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All available episodes. X Minus One (1955-1958) was an American science fiction radio drama adapting stories from leading sci-fi authors of the era. These iconic authors included Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, Robert A. Heinlein, Frederik Pohl and Theodore Sturgeon. Staff writers Ernest Kinoy, George Lefferts and others created original scripts X Minus One has been described as one of the finest American radio dramas and one of the greatest science fiction series in any medium. - Find all our OTR radio stations and podcasts at theaterofthemind-otr.com - Listen, download free - Spreaker | Apple Podcasts | YouTube Music
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Its speculative futures become gripping through brisk performances, practical dilemmas and institutions struggling to comprehend the impossible.
X Minus One - Old Time Radio begins with a countdown, then drops its cast into futures where the impossible is treated as an urgent practical problem.
A talking mouse asks about provolone before Washington; your science fiction gets to have a grin.
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A polite alien visit becomes a missing-person mystery with parasite intelligence pressing into marriage.
An alien visitor from Hawkins Planet makes Rose and Drake Smollett's home feel suddenly airless, as hospitality brushes against police work and the strange chance that Earth may be untouched by the inhibition death known on the guest's world. Dr.
A colonization plan starts to buckle when a microscope becomes an impossible attacker.
On Planet Blue, a planned colony finds that its new home may be less stable than the survey promised. The landing has all the right signs: breathable air, water, minerals, forests, and a city area marked on Commander Stella Morrison's aerial map.
A talking mouse turns a laboratory security problem into an absurd chain of command.
Chain of Command turns a security problem at Brookside Atomic Laboratory into a dry escalation of authority and disbelief. George, a talking mouse, needs a trap removed, while Charlie Boyle, the lab's security guard, tries to convince Edgar Adams before carrying the matter…
A postwar science-fiction drama turns atomic power into a tense argument about lies, fear, and responsibility.
An America near the end of the 20th century sits in the long shadow of World War III's thermonuclear weapons: radiation hospitals, endless war, loyalty detectors, women's masks, and Neocretan fashions.
A Treasury investigation turns duplicate notes, native fashion, and a risky barroom confession into sly science fiction.
Duplicate ungalic notes send Treasury Department investigator Baumholzer into the bars and paperwork of Den of Eleven, where ordinary accounting keeps opening onto stranger trouble.
This episode of the classic radio series X minus one presents the science fiction story 'The Coffin Cure' by Alan Norse, exploring futuristic adventures in unknown dimensions.
This episode presents the science fiction radio drama 'Celana' by James E.
A retired rocket pilot turned cybernetics operator in 1960s Washington D.C.
This episode of the classic NBC science fiction series X-1 presents the story 'Volpla' by Wyman Gwynn, transporting listeners to futuristic adventures across time and space.
A post-apocalyptic science fiction radio drama where a character named Effie experiences a mysterious green moon after an atomic war, hiding it from Hank who destroys beauty.
This episode of X Minus One presents the science fiction story 'Soldier Boy' by Michael Scherer, featuring a Scandinavian legend about a warrior who sleeps for a thousand years and can be summoned in times of need.
This episode introduces a 1957 science fiction radio drama from the X-1 series titled 'The Merchant of Venus' about futuristic adventures in space and time.
A 1950s science fiction radio drama about two promoters stranded on Mars who encounter a mysterious situation involving Earth girls.
This is a 1957 science fiction radio drama episode from the series X Minus One, featuring a story about future adventures across time and space.
A narrator recounts the mysterious transformation of painter Morniel Mathaway after his discovery, setting up a science fiction mystery.
The science fiction episode 'Caretaker' follows the crew of the exploration ship Titan as they secure orbit around an unnamed planet and establish communication with a scout ship on the surface.
A 1950s science fiction radio drama set 150 years in the future where a man finds himself on a spaceship to Venus filled with 300 women, exploring gender dynamics and social relationships.
This episode of the X Minus One radio series presents two science fiction stories by Ray Bradbury, starting with 'There Will Come Soft Rains', exploring futuristic adventures and unknown dimensions.
A science fiction radio drama from 1956 about a spaceship damaged by a meteor in hyperspace, with crew members injured and the captain assessing the situation.
A science fiction radio drama titled 'Sam, This Is You' follows telephone lineman Sam Yoder as he narrates a bizarre, unbelievable story about mysterious events involving time and space.
A science fiction radio drama about astronauts on a long space mission, with one crew member awake while others sleep in cramped quarters.
A science fiction story set in 1965 on a golf course, narrated by a caddy who reflects on the role of caddies in sports and as observers of human life, hinting at themes of open warfare.
This episode of X Minus One opens with a promotion for NBC Bandstand, followed by a countdown and introduction to the sci-fi radio drama.
This episode presents a science fiction story about adventures in future worlds and new dimensions in time and space.
This episode of X-1 presents the science fiction story 'Point of Departure' by Vaughan Shelton, exploring futuristic adventures across time and space.
This episode of the classic science fiction radio series X-1 presents the story 'A Wind Is Rising' by Finn O'Donovan, transporting listeners to imaginative future worlds.
This is a classic 1957 science fiction radio drama episode titled 'The Scapegoat' from the series X Minus One, featuring a story about future adventures in time and space.
This episode of X-1 presents the science fiction story 'Lulu' by Clifford D.
Three men on a lodge porch observe mysterious lights on a distant mountain peak in a classic science fiction radio drama.
This episode of the X Minus One radio series presents a science fiction story about adventures in future dimensions of time and space, with promotional announcements for upcoming Monitor broadcasts.
A military colonel establishes a security cordon around a scientist's laboratory in a science fiction radio drama from 1957.
This episode of the X minus one radio series presents a science fiction story about future adventures in unknown worlds and dimensions.
This episode of the X-Minus-One radio series presents the science fiction story 'The Light' by Paul Anderson, exploring futuristic adventures across time and space.
This episode of X-1 presents a science fiction story titled 'Early Model' by Robert Sheckley, exploring futuristic adventures in time and space.
This is a 1957 science fiction radio drama episode titled 'Skulking Permit' from the series X-1, presenting a futuristic story set in unknown dimensions of time and space.
A 1950s science fiction radio drama about a man torn between his demanding new space-related assignment and his wife's desire for quality time together.
This episode of X Minus One transports listeners 800 years into the future to explore a story about man's best friend in a science fiction setting.
This episode of X Minus One features a science fiction story titled 'Gray Flannel Armor' and includes a preview of an upcoming Monitor broadcast highlighting Bob Hope's Christmas tour entertaining servicemen in the Far East.
This episode of the classic radio series X Minus One presents the science fiction story 'End as a World' by F.
This episode introduces NBC's award-winning science fiction series X-1, presenting tales of future adventures in time and space.
A classic 1957 science fiction radio drama titled 'The Haunted Corpse' by Frederick Pohl, presented as part of the X-1 series exploring futuristic adventures in time and space.
This is a 1957 science fiction radio drama episode titled 'The Native Problem' from the series X minus One, featuring a story by Robert Sheckley about futuristic adventures in time and space.
This episode of the experimental radio program X-1 introduces a science fiction adventure set in future dimensions of time and space, while also promoting a Beatles music collection.
This episode of X minus one presents a science fiction story about death set in future worlds with new dimensions in time and space.
A 1957 science fiction radio drama about a lonely newspaper reporter who writes poetry and encounters something mysterious on a beach in 1962.
This episode of X-1 presents the science fiction story 'The Category Inventor' by Arthur Sellings, exploring futuristic adventures in time and space.
This episode of X Minus One presents the Clifford D.
A science fiction radio drama about a man grappling with mysterious threats like an airplane crash in Burma and 'lesnerizing' while dealing with a cold, set in a futuristic narrative.
A science fiction story set in the early 21st century about a baseball player named Martian Sam during spring training with the struggling Los Angeles Dodgers.
This episode of the X minus 1 radio series presents a science fiction story about future adventures across time and space, preceded by a humorous historical anecdote about Wind Wagon Smith and early transportation.
This episode of the classic radio series X Minus One presents the science fiction story 'At the Post' by H.L.
This is a classic 1957 science fiction radio drama episode titled 'The Trap' from the X minus One series, featuring a mysterious and potentially dangerous situation involving trust and deception.
This episode of the classic radio series X minus One presents a science fiction story by H.L.
In a future where war is replaced by a system of legalized murder, a man anxiously awaits government notification about his status in this controlled society.
A man wakes up in a cheap hotel room to find a mysterious humming machine with a red button that wasn't there before, setting up a science fiction mystery.
X Minus One’s "Hostess" adapts Isaac Asimov’s story about Rose Smollett, her policeman husband Drake, and a Hawkinsite visitor named Dr.
X Minus One’s “Colony” by Philip K.
X Minus One's "Chain of Command" centers on Charlie Boyle, a 20-year security guard at Brookside Atomic Laboratory, and George, a mouse living with his family in room 412.
X Minus One’s "Appointment in Tomorrow" centers on George Helmut, Jan Tregeren, and Willard Farquhar as they argue over the Thinkers’ Foundation, Maisie, and a Mars project built on public illusion.
X Minus One's "Protective Mimicry" turns a Treasury counterfeiting case into a Deneb jungle investigation, starting with 14 identical 50-credit notes that all pass the beeper plate.