faces a quarry unlike any he’s faced before…himself. What is his patron playing at? And who exactly...
12.25.2021
3.5: The Wise Man
As David prepares for Christmas Eve on the Incomparable Zeppelin, Travis performs a short piece about the wise men, we learn that chestnuts are overrated, and who’s that up on the roof after the milk and cookies? Happy holidays from...
12.01.2021
3.4: Galaxy Scouts: Starcross'd
A cat burglar. An interview. And what does all this have to do with Scoutmaster Greene? This is the second Galaxy Scouts Prelude, a series of short episodes setting the scene for the upcoming miniseries, Galaxy Scouts’ Greene. You may...
06.01.2021
3.3: Galaxy Scouts: Lost in the Stars
A raging space battle. A pilot in freefall. A rescuer in the nick of time…or not? Welcome to the first Galaxy Scouts Prelude, a series of short episodes setting the scene for the upcoming miniseries, Galaxy Scouts’ Greene. You may...
02.28.2021
3.2: Knight Must Fall
After snowstorms and blackouts, the conclusion to the Revengers’ adventure at last! John Squire and Anna Steele find themselves playing a deadlier game than the role playing adventure they were invited to attend. Another member of the ministry has gone...
12.26.2020
3.1: ...and to All a Good Knight
It’s a Christmas miracle, the Radio Theater is back on the air! Tonight’s episode features the Revengers, two British spies facing the impossible—and often the improbable. Because nothing says “Happy Holidays” like cold blooded murder and intrigue… Someone is killing...
05.19.2018
2.6: Away We Go
When murder strikes in the heart of Manhattan, two cops walk the dark side of the theatre district to solve the case. Broadway is their beat, and it’s five minutes to curtains. Also, the foley artist tries announcing, there’s some...
01.26.2018
2.5: I'll Write Now
Sunday night at seven? That means it’s time for The Monty Ashley Show! What are Monty and his friends doing for New Year’s Eve? And isn’t it a bit late for that? Feuding aunts, wacky neighbors, an announcer entirely too...
01.10.2018
2.4: A Mysterious Place Filled With Wonders
This week in technothrills, a science team at the South Pole experimenting with new food sources finds something has gone horribly wrong. Naturally, the call goes out for Pip Morgan and the Full Fathom Five, the undersea adventurers and international...
01.03.2018
2.3b: A Tip of Kindness
David’s in the zeppelin on a manhunt this week, but enjoy a word from one of our newest sponsors....
12.25.2017
2.3: Almost Like Being...
Dot is unstuck in time, unconscious in the Teslalator. Tesla is stuck on the spice mining planet of Brigadune, trapped without said Teslalator or any other way out. Malin is alive on a planet doomed to extinction, living her life...
12.20.2017
2.2: All the Music of Life Seems to Be...
Tesla and Dot are on their way to celebrate Christmas with Dot’s family when they stop at a planet that exists for only one day every one hundred years, but of course, it’s never that simple. Why is Dot suddenly...
12.06.2017
2.1: And There's a Creepy Doll
The show is back, if not the announcer, as David explores the lore around a doll museum at last, Steve hears voices, and we get the community news from a mysterious town in the French-Canadian desert. And just where is...
11.23.2017
1.15: The Fog: "Vengeance of the Scarab" (live)
In which the Fog rolls in, and in, and in, and Maisie could use a lozenge. Recorded live at the Know Theatre, August 14, 2017...
11.22.2017
1.14: The Fog: "The Scarab Strikes!" (live)
In which Margo does some detective work, and our hero seems to be missing in action…or is he? Recorded live at the Know Theatre, August 7, 2017...
11.21.2017
1.13: The Fog: "Kiss of the Scarab" (live)
In which our hero is confronted with another masked avenger, and Margo sees a Broadway show because she knows a guy. Recorded live at the Know Theatre of Cincinnati, Ohio, July 31, 2017....
01.24.2017
2.0: Season 2 Teaser
Coming later in 2017… a new season of The Incomparable Radio Theater, including an adventure of the Full Fathom Five!...
07.05.2016
1.12: In the Room, 1776
John Adams and Benjamin Franklin declare things in Philadelphia on a date that will live in infamy....
12.24.2015
1.11: The Adventures of Timmy Preston in Farfutureland
On their way to a science fair, Timmy and the Galaxy Scouts find themselves instead in the World of Tomorrow…or many worlds of many tomorrows… and yesterdays… not to mention the Happiest Place in the Galaxy…or is it? With our...
11.24.2015
1.10: That's What Sidhe Said
When last we left Marjorie Carter, she was on the trail of her kidnapped sidekick, Milo, en route to Connemara and the mysterious Candle of Nuada. Also, if you’re curious about Charles Babbage’s analytical engine, There You Are! [This ends...
11.20.2015
1.9: F for Frame
In old Quebec, Paul Citron meets an old friend, winds up with an F, taunts a new friend, and makes out like a bandit—if the old friend can be believed…...
11.10.2015
1.8: Dublin or Nothing
When her sidekick Milo is kidnapped, Marjorie Carter embarks on a car chase through the wilds of Ireland to uncover an ancient mystery....
11.03.2015
1.7: Live & Let's Spy
Commander Jetpack rescues a mysterious man from peril in the skies before meeting his yet-more-mysterious partner and battling peril beneath the waves!...
10.27.2015
1.6: Eli's Coming
Tesla and Schrödinger try to track down a quartet of Mandroids on the Princeton campus, while Dot and Milton journey to the center of the Teslalator to evade a rogue Mandroid hand....
10.21.2015
1.5: The Go On Show
Princeton, 1934: Tesla’s got amnesia, Schrodinger’s colleague has become a Mandroid, and Dot and a cat are trapped in the box with a robot…or not…wait… We seem to have misplaced the conclusion to last week’s episode. Please enjoy this rare...
10.13.2015
1.4: Schrödinger's Dot
Tesla and Dot’s visit to Erwin Schrödinger at Princeton in 1934 is interrupted by a series of unexpected visitors....
10.06.2015
1.3: French-ish
A prominent fashion designer is murdered, and his model girlfriend is the prime suspect. But when Doll Tearsheet begins to pull on one thread, the whole case starts to unravel…...
09.29.2015
1.2: O Canada
When a bank robber vanishes in a mysterious phenomenon, the Sky Mounties go from the frying pan into the flyer!...
09.22.2015
1.1: Jumpin' Jupiter!
Season Premiere: An “old friend” of Scoutmaster Greene’s makes trouble for Timmy and the Galaxy Scouts....
06.11.2015
0.7: Layers: The World of Tomorrow (Live)
Live from the Layers design conference in San Francisco, this is a new performance of original material from the Incomparable Radio Theater! (And yes, a full season of Incomparable Radio Theater is coming your way later this year.)...
12.23.2014
0.6: Rehearsing in the Zeppelin
Did you know that we’re releasing a season of Incomparable Radio Theater in 2015? It’s true! In fact, right now we are rehearsing the script on the Incomparable Zeppelin… let’s listen, shall we?...
12.26.2013
0.5: Two-Fisted Tales of Tesla
In a special holiday episode, Dot and Nik run into an unexpected set of fellow time travelers. And Dot is confronted with memories of her own Christmas past. Brought to you by Lohengrin Beer....
12.24.2013
0.4: The Lives of Paul Citron; Marjorie Carter
Paul Citron runs into a holy mess in postwar Vienna; Marjorie, Milo, and Rudolph venture deep into Finland’s interior to find a magic item and discover an old friend. Plus, regular holiday updates from Carl Phillips and the Gotham News...
12.23.2013
0.3: The Spooky Twist; The Fog
A roller-derby champion discovers what it means to be a legend; Canadian separatists threaten a ship on New Year’s Eve, and only The Fog and Margo can stop them. Brought to you by Cornet Blue Disposable Facial Tissue and Chock...
05.01.2013
0.2: Two-Fisted Tales of Tesla; Jenny Lane
Tesla and Dot meet Jules Verne and Georges Seurat; Jenny Lane tries to sort through a series of red herrings in order to find a murderer. Plus, Melkot Elevators and Grantham Manor Tea Biscuits....
04.01.2013
0.1: Galaxy Scouts; The Fog
In anticipation of our first original season of Incomparable Radio Theater coming later this year, we’re re-presenting the material from the two previous radio theater episodes of The Incomparable as a sort of “season zero.” In this episode, Timmy Preston...

What's The Incomparable Radio Theater about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

The Incomparable Radio Theater episodes:

4.1: Bebop Palooka

3.11: Meanwhile, Corrections

3.10: Where or When: A Box Just for Wishes

3.9: Where or When: The Second Hand Unwinds

3.8: Galaxy Scouts: Very Different Today

3.7: Galaxy Scouts: Greene -- Free Preview

3.6: Galaxy Scouts: In the Vastness of Night

3.5: The Wise Man

3.4: Galaxy Scouts: Starcross'd

3.3: Galaxy Scouts: Lost in the Stars

3.2: Knight Must Fall

3.1: ...and to All a Good Knight

2.6: Away We Go

2.5: I'll Write Now

2.4: A Mysterious Place Filled With Wonders

2.3b: A Tip of Kindness

2.3: Almost Like Being...

2.2: All the Music of Life Seems to Be...

2.1: And There's a Creepy Doll

1.15: The Fog: "Vengeance of the Scarab" (live)

1.14: The Fog: "The Scarab Strikes!" (live)

1.13: The Fog: "Kiss of the Scarab" (live)

2.0: Season 2 Teaser

1.12: In the Room, 1776

1.11: The Adventures of Timmy Preston in Farfutureland

1.10: That's What Sidhe Said

1.9: F for Frame

1.8: Dublin or Nothing

1.7: Live & Let's Spy

1.6: Eli's Coming

1.5: The Go On Show

1.4: Schrödinger's Dot

1.3: French-ish

1.2: O Canada

1.1: Jumpin' Jupiter!

0.7: Layers: The World of Tomorrow (Live)

0.6: Rehearsing in the Zeppelin

0.5: Two-Fisted Tales of Tesla

0.4: The Lives of Paul Citron; Marjorie Carter

0.3: The Spooky Twist; The Fog

0.2: Two-Fisted Tales of Tesla; Jenny Lane

0.1: Galaxy Scouts; The Fog