A network of podcasts under several genres relating to the retro pop culture field and how these features are relevant to everyone today. These podcasts will consist of classic radio dramas and commentary from Jim Romanovich, blogs, new interviews from individuals who contributed to the pop culture experience, and high-end audio documentaries.
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The Superman Radio Podcast #675- Phony Song Publishing Co. Pt. 8
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Jimmy and Beanie’s peril becomes more frightening as they find themselves tied in a building engulfed in flames and nobody knows they are there. JR comments on the marketing trick used in the Pep Cereal Comic Buttons.By Radio Retropolis
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The My Favorite Husband Radio Podcast #37- The Elves
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Liz and George arrive home from vacation to find that someone has been ordering strawberry ice cream from the milkman every day, and the pink trail leads to the doorstep of their new neighbors, Mr. & Mrs. Wood, and their ten children.By Radio Retropolis
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The Dragnet Radio Podcast #53- The Big Dare
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Detective Sergeant Joe Friday in homicide detail. Investigates the brutal knifing murder of a woman in her own home and the unusual circumstance around it. Commentary on the simplicity of story which made it even more interesting along with the real story of Mendocino State Hospital and the connection to a very famous cult, plus part 3 with Bill Ro…
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The Superman Radio Podcast #674- Phony Song Publishing Co. Pt. 7
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Kent is unaware of the serious danger Jimmy and Beanie are in as an even bigger threat is looming that will hasten their demise. JR comments on the importance of Jimmy Olsen in the radio episodes and what each of the main characters brings to the series.By Radio Retropolis
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The Lights Out Radio Podcast #39- The Spider
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Two nefarious opportunists stuck in Brazil stumble across a spider as big as a dog, deep in the jungle. Obviously, this is their ticket home if they can catch it-before IT catches them!By Radio Retropolis
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The Shadow breaks up a spy ring who are destroying shipyards and sinking submarines.By Radio Retropolis
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The Suspense Radio Podcast #238- Man Who Liked Dickens (10/9/47)
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An explorer deep in the Amazon jungle is saved from near death by an old hermit whose only request for saving the explorer’s life is that he be read Dickens novels all day long…for the rest of his life. JR comments on the sad life of Richard Ney. Plus we look at writer Richard Breen's working relationship with Jack Webb.…
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The Superman Radio Podcast #673- Phony Song Publishing Co. Pt. 6
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Jimmy and Beanie are on their own as they try to expose the phony song publishers as racketeers, but unfortunately for them the racketeers are suspicious. JR comments on Your Hit Parade which Jimmy mentions.By Radio Retropolis
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The My Favorite Husband Radio Podcast #43- Halloween Surprise Party
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Liz hears about the Atterbury’s Halloween party and is upset that she and George just weren't invited. So she decides to throw her own and invite all her friends who turn out to be busy that night.By Radio Retropolis
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The Dragnet Radio Podcast #52- The Gentleman Bandit Part 2
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Three people have been shot down in a twelve thousand dollar hold-up. One of the bandits is apprehended, convicted and sent to prison for life, while Frank Chaney, the rich man murderer, is still at large. Commentary on the ballad of Joe Friday in which the success he has as a cop is polar opposite to his life away from the badge. Also, part 2 of o…
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The Superman Radio Podcast #672- Phony Song Publishing Co. Pt. 5
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Jimmy, upon believing racketeers have extorted $500 from Poco for their phony song publishing company, decides to go undercover to expose them. JR comments on the Christmas Seals PSA in this episode.By Radio Retropolis
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The Lights Out Radio Podcast #38- Murder in the Script Department
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Two network secretaries find themselves the object of bizarre occurrences while typing out a script for Lights Out. Mercedes McCambridge, who just appeared in the episode Execution, returns to fine form as Oboler secretary Bernice whose very sanity is given the ultimate test.By Radio Retropolis
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The Shadow Radio Podcast #6 The League of Terror
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The Shadow breaks up a counterfeit ring who are terrorizing a poor neighborhood.By Radio Retropolis
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The Suspense Radio Podcast #237- Story of Markham's Death (10/2/47)
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A mystery writer plagiarizes an unreleased and thought to be unknown manuscript of Edgar Allan Poe as his own to which he has received high accolade. But someone else knows his secret which could ruin him. JR speaks on box office hit films that were sued for plagiarism.By Radio Retropolis
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The Superman Radio Podcast #671- Phony Song Publishing Co. Pt. 4
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While Kent and White are anguishing over what could Poco be doing, Jimmy decides to take matters into his own hands and enlists Beanie to help find the truth. JR counts down the The Best Superman Movies of All Time.By Radio Retropolis
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The My Favorite Husband Radio Podcast #35- Liz Changes Her Mind
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Liz can't seem to follow through on anything without changing her mind. After George complains, Liz is determined to finish everything she starts, including an old unfinished letter that she finds in her desk, telling George she's leaving him.By Radio Retropolis
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The Dragnet Radio Podcast #51- The Gentleman Bandit Pt. 1
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Friday has to track down a rich man on a who continues to rob and kill people, even after an eighteen year stay in prison. Commentary and part 1 of an exclusive interview with legendary San Francisco radio announcer Bill Roddy who housed Jack Webb in the mid 40s right before Webb's success.By Radio Retropolis
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The Superman Radio Podcast #670- Phony Song Publishing Co. Pt. 3
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Superman rescues Poco from the refrigerated train car in time just to find out that he ahas disappeared once again. JR counts down the Top Superman Actors of All Time.By Radio Retropolis
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The Lights Out Radio Podcast #37- Heavenly Jeep
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The Captain and his Sergeant hit a landmine in their jeep and escape with nothing more than a scratch. But by enemy aircraft open fire on them and they find themselves in a mysterious world where nothing makes sense. Are they dead? Are they in suspended animation?By Radio Retropolis
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The Shadow Radio Podcast #5- The Death Triangle
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The Shadow comes to the aid of a doctor who was once a prisoner on Devil's Island.By Radio Retropolis
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The Suspense Radio Podcast #236- The Blue Hour (9/25/47)
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A dancer and news reporter get involved with murder and a mysteriously valuable item known only as The Blue Hour. Commentary on stars Claire Trevor and Sidney Miller.By Radio Retropolis
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The Superman Radio Podcast #669- Phony Song Publishing Co. Pt. 2
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With Poco’s life in danger trapped inside a refrigerated freight car, his only hope is if Superman and Batman could rescue him in time. JR discusses Poco's history on the series.By Radio Retropolis
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The My Favorite Husband Radio Podcast #34- George Ruins a Television Set
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Liz and George's visit to their next-door neighbors, the Stones, turns into a disaster when George tries to repair the Stones' new television set by himself.By Radio Retropolis
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The Dragnet Radio Podcast #50- The Big Bomb
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In our first remake, and an important one at that as this episode all takes place in real time, Friday and Romero are faced with a deadline to stop a madman who is threatening to blow up city hall just 28 minutes from the start of this broadcast. Commentary on how this episode's script was used as the pilot for the television series. Also focused o…
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The Superman Radio Podcast #668- Phony Song Publishing Co. Pt. 1
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As Kent continues the ruse of recovering from an explosion to hide his secret identity, we learn that Perry White has been shot and by a most unlikely suspect. JR speaks on the subject of style and why one choice changes the who dynamic and not for the better.By Radio Retropolis
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The Lights Out Radio Podcast #36- Execution
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A Nazi soldier publicly executes 50 women by hanging to punish a town that refused to hand over a defender. But as each are hanged, the Nazi aggressor notices something strangely familiar about each woman. Something that begins to terrify him.By Radio Retropolis
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The Shadow Radio Podcast #4-Circle of Death
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Several bomb explosions are caused by a man who hates crowds. The police are unable to make any progress and the town becomes more scared.By Radio Retropolis
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The Suspense Radio Podcast #235- The Visitor (9/18/47)
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A man thought to be drowned three years ago suddenly shows up in town looking to resume the life he knew although one suspects there is another motive in his return. Commentary on why this was one of the best Suspense episodes of the entire series so far.By Radio Retropolis
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The Superman Radio Podcast #667- Secret Letter Pt. 7
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Superman does his best to protect his secret identity by getting the Metropolis police department involved in using forensic technology to identify the culprits. However, any information they find may expose the truth. JR comments on the rushed ending.By Radio Retropolis
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The My Favorite Husband Radio Podcast #33- Hair Dyed
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Liz's gossiping hair stylist forgets what she's doing and mistakenly dyes Liz's hair black. Now nobody recognizes Liz, so she decides to pose as another woman and flirt with George to test his faithfulness.By Radio Retropolis
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The Dragnet Radio Podcast #49- The Big Frame
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A dead body was found in the streets in the early hours of the morning and there’s only one clue- a set of skid marks on the pavement.By Radio Retropolis
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The Superman Radio Podcast #666- Secret Letter Pt. 6
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Superman devises a plan to get his letter back from Eyebrows and Buster, yet he may have opened himself up to even more danger for himself and Bruce Wayne. JR comments on the lack of efficiency being becoming Batman.By Radio Retropolis
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This was a remake of a previous Lights Out episode called The Dream with Boris Karloff that probes the subconscious instinct of a person where the desire to kill cannot be controlled.By Radio Retropolis
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The Shadow Radio Podcast #3- The Three Ghosts
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A recently married woman is brought to madness while living in her husband's creepy manor.By Radio Retropolis
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The Suspense Radio Podcast #234- The Twist (9/11/47)
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A comedy writer decides to frame his competitor for murder. But as this title suggests, things don’t always go according to plan. Commentary on why this "twist" missed the mark.By Radio Retropolis
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The Superman Radio Podcast #665- Secret Letter Pt. 5
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Superman desperately tries to retrieve his letter revealing his secret identity that Eyebrows and Buster now believe is authentic. Fortunately, he has one ally who can help him- Batman. JR comments on the Clark Kent/Bruce Wayne dynamic.By Radio Retropolis
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The My Favorite Husband Radio Podcast#32- Liz in the Hospital
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Liz’ tonsils have to come out and she does everything possible to make sure that doesn’t happen.By Radio Retropolis
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The Dragnet Radio Podcast #48- The Big Grab
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Professor Kessell's wife has been taken by a man posing as a cop. There is no sign of her whereabouts or the identity of the kidnapper.By Radio Retropolis
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The Superman Radio Podcast #664- Secret Letter Pt. 4
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While Kent searches for his letter, the two thugs who found it have their own plans. JR comments on how the thugs missed the clues to Kent's identity.By Radio Retropolis
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The Lights Out Radio Podcast #34- The Archer
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A young woman held prisoner in an old mine by bandits receives help from an unearthly source. Hans Conried and Claudette Colbert star.By Radio Retropolis
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The Shadow Radio Podcast #2- The Temple Bells of Neban
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The Shadow meets an exotic woman from his past. He soon discovers that she has been trained in the remote and mysterious area of India, the same place where he learned his power to control minds and make himself invisible.By Radio Retropolis
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The Suspense Radio Podcast #233- Double Ugly (8/28/47)
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A brutish man, who has been tormented since he was a small boy for his physical ugliness, finds a good woman who will marry him in spite of his appearance. However, his tortured past continues to haunt him which leads him to his only solution to stop the pain-murder. Commentary on the double meanings within this episode.…
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The Superman Radio Podcast #663- Secret Letter Pt. 3
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Kent learned that Perry had lost Kent’s letter- the letter given to him that reveals Kent’s secret identity as Superman. His worst fears are about to come true as the letter was discovered by two men who were astonished when they read the letter. JR comments on what Superman's role should be in society.…
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The My Favorite Husband Radio Podcast #31- Getting Old
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Scanning her old high school yearbook, Liz decides she's old, and everything George does to try to snap her out of it just makes things worse.By Radio Retropolis
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The Dragnet Radio Podcast #47-The Big Mink
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The owner of a fur store has been shot and killed and the only lead is a missing fur coat.By Radio Retropolis
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The Superman Radio Podcast #662- Secret Letter Pt. 2
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Superman has returned safely from apollo only to learn, as Kent, that letter revealing is secret identity has been lost. JR comments on why Kent's glasses are a good disguise.By Radio Retropolis
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The Lights Out Radio Podcast #33- Money, Money, Money
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A poor sailor wins three thousand dollars in a sweepstakes but his friend Tony has other plans for the money.By Radio Retropolis
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The Shadow Radio Podcast #1- The Death House Rescue
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A man who's looking for a job mistakenly becomes involved with a bank robbery. He is later sentenced to death for a cop killing he didn't commit.By Radio Retropolis
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The Suspense Radio Podcast #232- Murder Aboard The Alphabet (8/21/47)
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When the captain of the tugboat Alphabet requires all crew to perform their tasks in alphabetical order, things get even stranger when the crewman start to disappear in alphabetical order fearing the their mad captain is responsible. Commentary on understanding the clues to the guilty party. Plus, actor John Lund.…
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The Superman Radio Podcast #661- Secret Letter Pt. 1
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Superman races through space back to earth after saving Apollo from destruction to stop Perry from opening the letter he as Kent left for him pending his demise to explain everything-including his secret identity. Commentary on the need for Superman's dual identity.By Radio Retropolis
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