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Behind the Mike: How Radio Made the Invisible World
What really happened on the other side of the microphone?
In the autumn of 1940, NBC Blue did something wonderfully unusual. Behind the Mike, hosted b…
3 days, 11 hours ago
Daybreak: The Impossible Room
A locked room. A murdered man. Witnesses who insist no one could have entered or escaped. And yet someone did.
On today’s Daybreak, we enter the ingen…
3 days, 17 hours ago
The Red Planet: The Most Frightening Thing on Mars Is an Order
In 1954, millions of BBC listeners climbed aboard the Discovery and set out for Mars.
What they found there was far more disturbing than little green …
4 days, 8 hours ago
Death in Ecstasy: Murder at the Sacred Flame
A bored journalist steps inside the mysterious House of the Sacred Flame. A beautiful and wealthy woman is chosen for the evening’s ritual. She drink…
4 days, 9 hours ago
So, You Want to Stay Married?
In 1947, Carleton E. Morse—the creator of One Man’s Family and I Love a Mystery—turned his attention to a deceptively simple question: What actually …
4 days, 12 hours ago
Daybreak: The People in the Small Back Rooms
Some of the most consequential work in the world happens in rooms nobody notices.
On today’s Daybreak, we cross the Atlantic to Nigel Balchin’s wartim…
4 days, 17 hours ago
Guilty Party: When the BBC Let You Solve the Murder
Long before interactive television, podcasts, or true-crime games, the BBC tried something wonderfully audacious: it handed a fictional murder invest…
5 days, 7 hours ago
Death at the Dolphin: Murder in the House of Shakespeare
A ruined London theatre. A mysterious benefactor. A playwright with a vision. And a small glove said to have belonged to Hamnet Shakespeare, the only…
5 days, 12 hours ago
Sunday Daybreak: The Invitation
What do we do when we are invited into something larger than ourselves? On this Sunday edition of Daybreak, Matthew’s parable of the wedding feast le…
5 days, 17 hours ago
Listen with Gilbert: A Child’s Christmas in Wales
Welcome to Listen with Gilbert, Chesterton Radio’s guide to the stories, performances, and recordings that reward a closer listen.
In this episode, we…
5 days, 23 hours ago