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Join Golden Age Radio host Bob Gariepy for a look at the golden greats of comedy, westerns, mystery, science fiction, adventure, music, and history.

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    • May 29, 2019 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 31m AVG DURATION
    • 40 EPISODES


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    40: The Man Called X

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2019 25:03


    Bob Gariepy and Golden Age Radio present "The Man Called X," a thrilling radio drama focused around one "Mr. X" and his series of increasingly dangerous cases that original aired on CBS and NBC between the years of 1944 and 1952!

    39: Abe Burrows Show: Looks Are Not Anything

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2019 14:48


    Radio on Golden Age Radio continues with this presentation of Abe Burrows' "Looks Are Not Anything!"

    38: The A&P Gypsies

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2019 38:02


    Bob Gariepy is back with a presentation of "The A&P Gypsies" on this week's episode of Golden Age Radio! The A&P Gypsies was a musical series that began its broadcast in 1924.

    37: 17th Academy Awards

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2019 67:39


    It's time for Hollywood's big night, the Academy Awards! No, not the 2019 Academy Awards - the 17th Academy Awards, which marked the first time this world famous award show was broadcast nationally!

    36: A Psychiatrist for Costello

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2019 30:35


    This time on Golden Age Radio, we take a look at a true classic with Abbott & Costello's "A Pyschiatrist for Costello," featuring special guest Linda Darnell!

    35: A Christmas Carol

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2019 60:43


    Is it Christmas? No, not quite yet, but that doesn't stop Bob Gariepy from featuring one of the most famous Christmas stories of all time on today's episode of Golden Age Radio - Charles Dickens' classic, A Christmas Carol.

    34: The 39 Steps

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2019 41:13


    The 39 Steps originally aired on Lux Radio Theater and featured a gripping murder mystery inspired by the one and only Alfred Hitchcock, and is the subject of today's episode of Bob Gariepy's Golden Age Radio!

    33: A Man Named Jordan

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2019 16:06


    Rocky Jordan is a freelance adventurer and occasionally barman who crosses path with men with dark secrets, women with ulterior motives, and mysteries aplenty. Say hello to "A Man Named Jordan," this time on Bob Gariepy's Golden Age Radio!

    32: A Day in the Life of Dennis Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2019 27:29


    On this episode of Golden Age Radio, host Bob Gariepy introduces you to "A Day in the Life of Dennis Day," an old-time radio situational comedy originally broadcast on NBC featuring a fictionalized version of Dennis Day, a naive, innocent, wisecracking soda jerk.

    31: Golden Age Music Collection #2

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2019 35:19


    Golden Age Radio returns, hosted by Bob Gariepy! This time, sit back and enjoy the second part of this week's Golden Age Radio Music Collection, featuring classics such as Al Bernard and Ernest Hare, Al Dollar and his Ten Cent Band w/ Billy Murray, and much more.

    30: Golden Age Music Collection

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2019 31:33


    Golden Age Radio returns, hosted by Bob Gariepy! This time, sit back and enjoy the first ever Golden Age Radio Music Collection, featuring classics such as 101 Strings Orchestra, the A&P Gypsies, and much more.

    29: Afloat With Henry Morgan

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2017 15:07


    On this episode of Golden Age Radio, Bob Gariepy ventures Down Under to introduce the Australian radio show, "Afloat With Henry Morgan." George Edwards produced and starred in this 52-episode series during the 1930s.

    28: The Adventures of Philip Marlowe

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2017 27:56


    This time on Golden Age Radio, Bob Gariepy introduces a thrilling episode of the private detective series, "The Adventures of Philip Marlowe." Created by Raymond Chandler, the program aired from 1947 until 1958.

    27: A Date With Judy

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2017 32:10


    On this episode of Golden Age Radio, Bob Gariepy introduces the teen comedy, "A Date With Judy." The program aired every Summer from 1941 until 1950 in place of Bob Hope's radio show.

    26: 21st Precinct

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2017 32:21


    Golden Age Radio returns with "21st Precinct," a show that originally aired in 1953 on the CBS Radio Network. This New York City-based police drama focused on the happenings in an actual police precinct.

    25: Adventure Parade

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2016 16:28


    On this episode of Golden Age Radio, Bob Gariepy introduces "Adventure Parade," a show that frequently adapted classic literature for a 15-minute radio show that originally aired in the mid to late 1940s.

    24: Adventure Ahead

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2016 32:21


    This time on Golden Age Radio, Bob Gariepy introduces "Adventure Ahead," a feature originally aired in 1944 written by among America's greatest fiction writers.

    23: Adventures of the Abbotts

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2016 33:24


    This time, Bob Gariepy introduces "The Adventures of the Abbotts," an NBC broadcast based on characters originating from Mutual's "Abbott Mysteries," which ran some years prior.

    22: Adventures of Babe Ruth

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2016 18:13


    This time on Golden Age Radio, Bob Gariepy introduces "Adventures of Babe Ruth," an old time radio series produced in 1934 that told dramatized episodes from MLB super slugger Babe Ruth's career.

    21: Abe Burrows Show

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2016 17:13


    Golden Age Radio returns with the "Abe Burrows Show," a 15-minute weekly comedy hosted by Abe Burrows from July 26, 1947 to October 28, 1949.

    20: ABC News With Orson Welles

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2016 18:49


    This week, something a little different - following the radio premiere of "War of the Worlds" and the panic that broadcast caused to listeners who believed that our world was being invaded by aliens, Orson Welles joined ABC News to discuss his story's "profound effect upon radio listeners."

    19: ABC Mystery Theater - Death Walked In

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2016 25:32


    ABC Mystery Time was an old time radio show hosted by Don Dowd and starred Sir Laurence Olivier that broadcast between the years of 1953 and 1958. On this episode, Bob Gariepy presents the series' "Death Walked In" episode.

    Episode 18: Vic & Sade

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2016 18:43


    This week on Golden Age Radio, host Bob Gariepy presents "Vic and Sade," written by Paul Rhymer, is the tale of a married couple living in "the small house halfway up in the next block."

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    Episode 17: Escape - Three Skeleton Key

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2016 35:08


    This time on Golden Age Radio, Bob Gariepy presents "Three Skeleton Key," a short story by the French author George G. Toudouze adapted for radio by the program "Escape."

    Episode 16: The Jack Benny Program

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2016 35:17


    Welcome back to Golden Age Radio! This episode, host Bob Gariepy presents "The Jack Benny Program," a radio-TV comedy series that ran for more than three decades.

    Episode 15: Abroad With The Lockharts

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2016 29:06


    This time on Golden Age Radio, host Bob Gariepy presents "Abroad With The Lockharts," a travel serial that takes listeners to new worlds.

    Episode 14: Abies Irish Rose

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2016 31:06


    This week on Golden Age Radio, host Bob Gariepy introduces "Abies Irish Rose," popular comedy by Anne Nichols about an Irish Catholic girl and her relationship with a young Jewish man in a time when such a thing was seen through the lens scandal.

    Episode 13: A Canticle For Leibowitz

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2016 31:29


    Originally a novel by American writer Walter M. Miller, Jr., A Canticle For Leibowitz tells the story of a Catholic monastery in the United States following a nuclear war that has destroyed much of our civilization.

    Episode 12: The Sealed Book

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2016 33:36


    Golden Age Radio is back with a mystery and terror tale for the ages, The Sealed Book, written by Robert Arthur, Jr for the Mutual network.

    Episode 11: Jezebel

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2015 33:07


    This episode of Golden Age Radio, host Bob Gariepy presents an episode of "Jezebel," written for radio by Frank Wilson, a romantic melodrama starring Bette Davis.

    Episode 10: A Case for Dr. Morelle

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2015 32:01


    Host Bob Gariepy presents an episode of "A Case For Dr. Morelle," a vintage radio drama series centered around the titular Dr. Morelle, a criminal psychologist with a knack for solving murder mysteries that have proven too complex for the police.

    2015 Halloween Special [Part 1] - Orson Welles' War of the Worlds

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2015 64:52


    In part one of this very special Halloween edition of the Golden Age Radio podcast, Bob Gariepy presents the legendary "War of the Worlds," a spooky suspense story about martian invaders attacking Earth. Originally broadcast in October of 1938, the show was said to have been so convincingly produced that listeners who missed the intro feared that an actual alien invasion was taking place.

    Episode 8: Sherlock Holmes

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2015 30:06


    This time on Golden Age Radio, Bob Gariepy presents a literary classic come to life - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "Sherlock Holmes."

    Episode 7: The Great Gildersleeve

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2015 29:00


    On this episode of Golden Age Radio, Bob Gariepy presents "The Great Gildersleeve," a radio situation comedy that originally broadcast from August 31, 1941 to March 21, 1957.

    Episode 6: Box 13

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2015 29:10


    Host Bob Gariepy presents "Box 13," a show about newspaperman-turned-mystery novelist Dan Holliday.

    Episode 5: Abbott and Costello

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2015 30:17


    Host Bob Gariepy introduces you, the listener, to the classic American comedy duo Abbott and Costello.

    Episode 4: The Shadow

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2015 35:49


    Host Bob Gariepy and frequent guest Matthew Belfiore take a look back at an episode of The Shadow.

    Episode 3: Life with Luigi

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2015 39:13


    Host Bob Gariepy and guest Matthew Belfiore enjoy an episode of Life with Luigi.

    Episode 1: Eddie Cantor Show

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2015 37:20


    Host Bob Gariepy and guest Matthew Belfiore take a look at the Eddie Cantor Show.

    Episode 2: Challenge of the Yukon

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2015 20:22


    Host Bob Gariepy and guest Matthew Belfiore take a look at the Challenge of the Yukon.

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