Government – Retro Radio Podcast

Chet Lauck and Norris Goff wearing a suit and tie smiling at the camera. Sitting in front of a radio microphone, one holding a script and the other adjusting his glasses -

Lum and Abner – Bank Robbers In Pine Ridge. 400304

By Keith March 4, 2024Comedy, Lum and Abner

After the election, the women now rule the local government. The unique nature of this event has made newspaper coverage, all to the embarrassment of Squire Skimp. Lum gets a…

"Two cowboys, Wild Bill Hickok and his trusty sidekick Jingles, ride their horses through a rocky landscape. Wild Bill holds a revolver in his right hand and Jingles holds a shotgun in his left. They both wear cowboy hats, bandanas and leather vests adorned with fringe. In the foreground, a buffalo stands in the grass, watching them pass by."

Wild Bill Hickock – Dark Horse Candidate. ep48, 520130

By Keith January 30, 2024Western, Wild Bill Hickock

A dark horse is a person or thing that is an unknown element. In the old West town where Jingles and Wild Bill find themselves an election is in progress.…

Lum and Abner – Operating A Post Office. 400103

By Keith January 3, 2024Comedy, Lum and Abner

Lum and Abner had tried to run their own Post Office, but learned it is illegal. Today, they share their fears of what might happen if the government found out…

Booster rockets at the bottom of an Apollo, Saturn style rocket.

X Minus One – To The Future. ep29, 551214

By Keith December 14, 2023Science Fiction, X Minus One

A Ray Bradbury story. A few friends talk about the new concept of taking a vacation by travelling to a different time. When one of them does go back in…

You Are There – The Ordeal Of Savonarola, 1498AD. 490220

By Keith July 28, 2023Drama, You Are There

A tense and excited throng gather to see if the new government will be overthrown for a return to the previous one. Will the new Christian government win out over…

Image of the Jot'em Down Store from the radio program "Lum and Abner", featuring a storefront with various items on display in the window and a group of people gathered outside. Visit the real store: http://lum-n-abner.com/

Lum and Abner – Lum Becomes The Substitute Postmaster. 481024

By Keith June 26, 2023Comedy, Lum and Abner

Show description is taken from the Jot ‘Em Down Journal, the official publication of the National Lum and Abner Society: Lum serves as substitute postmaster of Pine Ridge while regular…

Red Skelton (Avalon Time) Income Tax Trouble. ep10, 390311

By Keith March 11, 2023Comedy, Red Skelton

Red jokes with Dell King, and his back talking microphone about taxes. Hercules joins the financial humor, and Red continues on the topic of tax collectors. Phil Davis plays, My…

American flags, with a diversity of citizens standing in front. Men in jeans and t-shirts.

Democracy in America – The Aristocrats of Freedom. ep12, 620404

By Keith September 24, 2022Democracy in America, Documentary and Interview

A study in American law and lawyers. The influence of lawyers in public life impressed our French travelers. Could it be due to the fact that they were lawyers themselves?…

Democracy in America – The Governor in the Boarding House. ep2, 620124

By Keith July 16, 2022Democracy in America, Documentary and Interview

The next step in the observation in the democracy of 1831 is in the humble conditions of its leaders, living in a lack of pomp. Praise for one another seems…

American History Through the Eyes of Radio ep5 1732 Cavalcade of America – Benjamin Franklin. ep135, 380518

By Keith December 4, 2021Adventures by Morse, American History Through the Eyes of Radio, Cavalcade of America, Documentary and Interview, Drama

The orchestra sets the mood with a song, I Live the Life I Love. Starting from the boyhood days of Benjamin Franklin, we drop in on some of the pranks…