Radio Nostalgia Network podcasts

Radio Memories Network

(If the link above takes you to something that doesn't look like a listing of channels such as Radio Nostalgia, yesterday usa, sci-fi, etc..) try this one :radiomemories.libsyn.com)

After mentioning old time radio podcasts in an earlier post, and chatting with a friend at work about them, I thought I might briefly mention my favorite old time radio site here.

There are feeds to a variety of channels which are aggregated into the main feed at radiomemories.libsyn.com. You can look around in there and see all of the latest podcasts from a variety of categories. I discovered some of the old comedies here - Ronnie Milsap interestingly enough hosts one of these and podcasts shows like Fibber McGee and Molly, Lum and Abner and Jack Benney.

If you have an idea already of what you like (say old radio detective shows), make sure you use the links at the bottom of this page instead of the 'channel' pages along the left. The bottom navigation will take you right to listings of shows you can individually subscribe to. Check out the Horn Speaker collection in Yesterday USA for gems like the Lone Ranger, Perry Mason and the Great Gildersleeve. Just looking around in here again has me wanting to sign up for several more feeds.
I'm a fan primarily of the comedies: Jack Benny mostly to start with -a great Jack Benny source is Tucker Mike (http://tucker.libsyn.com/) I discovered I liked the Great Gildersleeve and Life of Riley too, along with Burns and Allen, Abbott and Costello. Oh, and I found that Phil Harris (bandleader, part of Jack Benny's show, did the voice of Baloo in the jungle book), had a pretty good show of his own with his wife Alice Faye.

These podcasts are the perfect thing for me to fall asleep to. I used to leave the tv on a sleep timer, if I had trouble falling asleep, but no video to distract me is a much nicer option. My only problem is the shows generally run an hour and I always fall asleep before they're over, so I have to play them repeatedly to hear all of it.