What happens
Irma Peterson and her roommate Jane Stacey help Richard with the reform campaign to elect Robert Colby as councilman in the primary election. Irma, eager to contribute, is drawn toward Al Lamont's scheme to back the rival candidate, Honest Jim Blake, in hopes of winning a city job and marrying Al. Meanwhile Professor Kropotkin and Mrs. O'Reilly add their own comic complications. The episode is a 1948 installment of the My Friend Irma radio comedy, first broadcast on CBS Radio on March 22, 1948, starring Marie Wilson as Irma and Cathy Lewis as Jane, with Hans Conried and Alan Reed in supporting roles.
New York City, during a primary election campaign
Characters: Irma Peterson, Jane Stacey, Richard, Robert Colby, Professor Kropotkin, Mrs. O'Reilly, Al Lamont, Joe
Listen for: Irma's efforts to help the election campaign and her growing support for Honest Jim Blake
Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.