Episode 3 of Redbook Dramas, from June 9, 1932, is our main feature this week, with a dramatized short story written by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan, who later would go on to be a moderately successful screenwriter in the 1930's and '40's, then a pioneering t.v. scriptwriter in the 1950s. And, of course, the very next episodes of Si and Elmer, The Family Doctor, and Ann of the Airlanes.

This week, we start a two-month, nine-part presentation of Redbook Magazine Dramas, perhaps the first time these well-made radio short stories have been broadcast since the 1930s. Last month, we presented Episode 1, and this week we present Episode 2, dated June 2, 1932, featuring Virginia Harner's short story "He Knew Women." Plus, the latest episodes of Si and Elmer, The Family doctor, and Ann of the Airlanes, all syndicated serials originally broadcast in 1932. And... a look at what was on the air on Thursday, June 2, 1932, according to the radio page of the New York Times.

Yes, Radio Journeys is back after a brief vacation. We were delayed by technical issues at Libsyn, too. But here we are, and it's good to be back.

We're continuing through the serials of 1932--basically the only surviving relics from that year in radio. We hear Si and Elmer, episode 5 of "The Lost Baby and Dog" mystery; episode 12 of The Family Doctor; episode 21 of Ann of the Airlanes; and an episode of Chandu the Magician originally broadcast on WOR on May 31, 1932. And, a special treat: We take another look at what was on the radio, straight from the newspaper radio page of May 31, 1932. We discover that among the shows heard on that date was "The Happiness Boys," aka Billy Jones and Ernie Hare (photo at right).