Exploring Tomorrow
Mutual
Mutual · 1957–1958
Broadcasts
26
Cadence
Twice weekly
Rated
PG
Since
1957
The run
- Network
- Mutual
- Years active
- 1957–1958
- Surviving broadcasts
- 26
- Genre
- science fiction
Exploring Tomorrow was heard on Mutual from December 1957 into 1958, hosted by Astounding Science Fiction editor John W. Campbell Jr, with scripts by writers from the magazines. The surviving episodes stream from the Internet Archive.
Source collection
Internet Archive audio collections
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
7 dated broadcasts across 70 years on the air, with 69 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 2026, in original transmission order.
- 1. Night Broadcast · 10 Feb 2026
- 2. The Case of the Missing Hour · 17 Feb 2026
- 3. Sign Off · 24 Feb 2026
- 01
The Case of the Missing Hour
4 Aug 2026 · 38 min
- 02
Night Broadcast
28 Jul 2026 · 53 min
- 03
The Last Train Out
21 Jul 2026 · 16 min
- 04
Signal at Midnight
14 Jul 2026 · 31 min
- 05
A Room Above the Street
7 Jul 2026 · 46 min
- 06
The Long Silence
30 Jun 2026 · 1h 1m
- 07
Dead Air
23 Jun 2026 · 24 min
- 08
Sign Off
16 Jun 2026 · 39 min
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