What happens
Joe Prescott, a garage mechanic prospecting near Bakersfield, California, is about to blast a ridge with dynamite when a flying saucer appears. Its occupant, a being calling himself Tony, tells Joe that his race has detected atomic radiation from Earth and has come to judge whether humanity can be trusted. Tony takes Joe aboard the ship and they travel through time and space, looking over cities and nations around the world. Joe hears Tony describe the drastic measures his people might take. The episode is from the radio series Suspense, first broadcast on April 1, 1962, and stars Bob Redick and Santos Ortega, written by Robert Arthur.
Northeast of Bakersfield, California, then aboard a spaceship touring Earth, including Los Angeles, New York, Europe and Berlin
Characters: Joe Prescott, Tony, Nelly
Listen for: Tony's description of his people's options, from mild to drastic, for dealing with humanity
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.