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Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers Radio Adventurers

Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers Radio Adventurers

By: Adam Graham|Science Fiction Audio Drama Podcast Host
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Before Star Wars... before Star Trek… there were Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers. These legendary space heroes captured imaginations across the globe with tales of rockets, ray guns, and far-off worlds—and in the 1930s, they blasted off from the comic strips into the airwaves in some of the earliest science fiction audio dramas ever produced.

In this feed from The Great Adventures of Old Time Radio, host Adam Graham presents the surviving radio serial adventures of these two pioneers of planetary peril.

First, journey with Flash Gordon launched into space by a paranoid scientist and crash-landed onto the strange and savage Planet Mongo. There, he joins strange allies to challenge the tyrannical Ming the Merciless in a thrilling, serialized science-fantasy saga from 1935.

Then meet Buck Rogers, a 20th-century man who wakes up 500 years in the future—and quickly finds himself battling the nefarious Killer Kane as a space-age lawman in a rare complete story arc from the golden age of radio.

Whether you're a fan of classic science fiction, pulp heroes, or vintage radio serials, this limited series offers a thrilling ride through audio history—featuring the characters who launched a thousand space operas. For more thrilling tales of espionage, jungle treks, underwater escapades, and audio adventure from the 1930s–60s, check out The Great Adventures of Old Time Radio—where the golden age still burns bright.Copyright Adam Graham
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Episodes
  • Flash Gordon: Chapter 25 and 26
    Oct 7 2025
    Today's Adventure: The out-of-control rocket Dr. Zarkov built on the planet Mongo is headed on a collison course with the Malaysian jungle and Jungle Jim.

    Originating Radio Broadcast Dates: October 19 and 26, 1935

    Originating from Hollywood

    Starring: Gale Gordon as Flash Gordon; Maurice Franklin; Bruno Wick

    To subscribe to this podcast and follow more adventures of Flash Gordon go to https://greatadventures.info/

    Become one of our Patreon supporters at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net

    Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.

    Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715

    Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.net

    Give us a call at 208-991-4783

    Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectives

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    31 mins
  • Flash Gordon: Chapters 23 and 24
    Sep 30 2025
    Today's Adventure: Flash has to put his differences with Dale behind him, while, with Azura his prisoner, he plans to take the land of the Blue Magic Men.

    Originating Radio Broadcast Date: October 5 and 12, 1935

    Originating from Hollywood

    Starring: Gale Gordon as Flash Gordon; Maurice Franklin; Bruno Wick

    To subscribe to this podcast and follow more adventures of Flash Gordon go to https://greatadventures.info/

    Become one of our Patreon supporters at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net

    Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.

    Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715

    Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.net

    Give us a call at 208-991-4783

    Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectives

    Follow us on Twitter @radiodetectives
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    30 mins
  • Flash Gordon: Chapter 21 and 22
    Sep 23 2025
    Today's Adventure: In the Pit of Peril, Flash tries to save Azura from a hoard of vengeful dwarves, Tahl has proclaimed himself King, and Zarkov loses the last of his invisibility power to try and find Flash.

    Originating Radio Broadcast Date: September 21 and 28, 1935

    Originating from Hollywood

    Starring: Gale Gordon as Flash Gordon; Maurice Franklin; Bruno Wick

    To subscribe to this podcast and follow more adventures of Flash Gordon go to https://greatadventures.info/

    Become one of our Patreon supporters at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net

    Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.

    Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715

    Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.net

    Give us a call at 208-991-4783

    Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectives

    Follow us on Twitter @radiodetectives
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    32 mins
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