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Radio Retropolis

Radio Retropolis

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 broadcasts are remastered with improved sound quality, making them more immersive for today’s listeners while preserving their nostalgic charm. Plus, ORIGINAL PODCAST DOCUMENTARIES with exclusive interviews with pop icons. Retro Cool, Refreshingly New. The show’s tagline says it all: it’s not just about

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All Episodes

31:23

The My Favorite Husband Radio Podcast #68- Selling...

Radio Retropolis ·

2025/10/22

Liz inadvertently returns a dress to a more expensive store than where she bought it, and makes money on the deal. So she decides to go into business buying dresses at one store and returning them at the other. Commentary tonight on how this episode was remade on radio and adapted for I Love Lucy. Plus a look at how Lucille Ball redefined her comedic image from the early stages of radio into the clown she became.

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34:56

The Dragnet Radio Podcast #122- The Big Sorrow

Radio Retropolis ·

2025/10/21

Two convicts escape from a nearby penitentiary. According to reports they are heading towards Los Angeles and are both armed and dangerous. In the meantime, Friday is given some shattering news. His partner of 11 years Ben Romero died that morning of a massive heart attack. As Romero’s portrayer, Barton Yarborough, died in the same manner just a week before this episode, Jack Webb wanted an episode to pay tribute to his close friend.

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14:28

The Superman Radio Podcast #736- Knights of the White...

Radio Retropolis ·

2025/10/20

Superman is worried about the whereabouts of Jimmy and Jack who are now held captive by Vincent Kirby the head of the Knights of the White Carnation. Commentary on Jimmy's real age discovered here.

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30:53

The Inner Sanctum Radio Podcast #5- The Man From...

Radio Retropolis ·

2025/10/19

A doctor visits Africa to catch a large gorilla to bring him back to New York with them to go in a zoo. The gorilla, however, seems to take an unusual dislike in the doctor as if he had known him from somewhere. Commentary on the real evolution of man and gorilla that mirrors the plot line of this episode. Plus guest star Anne Seymour.

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29:31

The Shadow Radio Podcast #37- The Caverns of Death

Radio Retropolis ·

2025/10/18

During a cave tour, several students fall down a pit when the rail gives way. When a rescue team goes down, they find no bodies. The Shadow and Margot Lane investigate and discover a secret mine deep below the caverns and much more horrifying unearthing.

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30:58

The Suspense Radio Podcast #268- Beware the Quiet Man...

Radio Retropolis ·

2025/10/17

A two-timing wife thinks that her meek, bank-teller husband is planning to kill her. JR comments on the difference between misunderstandings in the style of drama versus comedy.

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19:18

The Superman Radio Podcast #735- Knights of the White...

Radio Retropolis ·

2025/10/16

Jimmy and Jack Wilson pretending to agree with the hate agitators, relayed to Kent that they were told to meet at a lunch wagon to get further instructions by telephone. But when they got there, they were carted away by the agents themselves who showed up in person. JR comments on the three reasons why dramas of the Golden Age are still far superior to those today.

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33:35

The My Favorite Husband Radio Podcast #67-Mrs. Cooper...

Radio Retropolis ·

2025/10/15

Liz tells George's mother that she's ill so the older Mrs. Cooper won't come to Liz' bridge game. But George's Mother, as well as all of Liz’ friends, thinks she is really pregnant. Commentary on why the word pregnant was an issue shortly after this episode. Also, we talk about the behind the scenes real life emotion that went in to the Lucy is Enceinte episode of I Love Lucy.

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40:45

The Dragnet Radio Podcast #121- The Big Overtime

Radio Retropolis ·

2025/10/14

A twenty-two-year-old girl has been abducted and her family receives an anonymous message demanding $30,000 for her safe return. This is Barton Yarborough’s very last episode of Dragnet. Commentary revisiting the history of how Dragnet came to be. Plus guest star Whit Connor who usually would have been an unlikely casting choice of Jack Webb's.

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15:19

The Superman Radio Podcast #734- Knights of the White...

Radio Retropolis ·

2025/10/13

Jimmy and Jack disregard Clark’s advice and decide to follow the man responsible for inciting the student riot not knowing they are being led right to the inner sanctum of the Knights of the White Carnation. JR comments on recent listener reviews of the Superman radio series.

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36:31

The Inner Sanctum Radio Podcast #4- The Island of Death

Radio Retropolis ·

2025/10/12

John and Muriel encounter car trouble and resort to stay at a spooky Haitian plantation in which they are told stories about the local voodoo which predicts an unhappy future for the couple.

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16:08

The Superman Radio Podcast #732- Knights of the White...

Radio Retropolis ·

2025/10/06

Superman works to clear the names of the boys who were first beaten and then framed for taking bribes thanks to Knights of the White Carnation. JR comments on how fate plays into the lives of Superman's pals.

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31:42

The My Favorite Husband Radio Podcast #65- Spring...

Radio Retropolis ·

2025/10/01

Liz sends George an anonymous love letter that she wrote to him during his bachelor days, and he thinks it’s from his secretary, Gladys. Commentary on whether men actually keep love letters and, if they do, are they from their wives or past girlfriends. Also Jim comments on what he found after listening to this episode.

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33:18

The Dragnet Radio Podcast #119- The Big Affair

Radio Retropolis ·

2025/09/30

Friday and Romero investigate carefully planned robberies are carefully planned in which the bandit commits brutal attacks on each of the victims. Commentary on guest actors Virginia Gregg and Vic Perrin. Plus, a popular phrase of the 1950's is explained.

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15:12

The Superman Radio Podcast #730- Knights of the White...

Radio Retropolis ·

2025/09/29

Although the four players have been cleared, they are threatened by a new and violent danger. Commentary on top song and radio program of that week.

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35:05

The Inner Sanctum Radio Podcast #2- The Tell Tale Heart

Radio Retropolis ·

2025/09/28

Edgar Allen Poe’s classic short story of a man named Simon,a former musician that went tone deaf, who after treatment has exceptional hearing. He meets Oliver, another patient, who was previously blind but now can see. Whereas Simon is filled with love, Oliver wants to spread hate and misery which leads Simon to make a drastic decision to save society. Commentary on Boris Karloff's radio career. Plus, how the real short story from Poe is much different than this broadcast.

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29:18

The Shadow Radio Podcast #34- Revenge on the Shadow

Radio Retropolis ·

2025/09/27

A crime boss, with the help of a Hindu who possesses mind control power plans to kill The Shadow, by kidnapping Margot Lane and "commanding" her to shoot to kill. Commentary to follow episode.

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34:22

The Suspense Radio Podcast #265- Deep Into Darkness...

Radio Retropolis ·

2025/09/26

A wrongly convicted man who served time in prison is bent on revenge for a man he supposedly killed yet is very much alive. JR comments on star Douglas Fairbanks, Jr and new announcer Paul Frees.

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15:01

The Superman Radio Podcast #729- Knights of the White...

Radio Retropolis ·

2025/09/25

Kent quickly put two and two together with Canfield’s murder and the suspension of the players that could be tied into a hate group not knowing that he himself will be on their next hit list. JR speaks on the importance of Jimmy Olsen in the serial.

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37:42

The My Favorite Husband Radio Podcast #64-The...

Radio Retropolis ·

2025/09/24

Liz and Iris make an appearance on a television show celebrating Friendship Week. Their friendship is tested, though, when they discover they've bought the same dress for the occasion. Commentary on the 1953 I Love Lucy episode that adapted this script plus how television nearly killed the movie business had it not been for two very big movements in the cinema that occurred in 1953-the same time as this I Love Lucy episode.

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