Tarzan and the Lypagor: Tarzan (April 10, 1952)

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“Tarzan and the Lypagor” is an episode of Tarzan, the old-time radio show, first broadcast April 10, 1952. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Dr. Sabina Meadows, a scientist in Cape Town, joins the Endicott expedition heading north into the jungle after a grieving confrontation with a past loss. The expedition meets Tarzan, who is fighting a colony of destructive white ants that has ruined the village of the Ogwaki tribe. Tarzan and Sabina work to drive the ants out, and Sabina's scientific knowledge becomes central to the struggle. Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle, is the lead, and this episode of the Tarzan series is dated April 10, 1952. The story turns on the ants, the expedition, and Sabina's growing involvement with the jungle people.

Cape Town and the jungle of Africa, including the village of the Ogwaki tribe

Characters: Dr. Sabina Meadows, Tarzan, Dr. Endicott, Ralph

Listen for: Sabina's exchange with Tarzan about the colony of white ants and her scientific plan to defeat them

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.