The Soundscape series is a happy side effect of the research phase for the When Radio Ruled Historical Documentary Podcasts.

I listen to hundreds of hours of old time radio shows in order to create the year by year historical When Radio Ruled documentaries, and as I listen I extract the most interesting and entertaining bits and create a best of reel as a reference for when writing the script. And that’s what you are about to hear, a one hour chunk of really great audio artifacts from 1938.

This episode consists of a curated collection of Old Time Radio Clips originally broadcast live February 27 through March 9 1938.

Featuring:

Don Ameche

Charlie McCarthy

Edgar Bergen

Dorothy Lamour

Rosalind Russell

Eddie Cantor

Jimmy Wallington

The Lone Ranger

Norma Talmadge

Josephine Starr

Georgie Jessel

Jack Benny

Don Wilson

Phil Harris

Mary Livingston

Leo Robin

Ralph Ranger

and

Cecil B. DeMille 

Featured Songs Include:

Romance in the Dark – Dorothy Lamour

Way Down Yonder in New Orleans - Eddie Cantor

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes – Deanna Durbin

Orange Blossom Time – Bobby Breen

I Double Dare You Medley – Georgie Jessel

Thanks for the Memories violin instrumental – Jack Benny

and

Momma That Moon’s Here Again – Eddie Cantor

In this episode:

 Charlie McCarthy moves into the world of high finance when Edgar Bergen raises his allowance

 SeaBiscuit and Stage Hand run one of the greatest races in the history of the Santa Anita handicap.

 Leo Robin and Ralph Ranger try to talk Jack Benny out of playing their latest hit.

 Don Wilson Celebrates his 15th anniversary on the air!

 And More!!

Please come with me on the time machine to the year 1938 and be entertained by these giants of entertainment from long ago, alive again through the magic of the theater of the mind.