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July 26, 2018 by Wendy Lambert Leave a Comment

DL101: Richard Diamond – Otis Gets Diamond’s Help

Excited policeman

Richard Diamond, Private Detective — The Louis Spence Case (Part 1 of 7) Summary of Part 1 Bumbling cop, Sergeant Otis, pulls Richard Diamond away from chit-chatting with his girlfriend to rescue Lieutenant Levinson from a crazy man. A little background As the series title says, Richard Diamond is a private detective. Richard used to be […]

Filed Under: Detective, Podcast, Upper Intermediate, Upper Intermediate Detective Tagged With: 1st-in-series, bumbling police, hostage, private detective

July 15, 2017 by Wendy Lambert Leave a Comment

DL096: Gunsmoke – New Guy in Town

Matt tells Andy about a job opening.

~ Gunsmoke: The Choice, Part 1 New Folks Showing Up All the Time Andy Hill is the new guy in Dodge City. It’s the late 1800’s (around the 1870s) when people were moving west across America. Towns were being settled and growing into cities. Its a fast growing town so there are new folks showing […]

Filed Under: Podcast, Upper Intermediate, Upper-Intermediate Westerns, Westerns Tagged With: 1st-in-series, first impressions, self defense

March 24, 2017 by Wendy Lambert Leave a Comment

DL089: Harry Lime – Why You Should Read the News

Harry Lime reads the newspaper in a pub

The Adventures of Harry Lime: Ticket to Tangier, Part 1 of 7   Not the best role model Today’s episode open’s with a little history on Harry Lime. It connects the Harry Lime of the radio plays with the Harry Lime of the 1949 movie, The Third Man. So, who is Harry Lime? As a […]

Filed Under: Advanced, Advanced Detective, Detective, Podcast Tagged With: 1st-in-series, criminal

December 17, 2016 by Wendy Lambert 2 Comments

DL082: Find 100,000 Barrels of Oil – Disgruntled Sheik

Mitchel's next assignment is in Saudi Arabia.

A “Dangerous Assignment” radio play first aired on May 17, 1950 on NBC   A Disgruntled Sheik Government agent, Steve Mitchel, is given his next assignment. It takes him to Saudi Arabia. At first, he’s a little reluctant to go. He wonders why this is a government assignment. But there is an Arab leader, a Sheik, […]

Filed Under: Detective, Podcast, Upper Intermediate, Upper Intermediate Detective Tagged With: 1st-in-series, disgruntled, Middle East, Sheik

September 9, 2016 by Dramatic Listening Leave a Comment

DL075: Poirot — Careless Victim — The Name is Poirot

Poirot looking amused

Hercule Poirot: The Case of the Careless Victim — Act 1: Scenes 1 & 2   Apartment Hunting Hercule Poirot is the famous French-speaking detective from Belgium. As the story opens, he has just moved to New York and is looking for an apartment. He’s told he’ll be lucky to find one, but Poirot doesn’t believe in […]

Filed Under: Advanced, Advanced Detective, Detective, Podcast Tagged With: 1st-in-series, apartment hunting, Hercule Poirot, Poirot

June 3, 2016 by Dramatic Listening Leave a Comment

DL068: You’re Better Off Guilty — Trailer

Sylvia imagines Ralph needs more than one woman.

~ CBS Radio Mystery Theater, You’re Better Off Guilty — Trailer ~   An imponderable suggestion This episode is just a teaser. It’s a short trailer – you know how movies have little short movie clips to get you interested in watching that movie? That’s called a trailer. Movie trailers have gotten really fast paced, especially […]

Filed Under: Podcast, Suspense, Upper Intermediate, Upper-Intermediate Suspense Tagged With: 'bad boy', 1st-in-series, attraction, danger

March 12, 2016 by Dramatic Listening Leave a Comment

DL062: The Lady Was a Tiger—New Recruit

Larry gets mugged

~ CBS Radio Mystery Theater, The Lady Was a Tiger, Act 1, Scenes 1-3 — The New Recruit ~ A femme fatale double agent frames an unemployed reporter for homicide in Paris.   New Recruit: Larry Fielding, a newspaper reporter, gets fired from his job, apparently for no reason. Things go from bad to worse, but in the end […]

Filed Under: Podcast, Suspense, Upper Intermediate, Upper-Intermediate Suspense Tagged With: 1st-in-series, mugging, recruit

November 13, 2015 by Dramatic Listening Leave a Comment

DL051: MrDA — Intimidated Jury (Intro)

A jury will decide whether the man is guilty or not.

  The Old Time Radio Legal Thriller: Mr. District Attorney was a popular radio program on NBC and ABC radio stations from 1939 to 1952. Each episode is a legal story that centers on the court trial. Meet the Jury: When a serious crime has been committed, such as murder, the American legal system chooses a […]

Filed Under: Detective, Podcast, Upper Intermediate, Upper Intermediate Detective Tagged With: 1st-in-series, intimidate, jury

August 21, 2015 by Dramatic Listening Leave a Comment

DL045: Archie, Bankrupt 1 – Scrabble

Fred thinks Scrabble sounds childish.

Bankrupt Rumor: Archie Comics: Archie Andrews is an old time radio show that ran from 1943-1953. It was based on the popular Archie comic strip by Bob Montana, which was published in newspapers from 1941-1975. The comic strip was based on Montana’s hometown, his own high school life, and the friends he’d made there. Jughead […]

Filed Under: Comedy, Podcast, Upper Intermediate, Upper Intermediate Comedy Tagged With: 1st-in-series, game, rules, Scrabble

February 6, 2015 by Dramatic Listening 2 Comments

DL039: Marlowe, don’t let me down

Marlowe's client cared about his daughter.

The Adventures of Philip Marlowe: The Feminine Touch, Part 1 Who is Philip Marlowe? I really enjoy the Philip Marlowe character. Marlowe was created by Raymond Chandler, a hard-boiled detective story writer who followed in the footsteps of Dashiell Hammett. Hammett is the father of the hardboiled sub-genre of detective fiction. He’s the one who took the […]

Filed Under: Advanced, Advanced Detective, Detective, Podcast Tagged With: 1st-in-series, client, Hard-boiled, new case

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