Radio Retropolis
Radio Drama Podcasts
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 nostalgia—it's about making retro pop culture relevant and exciting for modern audience!
Location:
United States
Genres:
Radio Drama Podcasts
Description:
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 nostalgia—it's about making retro pop culture relevant and exciting for modern audience!
Twitter:
@radioretropolis
Language:
English
Episodes
The My Favorite Husband Radio Podcast #71- Be a Pal
11/11/2025
Professor Millmoss, a speaker at Liz's women's club, convinces Liz that the way to have a happy marriage is for her to be interested in everything that interests George. Commentary on the popularity of this episode in which it was remade twice for radio and once for television. Plus, we discuss Harpo Marx, Lucy's inspiration in physical comedy, and how ill he really was while filming the mirror gag with Lucy during his guest appearance on the television show.
Duration:00:31:15
The Dragnet Radio Podcast #125- The Big Juvenile Division
11/10/2025
Two rival gangs are planning to rumble and Friday must stop it from happening in spite of a naive mother of the gang leader who refuse to believe her kid is involved. Commentary on how gangs evolved and operated during the 1950's which wasn't much different than West Side Story. Plus guest stars Charles Smith and Eddie Firestone.
Duration:00:30:24
The Superman Radio Podcast #742- The Man Without A Face Pt. 2
11/9/2025
Lois and Clark headed to port to greet Bucky Taylor only to find the young boy has disappeared from the ship. Nobody on the ship knows where he could be. JR speaks about Superman 2025 not being quite the financial success as had been initially reported.
Duration:00:20:50
The Inner Sanctum Radio Podcast #8- Black Sea Gull
11/9/2025
A dying woman promises her husband that she will return from the grave. She does return...several times! Commentary on iconic thriller actor Peter Lorre. Plus guest actress Judith Evelyn who was on a ship that was sunk by a German sub in WWII.
Duration:00:29:28
The Shadow Radio Podcast #40- Witch Drums of Salem
11/8/2025
In 1692, a clergyman sentences a woman to be burned at the stake due to witchcraft. A curse is then put upon the clergy's family. Generations later, the young son of the current reverend is killed out of superstitious revenge. Margot puts herself in grave danger as she investigates and the Shadow must get to her before she is the next victim. Commentary on racism in Hollywood during the 30's and how The Shadow brilliantly turned the stereotype back onto itself by showcasing a strong, honorable African man against a weak racist white man.
Duration:00:29:39
The Suspense Radio Podcast #271- The Morrison Affair (9/2/48)
11/6/2025
A wealthy woman fakes a pregnancy and kidnaps a baby passing him off as her own while convincing her skeptical husband, who's currently in India fighting in the war, that it's really his. JR speaks on the key problems with this episode.
Duration:00:33:11
The Superman Radio Podcast #741- The Man Without A Face Pt. 1
11/5/2025
As Vincent Kirby is sentenced to death for his crimes behind the White Carnation, a new sinister figure emerges threatening global peace with only a young boy having the power to stop him must now be protected by Perry White, Clark and Lois. JR speaks on what he didn't love about the 2025 Superman movie.
Duration:00:25:30
The My Favorite Husband Radio Podcast #70- Liz Learns to Swim
11/4/2025
George makes a bargain with Liz: If she'll learn to swim, they can go to the beach with the Atterburys for their vacation. Commentary on how Jess Oppenheimer frequently used old scenes from the series' earliest days simply because they were funny. We play the scene between Katy and Liz in this episode with an earlier pre-Jess Oppenheimer episode called Vacation Time from April 29, 1949.
Duration:00:32:34
The Dragnet Radio Podcast #124- The Big Red Pt. 2
11/3/2025
While undercover exposing a top heroin ring, Friday may have gotten himself in too deep which could expose his cover and threaten his life. Commentary on the medicinal benefits of heroin back in the early days including treating respiratory illnesses or to reduce pain which is why pharmaceutical companies like Bayer got behind it.
Duration:00:29:25
The Superman Radio Podcast #740- Knights of the White Carnation Pt. 14
11/2/2025
While Superman races to the mountains after figuring out the carnation clues to rescue Jimmy and Jack, Kirby intensifies his plans of the Knights of the White Carnation by planning to incite the students of the high school to track down all foreign born citizens. JR speaks on this radio series input into the Superman comics.
Duration:00:21:05
The Inner Sanctum Radio Podcast #7 - A Study for Murder
11/2/2025
A psychologist meets with a man on Death Row, who is about to be executed in two hours, to learn why he killed his wife. Instead, he becomes caught up in the fascination of why this man committed murder to the point where he himself is faced with those same inner demons. Commentary on the inner demons in all of us and what we would do if there were no repercussions. Boris Karloff stars.
Duration:00:26:54
The Shadow Radio Podcast #39- The Black Buddha
11/1/2025
An Oriental shop owner will kill anyone to regain a statue from the Far East, beginning with the lawyer to whom the statue was sold by mistake.
Duration:00:29:49
The Suspense Radio Podcast #270- Song of the Heart (8/26/48)
10/31/2025
A stifled man who lives with his suffocating passive aggressive aunt turns himself into the police claiming to have killed her. JR speaks on star Van Heflin.
Duration:00:35:54
The Superman Radio Podcast #739- Knights of the White Carnation Pt. 13
10/29/2025
Jimmy's dying, motionless body lies still on the floor while Jack worries he may now be faced with the same fate. JR speaks about Superman producer Robert Maxwell.
Duration:00:17:54
The My Favorite Husband Radio Podcast #69- George is Messy
10/28/2025
Liz is fed up with George's messy habits around the house, so she draws a line down the middle of the living room and divides the house in two--her half and his. Commentary on how this plot line of the divided room from this episode and the subsequent I Love Lucy episode was used in dozens of top sitcoms over the years. Plus a very special Radio Retropolis exclusive interview excerpt from guest actress tonight DORIS SINGLETON that has never been heard until now!
Duration:00:37:19
The Dragnet Radio Podcast #123- The Big Red Pt. 1
10/27/2025
A convict Friday put away for narcotics dealing has been released and is willing to help Friday catch the big man behind a heroin ring. In order to do so, Friday goes undercover to expose him. Commentary on why this was a standout episode for Jack Webb. Plus, Barney Phillips as new partner Ed Jacobs and why he was not long for the show.
Duration:00:29:24
The Superman Radio Podcast #738- Knights of the White Carnation Pt. 12
10/26/2025
Kent, who just found out about the story in the Planet called in by Jimmy, was astonished that Jimmy would write such a smear campaign against the players. Commentary on Kent's ability to break impossible codes.
Duration:00:14:14
The Inner Sanctum Radio Podcast #6- Dead Reckoning
10/26/2025
A tramp steamer captain rescues a man lost at sea who says he abandoned the ship because they were attacked by some sea monster that turned the water to blood with the crew started disappearing one by one. Commentary on the Manhattan Project which coincided with this day in history. Plus, actor Arthur Vinton who starred.
Duration:00:30:02
The Shadow Radio Podcast #38- Death Under The Chapel
10/25/2025
After a professor is fired dishonorably from the faculty, he seeks revenge by planning to set off a bomb at the chapel during graduation day. The countdown to the last of the Orson Welles episodes continues with four more to go.
Duration:00:29:31
The Suspense Radio Podcast #269- Crisis (8/19/48)
10/24/2025
A worried mother has a son with a severe life-threatening fever. Because of a widespread flu epidemic, she has to face the problems alone. JR speaks on actress Martha Scott.
Duration:00:32:05