1947–1949 · Mutual, then ABC

Quiet, Please

One writer, one voice, one microphone

After Lights Out, Wyllis Cooper stripped everything away. Quiet, Please has no orchestra beyond a single organ, essentially one actor, and a narrator who talks to the listener in the second person as though the two of you were the only people awake. It ran two years on a shoestring at Mutual, won awards nobody in the industry expected, and is now routinely named by writers as the best-written series American radio produced. Because it was so cheaply made, almost all of it survives.

91 broadcasts · 3 seasons held · New York

194722

Quiet Please

Night Broadcast

4 Aug 2026 · 15 min

We go back to the beginning and read everything again.

Quiet Please

The Last Train Out

28 Jul 2026 · 30 min

Three interviews, one archive reel, and a question nobody wanted asked.

Quiet Please

Signal at Midnight

21 Jul 2026 · 45 min

The episode listeners keep sending to people who never listen to podcasts.

Quiet Please

A Room Above the Street

14 Jul 2026 · 1h 0m

A quiet beginning that turns, halfway through, into something else entirely.

Quiet Please

The Long Silence

7 Jul 2026 · 23 min

The one everybody argues about.

Quiet Please

Dead Air

30 Jun 2026 · 38 min

Short, complete and unexpectedly devastating.

Quiet Please

Sign Off

23 Jun 2026 · 53 min

The episode listeners keep sending to people who never listen to podcasts.

Quiet Please

The Case of the Missing Hour

16 Jun 2026 · 16 min

A quiet beginning that turns, halfway through, into something else entirely.

Quiet Please

Night Broadcast

9 Jun 2026 · 31 min

The one everybody argues about.

Quiet Please

The Last Train Out

2 Jun 2026 · 46 min

Short, complete and unexpectedly devastating.

Quiet Please

Signal at Midnight

26 May 2026 · 1h 1m

New tape, a reluctant witness, and a timeline that finally stops making sense.

Quiet Please

A Room Above the Street

19 May 2026 · 24 min

We go back to the beginning and read everything again.

Quiet Please

The Long Silence

12 May 2026 · 39 min

Three interviews, one archive reel, and a question nobody wanted asked.

Quiet Please

Dead Air

5 May 2026 · 54 min

Recorded on location, with the room left in.

Quiet Please

Sign Off

28 Apr 2026 · 17 min

New tape, a reluctant witness, and a timeline that finally stops making sense.

Quiet Please

The Case of the Missing Hour

21 Apr 2026 · 32 min

We go back to the beginning and read everything again.

Quiet Please

Night Broadcast

14 Apr 2026 · 47 min

Three interviews, one archive reel, and a question nobody wanted asked.

Quiet Please

The Last Train Out

7 Apr 2026 · 1h 2m

Recorded on location, with the room left in.

Quiet Please

Signal at Midnight

31 Mar 2026 · 25 min

A quiet beginning that turns, halfway through, into something else entirely.

Quiet Please

A Room Above the Street

24 Mar 2026 · 40 min

The one everybody argues about.

Quiet Please

The Long Silence

17 Mar 2026 · 55 min

Short, complete and unexpectedly devastating.

Quiet Please

Dead Air

10 Mar 2026 · 18 min

The episode listeners keep sending to people who never listen to podcasts.

194844

Quiet Please

Sign Off

3 Mar 2026 · 33 min

A quiet beginning that turns, halfway through, into something else entirely.

Quiet Please

The Case of the Missing Hour

24 Feb 2026 · 48 min

The one everybody argues about.

Quiet Please

Night Broadcast

17 Feb 2026 · 1h 3m

Short, complete and unexpectedly devastating.

Quiet Please

The Last Train Out

10 Feb 2026 · 26 min

The episode listeners keep sending to people who never listen to podcasts.

Quiet Please

Signal at Midnight

3 Feb 2026 · 41 min

We go back to the beginning and read everything again.

Quiet Please

A Room Above the Street

27 Jan 2026 · 56 min

Three interviews, one archive reel, and a question nobody wanted asked.

Quiet Please

The Long Silence

20 Jan 2026 · 19 min

Recorded on location, with the room left in.

Quiet Please

Dead Air

13 Jan 2026 · 34 min

New tape, a reluctant witness, and a timeline that finally stops making sense.

Quiet Please

Sign Off

6 Jan 2026 · 49 min

We go back to the beginning and read everything again.

Quiet Please

The Case of the Missing Hour

30 Dec 2025 · 1h 4m

Three interviews, one archive reel, and a question nobody wanted asked.

Quiet Please

Night Broadcast

23 Dec 2025 · 27 min

Recorded on location, with the room left in.

Quiet Please

The Last Train Out

16 Dec 2025 · 42 min

New tape, a reluctant witness, and a timeline that finally stops making sense.

Quiet Please

Signal at Midnight

9 Dec 2025 · 57 min

The one everybody argues about.

Quiet Please

A Room Above the Street

2 Dec 2025 · 20 min

Short, complete and unexpectedly devastating.

Quiet Please

The Long Silence

25 Nov 2025 · 35 min

The episode listeners keep sending to people who never listen to podcasts.

Quiet Please

Dead Air

18 Nov 2025 · 50 min

A quiet beginning that turns, halfway through, into something else entirely.

Quiet Please

Sign Off

11 Nov 2025 · 1h 5m

The one everybody argues about.

Quiet Please

The Case of the Missing Hour

4 Nov 2025 · 28 min

Short, complete and unexpectedly devastating.

Quiet Please

Night Broadcast

28 Oct 2025 · 43 min

The episode listeners keep sending to people who never listen to podcasts.

Quiet Please

The Last Train Out

21 Oct 2025 · 58 min

A quiet beginning that turns, halfway through, into something else entirely.

Quiet Please

Signal at Midnight

14 Oct 2025 · 21 min

Three interviews, one archive reel, and a question nobody wanted asked.

Quiet Please

A Room Above the Street

7 Oct 2025 · 36 min

Recorded on location, with the room left in.

Quiet Please

The Long Silence

30 Sep 2025 · 51 min

New tape, a reluctant witness, and a timeline that finally stops making sense.

Quiet Please

Dead Air

23 Sep 2025 · 14 min

We go back to the beginning and read everything again.

Quiet Please

Sign Off

16 Sep 2025 · 29 min

Three interviews, one archive reel, and a question nobody wanted asked.

Quiet Please

The Case of the Missing Hour

9 Sep 2025 · 44 min

Recorded on location, with the room left in.

Quiet Please

Night Broadcast

2 Sep 2025 · 59 min

New tape, a reluctant witness, and a timeline that finally stops making sense.

Quiet Please

The Last Train Out

26 Aug 2025 · 22 min

We go back to the beginning and read everything again.

Quiet Please

Signal at Midnight

19 Aug 2025 · 37 min

Short, complete and unexpectedly devastating.

Quiet Please

A Room Above the Street

12 Aug 2025 · 52 min

The episode listeners keep sending to people who never listen to podcasts.

Quiet Please

The Long Silence

5 Aug 2025 · 15 min

A quiet beginning that turns, halfway through, into something else entirely.

Quiet Please

Dead Air

29 Jul 2025 · 30 min

The one everybody argues about.

Quiet Please

Sign Off

22 Jul 2025 · 45 min

Short, complete and unexpectedly devastating.

Quiet Please

The Case of the Missing Hour

15 Jul 2025 · 1h 0m

The episode listeners keep sending to people who never listen to podcasts.

Quiet Please

Night Broadcast

8 Jul 2025 · 23 min

A quiet beginning that turns, halfway through, into something else entirely.

Quiet Please

The Last Train Out

1 Jul 2025 · 38 min

The one everybody argues about.

Quiet Please

Signal at Midnight

24 Jun 2025 · 53 min

Recorded on location, with the room left in.

Quiet Please

A Room Above the Street

17 Jun 2025 · 16 min

New tape, a reluctant witness, and a timeline that finally stops making sense.

Quiet Please

The Long Silence

10 Jun 2025 · 31 min

We go back to the beginning and read everything again.

Quiet Please

Dead Air

3 Jun 2025 · 46 min

Three interviews, one archive reel, and a question nobody wanted asked.

Quiet Please

Sign Off

27 May 2025 · 1h 1m

Recorded on location, with the room left in.

Quiet Please

The Case of the Missing Hour

20 May 2025 · 24 min

New tape, a reluctant witness, and a timeline that finally stops making sense.

Quiet Please

Night Broadcast

13 May 2025 · 39 min

We go back to the beginning and read everything again.

Quiet Please

The Last Train Out

6 May 2025 · 54 min

Three interviews, one archive reel, and a question nobody wanted asked.

194925

Quiet Please

Signal at Midnight

29 Apr 2025 · 17 min

The episode listeners keep sending to people who never listen to podcasts.

Quiet Please

A Room Above the Street

22 Apr 2025 · 32 min

A quiet beginning that turns, halfway through, into something else entirely.

Quiet Please

The Long Silence

15 Apr 2025 · 47 min

The one everybody argues about.

Quiet Please

Dead Air

8 Apr 2025 · 1h 2m

Short, complete and unexpectedly devastating.

Quiet Please

Sign Off

1 Apr 2025 · 25 min

The episode listeners keep sending to people who never listen to podcasts.

Quiet Please

The Case of the Missing Hour

25 Mar 2025 · 40 min

A quiet beginning that turns, halfway through, into something else entirely.

Quiet Please

Night Broadcast

18 Mar 2025 · 55 min

The one everybody argues about.

Quiet Please

The Last Train Out

11 Mar 2025 · 18 min

Short, complete and unexpectedly devastating.

Quiet Please

Signal at Midnight

4 Mar 2025 · 33 min

New tape, a reluctant witness, and a timeline that finally stops making sense.

Quiet Please

A Room Above the Street

25 Feb 2025 · 48 min

We go back to the beginning and read everything again.

Quiet Please

The Long Silence

18 Feb 2025 · 1h 3m

Three interviews, one archive reel, and a question nobody wanted asked.

Quiet Please

Dead Air

11 Feb 2025 · 26 min

Recorded on location, with the room left in.

Quiet Please

Sign Off

4 Feb 2025 · 41 min

New tape, a reluctant witness, and a timeline that finally stops making sense.

Quiet Please

The Case of the Missing Hour

28 Jan 2025 · 56 min

We go back to the beginning and read everything again.

Quiet Please

Night Broadcast

21 Jan 2025 · 19 min

Three interviews, one archive reel, and a question nobody wanted asked.

Quiet Please

The Last Train Out

14 Jan 2025 · 34 min

Recorded on location, with the room left in.

Quiet Please

Signal at Midnight

7 Jan 2025 · 49 min

A quiet beginning that turns, halfway through, into something else entirely.

Quiet Please

A Room Above the Street

31 Dec 2024 · 1h 4m

The one everybody argues about.

Quiet Please

The Long Silence

24 Dec 2024 · 27 min

Short, complete and unexpectedly devastating.

Quiet Please

Dead Air

17 Dec 2024 · 42 min

The episode listeners keep sending to people who never listen to podcasts.

Quiet Please

Sign Off

10 Dec 2024 · 57 min

A quiet beginning that turns, halfway through, into something else entirely.

Quiet Please

The Case of the Missing Hour

3 Dec 2024 · 20 min

The one everybody argues about.

Quiet Please

Night Broadcast

26 Nov 2024 · 35 min

Short, complete and unexpectedly devastating.

Quiet Please

The Last Train Out

19 Nov 2024 · 50 min

The episode listeners keep sending to people who never listen to podcasts.

Quiet Please

Signal at Midnight

12 Nov 2024 · 1h 5m

We go back to the beginning and read everything again.