Jor-El, a scientist on the planet Krypton, warns the governing council that the planet is doomed as the sun draws it closer. The council dismisses his calculations, so he begins building a spaceship to carry people to Earth. At home, he and his wife Lara discuss the danger and the possible escape of their infant son, Kal-El. Quakes and eruptions grow worse, and Jor-El prepares to send the boy away alone while Lara stays behind. The episode is the first chapter of the series, aired on February 12, 1940.

With Jor-El, Lara, Kal-El, Council members.

Listen for: Jor-El's warnings to the council and the sounds of the quakes that grow worse across the episode

First aired on February 12, 1940.

Episode notes written with AI from the recording itself; the audio is the original broadcast.

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First aired February 14, 1940.

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.

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First aired February 19, 1940.

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.

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About Stupid Potato. This podcast is from Stupid Potato Studios. We restore classic radio and TV audio and run free internet radio channels, live around the clock: old-time radio westerns, detectives, comedy, science fiction and suspense, Saturday-morning cartoons, vintage TV, Halloween and Christmas, and our own short cartoons. Listen free, find every show and join our weekly note at stupidpotato.com.

First aired February 21, 1940.

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.

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About Stupid Potato. This podcast is from Stupid Potato Studios. We restore classic radio and TV audio and run free internet radio channels, live around the clock: old-time radio westerns, detectives, comedy, science fiction and suspense, Saturday-morning cartoons, vintage TV, Halloween and Christmas, and our own short cartoons. Listen free, find every show and join our weekly note at stupidpotato.com.

First aired February 23, 1940.

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.

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About Stupid Potato. This podcast is from Stupid Potato Studios. We restore classic radio and TV audio and run free internet radio channels, live around the clock: old-time radio westerns, detectives, comedy, science fiction and suspense, Saturday-morning cartoons, vintage TV, Halloween and Christmas, and our own short cartoons. Listen free, find every show and join our weekly note at stupidpotato.com.

First aired February 26, 1940.

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Superman is racing against the clock to stop a threat to the Daily Planet building, which a masked villain known as the Yellow Mask has vowed to blow up before six o'clock. Reporters Clark Kent and Lois Lane visit scientist Dr. Sven Dahlgren, whose new atomic beam machine has been stolen. Dahlgren explains that the machine cannot work without atomic cylinders, which were kept in a safe. The reporters investigate a strange voice carried on a hidden radio relay, and a cut telephone wire suggests someone inside the house is involved. The episode is an installment of The Adventures of Superman, first broadcast on February 28, 1940, and the story is still unfolding when the segment ends.

With Superman, Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Dr. Sven Dahlgren, Michael, Mr. White, The Yellow Mask.

Listen for: The unseen voice on the radio relay and the sound of the steel doors opening

First aired on February 28, 1940.

Episode notes written with AI from the recording itself; the audio is the original broadcast.

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