# Another old radio show

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-old-radio-show/1024687>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** radio-podcast\
**Created:** [November 8, 2025, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-old-radio-show/1024687 "2025-11-08T13:36:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2025, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-old-radio-show/1024687/1 "2025-11-08T13:36:54Z")

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This was probably late 70s and 80s. I’m pretty sure it was a college radio station. This was a serial. The protagonist was a woman who was maybe a detective. It was an absurdist comedy, set possibly in the near future. The show was big enough that they had the series on cassette, which I bought. I remember nothing about it, and thought maybe the female protagonist angle might ring a few bells.

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**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2025, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-old-radio-show/1024687/2 "2025-11-08T13:52:43Z")

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Ruby the Galactic Gumshoe?

> **[Ruby the Galactic Gumshoe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_the_Galactic_Gumshoe)**
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> Ruby the Galactic Gumshoe is a science fiction radio drama series by the ZBS Foundation, written by Thomas Lopez. The first series, Ruby: Adventures of A Galactic Gumshoe, was created in 1982, and was broadcast on about 500 public radio stations. In each story, the title character Ruby is hired to solve a metaphysical problem. New series have been released every few years, reaching Ruby 15 in 2025. Ruby is played by actress Laura Esterman.
> Ruby is a comic science fiction treatment of the hardb...

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**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2025, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-old-radio-show/1024687/3 "2025-11-08T13:55:40Z")

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Thanks! That has to be it, although nothing about it sounds familiar.