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Calling All Cars

Every episode, in the order it first aired. Play it right here, or subscribe in any podcast app.

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Calling All Cars: two new episodes a week, in the order they first aired

Every episode

3 episodes, in the order they first aired. Each plays on to the next. Subscribe in any podcast app with the feed.

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    Calling All Cars: 295 episodes of the old-time radio detective series, 1933-1939. Free as a podcast (two new episodes a week), every episode in the order it first aired.

    About Calling All Cars

    Calling All Cars is the old-time radio series first heard 1933–1939. Every episode we have, 297 of them, plays here in the order it first aired.

    The series

    Where the recordings come from

    The Calling All Cars recordings here come from the Old Time Radio Researchers' Calling All Cars Singles set (295 episodes), hosted by the Internet Archive. Our thanks to the Old Time Radio Researchers, the volunteers who found, dated and assembled the set, and to the Archive and the collectors whose uploads it rests on. The sound is our remaster of those files (rumble, hiss and hum cleaned out, levelled to steady broadcast loudness); the recordings themselves are theirs. About our sources.

    Every Calling All Cars episode: the full list, with air dates and stories

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    Questions

    What is Calling All Cars?

    Calling All Cars: 295 episodes of the old-time radio detective series, 1933-1939. Free as a podcast (two new episodes a week), every episode in the order it first aired.

    Is Calling All Cars free?

    Yes. Calling All Cars is free as a podcast, every episode: no sign-up, no app and no subscription. Potato Plus is optional and never required.

    Do I need an account or an app for Calling All Cars?

    No. Every episode plays right on https://stupidpotato.com/calling-all-cars/ , no sign-up. To follow it in a podcast app, subscribe to https://stupidpotato.com/calling-all-cars/feed.xml .

    Are there ads on Calling All Cars?

    No modern ads, and we promise none until Valentine's Day 2027 (February 14). Nothing breaks into the show to sell you something you never asked for. Any commercials you hear are the original sponsor spots that aired with the broadcast.

    How do I listen to Calling All Cars?

    Press Start from episode 1 on https://stupidpotato.com/calling-all-cars/ , or play any episode in the list there; each runs on into the next. Or add https://stupidpotato.com/calling-all-cars/feed.xml to any podcast app (Apple Podcasts, Pocket Casts, Overcast, AntennaPod).

    Who makes Calling All Cars?

    Calling All Cars is a Stupid Potato channel (https://stupidpotato.com/), made by Stupid Potato Studios and powered by MonsterCast. The other channels and the Stupid Potato cartoons are at https://stupidpotato.com/.