Riders Radio Theater

It’s branding time on the famed old Harmony Ranch, and the Riders are ready to start. The herd is bunched up in holding pins, Side Meat has a roaring fire built, and the branding iron is red hot and ready to go. But Too Slim has a totally different idea about this situation… featuring Marshall Chapman!

At the Sally B Mine, the Riders have discovered Charlie and Slocum are none other than the Diamond Desperados! After a horrendous mine cave-in, Charlie escaped with thousands of stolen diamonds, Slocum was captured by the Riders, and Ranger Doug found himself in possession of a most unusual object…

In the small town of Nar Nar Goon, the Riders have told by High Constable Sheetrock that two agents from the Australian Clay Commission have quarantined the entire area of the Sally B Mine! Meanwhile, at the Sally B, Charlie and Slocum – the two so-called commissioners – are up to their old tricks, and at the bottom of the main trail of the mine, Charlie has just planted the last mine… featuring Kenny Roberts!

Caught without supplies in the wild western Australian range, the Riders restocked at a roadside Marty Mart. There they learned that the Sally B Mine and all around it had been quarantined, and if they were to find out why, they would have to see the High Constable of Nar Nar Goon…

The Riders have left Buffalo Sid’s Wild West Show for the wilds of western Australia to investigate the Sally B Mine. But as faithful listeners have no doubt inferred, the culprits behind the diamond stoppage are none other than Charlie and Slocum, who are patiently awaiting the Riders’ arrival to the mine at any moment… featuring Marty Stuart!

Riders In The Sky have landed in Australia and are about to embark on a tour with Buffalo Sid’s Wild West Show! But the real reason for their visit is not all fun and games. The Riders are secretly investigating the mysterious stoppage of diamond shipments from the Sally B Mine. As they’re about to begin their journey, Ranger Doug has an unsettling premonition…

The Riders have made it to Paris, France to seek a bailout from EIEIO. Ranger Doug reminisces about an earlier trip he made to Paris, and the Riders hear a tale of love and loss between the esteemed yodeler and a banjo player. But as Ranger Doug walks into the offices of the EIEIO bailout division, he discovers that the head of the department is none other than his former love… featuring The Cluster Pluckers!

It’s a dark, overcast night in the far north Atlantic, the only path known is a narrow thread of rocky path five feet below the ocean’s surface. The ice that joins the various segments of the fabled land bridge to Finland is beginning to melt, and night is fast approaching. Suddenly, the Riders see a light in the distance. They’re saved! Or are they…?

After a hard day on the fabled land bridge trail connecting Canada to Finland, the Riders reached Greenland and set up camp beneath a towering snow-packed cliff. As Side Meat begins to open the first can of beans, the tin’s loud pop resonated throughout the campground, triggering the low rumble of a nearby avalanche in the distance… featuring Mel McDaniel!

While in Washington DC attempting to save their beleaguered small-town bank, the Riders discovered the Euro-Indo Economic and Industrial Organization in Paris - the EIEIO to those in the know. The EIEIO is designed to help small banks, but how will the Riders get to France? Fortunately, Woody once researched the legend of the lost northern land bridge to Europe. After traveling to Canada, the Riders donned thermal wetsuits and plunged into the icy waters…

Riders In The Sky, in an effort to save the First Rational Bank of Tumbleweed Valley, have gone to Washington DC. The Riders were sent to the Office of Risk Administration, Technical Morons Division, Research Control Branch of the Federal Emergency Banking Administration - or ORATMDRCBFEBA to those in the know. But with First Rational Bank needing to lose additional millions of dollars to receive assistance, there is nothing the agency can do. Is this the end of First Rational Bank?! Featuring Billy Walker!

After rebranding to Harmony Ranch, the Riders rode into town to arrange for a ranch equity load to spruce up for spring. Much to their dismay, they found the bank to be on the brink of collapse because of heavy investment in Australia gem-quality diamond futures, which apparently have no future. In an effort to save Tumbleweed Valley from financial ruin, the Riders take leave for Washington to propose a bailout…

After a run-in with the US Western Bureau of Brands Enforcement, the Riders have renamed their home on the range to Harmony Ranch. They then decided to head into town, each Rider with his own errands to run. Ranger Doug to see Miss Marm, Woody to the library, Sidemeat to the laundromat, and Too Slim to… the barber. Featuring Lou and Peter Berryman!

It's a beautiful spring morning in Tumbleweed Valley. The Riders are just finishing up breakfast at the famed Triple X Ranch, but an unexpected visitor from the US Western Bureau of Brands Enforcement is about to change their brand forever…

The toxic waste is about to hit the fan. The Riders, the Phantom and Miss Marm are on the trestle with a derailed circus train full of caged wild animals. Approaching the trestle at full speed is freight train carrying one million tons of liquid toxic waste. As the train barrels closer and closer, the Riders must find some way to cross the trestle and stop the impending disaster… featuring Waddie Mitchell!