57 internet radio stations stream free around the clock on Stupid Potato: 41 of them old-time radio, 154 series carried whole, each episode in the order it first aired, with 182 shows as podcasts too. No sign-up, no app, and no modern ads.
Free, no sign-up, no app, and no modern ads: we promise none until Valentine's Day 2027. The only commercials you will hear are the sponsor spots that aired with the original broadcasts.
Westerns (7) · Detectives and private eyes (12) · Comedy (6) · Mystery, suspense and horror (5) · Science fiction (2) · Drama and radio theatre (3) · Adventure and serials (3) · News and history as it was broadcast (1) · Sports (1) · Variety and music (1) · Christmas (2) · Halloween and horror (2) · Vintage TV commercials, trailers and themes (2) · Christmas radio stations (5) · Daily shows and nostalgia mixes (5)
Old-time radio westerns from the golden age, whole episodes back to back: Gunsmoke, Have Gun - Will Travel, Tales of the Texas Rangers, Frontier Gentleman, The Six Shooter and Fort Laramie. Small town, big trouble.
Listen live stream address https://stupidpotato.com/dry-gulch/live · podcast feed
Every Gunsmoke radio episode, 1952 to 1961, in the order it first aired, around the clock: William Conrad as Marshal Matt Dillon of Dodge City, with Parley Baer, Howard McNear and Georgia Ellis.
Listen live 1952-1961 · stream address https://stupidpotato.com/gunsmoke/live · podcast feed
Every Have Gun, Will Travel radio episode, 1958 to 1960, in the order it first aired, around the clock: John Dehner as Paladin, the gentleman gunfighter of San Francisco's Hotel Carlton, with Ben Wright as Hey Boy.
Listen live 1958-1960 · stream address https://stupidpotato.com/have-gun-will-travel/live · podcast feed
Every Frontier Gentleman radio episode from 1958, in the order it first aired, around the clock: John Dehner as J. B. Kendall, a reporter for the London Times writing his way across the American West.
Listen live 1958 · stream address https://stupidpotato.com/frontier-gentleman/live · podcast feed
Every Tales of the Texas Rangers radio episode, 1950 to 1952, in the order it first aired, around the clock: Joel McCrea as Ranger Jace Pearson, in cases drawn from the Rangers' own files.
Listen live 1950-1952 · stream address https://stupidpotato.com/texas-rangers/live · podcast feed
Every Six Shooter radio episode, 1953 to 1954, in the order it first aired, around the clock: James Stewart as Britt Ponset, a drifting cowhand with a soft voice and a fast gun.
Listen live 1953-1954 · stream address https://stupidpotato.com/six-shooter/live · podcast feed
Every Fort Laramie radio episode, 1956, in the order it first aired, around the clock: Raymond Burr as Captain Lee Quince of the cavalry, on the Wyoming frontier.
Listen live 1955-1956 · stream address https://stupidpotato.com/fort-laramie/live · podcast feed
Old-time radio private eyes from the golden age, whole cases back to back. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar first.
Listen live stream address https://stupidpotato.com/gumshoe/live · podcast feed
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the radio show, around the clock: the insurance investigator with the action-packed expense account, CBS Radio, 1949 to 1962.
Listen live 1948-1962 · stream address https://stupidpotato.com/johnny-dollar/live · podcast feed
Let George Do It, the radio show, around the clock: Bob Bailey as George Valentine, the private eye who answers the want ads, Mutual, 1946 to 1954.
Listen live 1946-1954 · stream address https://stupidpotato.com/let-george-do-it/live · podcast feed
Boston Blackie, the radio show, around the clock: the reformed jewel thief who works his own side of the law, 1944 to 1950.
Listen live 1944-1950 · stream address https://stupidpotato.com/boston-blackie/live · podcast feed
Broadway Is My Beat, the radio show, around the clock: Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover, the gaudy, the realistic, the hard-boiled Broadway, CBS, 1949 to 1954.
Listen live 1949-1953 · stream address https://stupidpotato.com/broadway-is-my-beat/live · podcast feed
Nick Carter, Master Detective, the radio show, around the clock: Lon Clark as Nick, with Charlotte Manson as Patsy, Mutual, 1943 to 1955.
Listen live 1943-1954 · stream address https://stupidpotato.com/nick-carter/live · podcast feed
The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, the radio show, around the clock: Gerald Mohr as Raymond Chandler's private eye, CBS, 1948 to 1951.
Listen live 1947-1951 · stream address https://stupidpotato.com/philip-marlowe/live · podcast feed
Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator, the radio show, around the clock: William Gargan as the Madison Avenue private eye, NBC, 1951 to 1955.
Listen live 1951-1955 · stream address https://stupidpotato.com/barrie-craig/live · podcast feed
Box 13, the radio show, around the clock: Alan Ladd as Dan Holiday, the newspaperman turned mystery writer who answers a classified ad, 1948 to 1949.
Listen live 1948-1950 · stream address https://stupidpotato.com/box-13/live · podcast feed
Pat Novak, for Hire, the radio show, around the clock: Jack Webb as the San Francisco waterfront boat-renter who keeps finding trouble, 1946 to 1949.
Listen live 1946-1950 · stream address https://stupidpotato.com/pat-novak/live · podcast feed
Richard Diamond, Private Detective, the radio show, around the clock: Dick Powell as the wisecracking private eye who sings, 1949 to 1953.
Listen live 1949-1953 · stream address https://stupidpotato.com/richard-diamond/live · podcast feed
The Adventures of Sam Spade, the radio show, around the clock: Howard Duff as Dashiell Hammett's detective, dictating his reports to Effie, 1946 to 1951.
Listen live 1946-1951 · stream address https://stupidpotato.com/sam-spade/live · podcast feed
Old-time radio comedy from the golden age, whole shows back to back, around the clock: the great sitcoms, comedians and their casts, live before a studio audience.
Listen live stream address https://stupidpotato.com/laugh-track/live · podcast feed
Jack Benny was born Benjamin Kubelsky in 1894 and grew up in Waukegan, Illinois. Jack Benny|The Jack Benny Program: 704 episodes of the old-time radio comedy series from NBC / CBS Radio, 1932-1955, starring Jack Benny and Mary...
Listen live 1932-1955 · stream address https://stupidpotato.com/jack-benny/live · podcast feed
The Great Gildersleeve was one of the earliest spin-offs in broadcasting, built around a character from Fibber McGee and Molly. The Great Gildersleeve: 517 episodes of the old-time radio comedy series from NBC, 1941-1958, starring...
Listen live 1941-1957 · stream address https://stupidpotato.com/great-gildersleeve/live · podcast feed
Our Miss Brooks premiered on CBS radio on July 19, 1948, with Eve Arden as Connie Brooks, a sharp-tongued English teacher at Madison High School. OTRR Our Miss Brooks Singles|Our Miss Brooks: 173 episodes of the old-time radio comedy...
Listen live 1948-1957 · stream address https://stupidpotato.com/our-miss-brooks/live · podcast feed
George Burns was born Nathan Birnbaum in 1896. Burns and Allen|The Burns and Allen Show: 265 episodes of the old-time radio comedy series from CBS / NBC Radio, 1932-1950, starring Gracie Allen and Bea Benaderet. Free, live around the...
Listen live 1936-1950 · stream address https://stupidpotato.com/burns-and-allen/live · podcast feed
Fibber McGee and Molly premiered on NBC on April 16, 1935. Fibber McGee and Molly: 151 episodes of the old-time radio comedy series from NBC Radio, 1935-1959, starring Harold Peary and Bill Thompson. Free, live around the clock and as a...
Listen live 1940-1944 · stream address https://stupidpotato.com/fibber-mcgee/live · podcast feed
Suspense, mystery and the macabre from old-time radio, whole stories back to back: Suspense, The Whistler, Escape, Inner Sanctum and more. Your night operator, Ophelia Crane, puts you through.
Listen live stream address https://stupidpotato.com/midnight-exchange/live · podcast feed
Our guides to 908 episodes tag them most often: suspense, crime and mystery. Suspense: 910 episodes of the old-time radio mystery and suspense series, 1940-1962. Free, live around the clock and as a podcast (a new episode every day)...
Listen live 1940-1962 · stream address https://stupidpotato.com/suspense/live · podcast feed
Our guides to 494 episodes tag them most often: mystery, crime and murder. The Whistler: 496 episodes of the old-time radio mystery and suspense series, 1942-1955. Free, live around the clock and as a podcast (a new episode every day)...
Listen live 1942-1955 · stream address https://stupidpotato.com/the-whistler/live · podcast feed
Our guides to 248 episodes tag them most often: adventure, mystery and drama. Escape: 250 episodes of the old-time radio mystery and suspense series, 1947-1954. Free, live around the clock and as a podcast (two new episodes a week)...
Listen live 1947-1954 · stream address https://stupidpotato.com/escape/live · podcast feed
Our guides to 143 episodes tag them most often: mystery, horror and murder. Inner Sanctum Mysteries: 145 episodes of the old-time radio mystery and suspense series, 1941-1952. Free, live around the clock and as a podcast (two new...
Listen live 1941-1952 · stream address https://stupidpotato.com/inner-sanctum/live · podcast feed
Science fiction from old-time radio, whole stories back to back: X Minus One, Dimension X, Space Patrol and more. Rivet, a tin robot who learned English from 1950s radio, minds the controls.
Listen live stream address https://stupidpotato.com/signal-from-tomorrow/live · podcast feed
Our guides to 119 episodes tag them most often: science fiction, radio drama and x minus one. X Minus One: 121 episodes of the old-time radio science fiction series, 1955-1973. Free, live around the clock and as a podcast (a new episode...
Listen live 1955-1973 · stream address https://stupidpotato.com/x-minus-one/live · podcast feed
Radio's golden-age playhouses, whole episodes back to back, around the clock: the great films and plays retold on the air, from Lux Radio Theatre to Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre on the Air and The Campbell Playhouse.
Listen live stream address https://stupidpotato.com/opening-night/live · podcast feed
Orson Welles on the radio, around the clock: The Mercury Theatre on the Air, The Campbell Playhouse, The Lives of Harry Lime, his turns as The Shadow and on Suspense, in the order they first aired.
Listen live 1937-1952 · stream address https://stupidpotato.com/orson-welles/live · podcast feed
Our guides to 737 episodes tag them most often: romance, drama and comedy. Lux Radio Theatre: 740 episodes of the old-time radio drama series, 1935-1955. Free, live around the clock and as a podcast (a new episode every day), every...
Listen live 1935-1955 · stream address https://stupidpotato.com/lux-radio-theatre/live · podcast feed
The heroes and serials of radio's golden age, whole episodes back to back, around the clock: The Adventures of Superman, The Green Hornet and Tarzan.
Listen live stream address https://stupidpotato.com/cliffhangers/live · podcast feed
Recurring characters: Clark Kent, Superman and Jimmy Olsen; most episodes are set in Metropolis. The Adventures of Superman: 909 episodes of the old-time radio adventure series, 1940-1947. Free, live around the clock and as a podcast (a...
Listen live 1940-1947 · stream address https://stupidpotato.com/superman/live · podcast feed
Recurring characters: Britt Reid, Kato and Lenore Case; most episodes are set in A city. The Green Hornet: 332 episodes of the old-time radio adventure series, 1936-1954. Free, live around the clock and as a podcast (two new episodes a...
Listen live 1936-1954 · stream address https://stupidpotato.com/green-hornet/live · podcast feed
This Just In is old-time radio news as it happened, around the clock: Pearl Harbor and D-Day bulletins, Edward R. Murrow from London, FDR's fireside chats, CBS World News Today, Soldiers of the Press and You Are There, whole broadcasts...
Listen live stream address https://stupidpotato.com/this-just-in/live · podcast feed
The Press Box is old-time sports radio around the clock: Bill Stern's Sports Newsreel with its tall tales and star guests, The Grantland Rice Story, The Adventures of Babe Ruth and more from the 1930s to the 1950s.
Listen live stream address https://stupidpotato.com/press-box/live · podcast feed
Music, variety and the home front from radio's golden age, whole programs back to back, around the clock: big bands and crooners, country and gospel, quiz and novelty shows, and wartime radio.
Listen live stream address https://stupidpotato.com/variety-hour/live · podcast feed
Santa spins novelty Christmas records, holiday songs and carols, vintage toy commercials and B-movie Christmas trailers from North Pole Radio, the little station in the corner of his workshop, with a bit of trivia and a corny joke...
Listen live stream address https://stupidpotato.com/north-pole-radio/live · podcast feed
Christmas old-time radio, free and 24/7: the complete holiday broadcasts of radio's golden age, Lux Radio Theater's Pinocchio, Campbell Playhouse's A Christmas Carol and the Christmas episodes of Jack Benny, Gunsmoke, Suspense, Johnny...
Listen live stream address https://stupidpotato.com/north-pole-specials/live · podcast feed
Vivienne Vayne spins spooky songs, vintage horror trailers, sound effects and station breaks, with a bit of history, a fact or two and a terrible joke between them.
Listen live stream address https://stupidpotato.com/the-night-shift/live · podcast feed
The long ones, after midnight: old horror radio dramas like Inner Sanctum and The Mysterious Traveler, horror film audio and whole soundtrack suites, played complete with vintage commercial breaks.
Listen live stream address https://stupidpotato.com/night-shift-late-show/live · podcast feed
Ricky Voltage spins retro TV commercials, movie trailers, TV themes and the songs that went with them, with a fact, a story and a cheesy one-liner between them.
Listen live stream address https://stupidpotato.com/dont-touch-that-dial/live · podcast feed
The long reels: 1950s classroom films, drive-in and grindhouse trailer reels and vintage commercial marathons, played whole with old-school commercial breaks.
Listen live stream address https://stupidpotato.com/dial-double-feature/live · podcast feed
Christmas Drive-In is free rock'n'roll Christmas radio, 24/7: doo-wop, rockabilly and novelty Christmas records from the 1950s and 60s with vintage drive-in intermission spots, snack-bar ads and old movie trailers between them, from the...
Listen live stream address https://stupidpotato.com/christmas-drive-in/live · podcast feed
Vintage Christmas is free vintage Christmas radio, 24/7: the Christmas records of the 1900s to the 1950s, Edison cylinders and 78s, the first recorded carols, the choirs, dance bands and crooners of the 20s, 30s and 40s, introduced by...
Listen live stream address https://stupidpotato.com/vintage-christmas/live · podcast feed
Boomer Xmas is free Christmas radio for baby boomers, 24/7: the classic Christmas songs of Bing Crosby, Perry Como, Nat King Cole and Brenda Lee with the vintage toy commercials and holiday jingles of the 1950s and 60s between them...
Listen live stream address https://stupidpotato.com/boomer-xmas/live · podcast feed
Gen X Xmas is free Christmas radio for Generation X, 24/7: the classic Christmas songs everybody grew up on, Bing, Nat King Cole, Burl Ives and Brenda Lee, with the toy commercials, cereal ads and TV-special promos of the 1970s and 80s...
Listen live stream address https://stupidpotato.com/genx-xmas/live · podcast feed
Christmas Lounge is free Christmas jazz and crooners radio, 24/7: quiet trios, orchestras, strings and the great crooners' Christmas records, for dinner, for work or for falling asleep. No commercials, no talk beyond a station break, no...
Listen live stream address https://stupidpotato.com/christmas-lounge/live · podcast feed
Lucky the cartoon dog spins cartoon theme songs and the commercials that ran between them: toys, cereal, candy and games from the 1950s to the 1990s.
Listen live stream address https://stupidpotato.com/saturday-mornings/live · podcast feed
Boomer Mix is the daily baby boomer nostalgia podcast: vintage TV commercials, classic TV theme songs, retro jingles, cereal and toy ads and old network promos from the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s, hosted by Skip Delaney, a warm...
Listen live stream address https://stupidpotato.com/boomer-mix/live · podcast feed
Gen X Mix is the daily Generation X nostalgia podcast: 80s TV commercials, Saturday morning cartoon and TV theme songs, retro jingles, toy and cereal ads and MTV-era promos from the late 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s, hosted by Roxy...
Listen live stream address https://stupidpotato.com/genx-mix/live · podcast feed
Coming Attractions is the daily vintage movie trailer podcast: classic theatrical trailers and old movie previews from the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, from drive-in horror and science fiction B-movies, westerns, monster movies and...
Listen live stream address https://stupidpotato.com/coming-attractions/live · podcast feed
Every Stupid Potato channel at once, shuffled around the clock: westerns and private eyes, old-time comedy, spooky songs, vintage TV and commercials, Saturday-morning cartoons and holiday cheer.
Listen live stream address https://stupidpotato.com/all-mixed-up/live · podcast feed
Yes. Every station streams free, 24 hours a day, with no sign-up, no app and no subscription. Potato Plus is an optional membership for on-demand play and transcripts; the stations and podcasts never need it.
57 live stations right now: 41 play old-time radio (westerns, detectives and private eyes, comedy, mystery and suspense, science fiction, adventure serials, radio theatre), the rest are Christmas, Halloween, vintage TV and nostalgia mixes. 182 of our shows are also podcasts.
Press Listen live on any station's page, or open its stream address (https://stupidpotato.com/<station>/live) in any audio player: VLC, a smart speaker app, a car's web player. Series channels are podcasts too: add the station's feed.xml to Apple Podcasts, Pocket Casts or any podcast app.
Free, no sign-up, no app, and no modern ads: we promise none until Valentine's Day 2027. The only commercials you will hear are the sponsor spots that aired with the original broadcasts.
The radio dramas, comedies, mysteries, westerns and variety shows broadcast in the United States from the 1930s to the early 1960s, before television took their place. Our stations play the surviving recordings, remastered, each series in the order its episodes first aired.