21st Precinct
Drama
Drama
Against the Storm.
A family tries to hold its world together while war threatens to tear the wider world apart. Discover Against the Storm, Sandra Michael’s Peabody-winning old time radio drama, on Heritage Radio Vault. Follow Professor Jason McKinley Allen and the people closest to him through a classic American radio serial where love, loyalty, remembrance and personal conviction carry real weight.
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Against the Storm: Programme Guide.
A family drama can also become a place to argue about the wider world. Against the Storm follows the people around Professor Jason McKinley Allen, mixing domestic relationships with questions of conscience and responsibility.
Broadcast history.
The American daytime serial had three separate runs: NBC from 1939 to 1942, Mutual in 1949, and ABC from 1951 to 1952. These were distinct broadcast periods, not an uninterrupted thirteen-year run. The quarter-hour format placed it within the continuing daytime-drama tradition.
Cast and creative team.
Sandra Michael created and wrote the series. Roger DeKoven played Professor Jason McKinley Allen. The Peabody citation for the award-winning NBC programme names John Gibbs as director; credits from other periods should not automatically be applied to that version.
Where to begin.
Reed Wilson vs Matrimony · Jason Remembers His Childhood · Reed and Kathy at Train Station
These are available samples from HRV. They are not claimed to be the original opening episodes or a verified uninterrupted sequence.
An interesting detail.
Against the Storm won a 1941 Peabody for dramatic entertainment. The award citation singled out the programme's human interest and integrity, giving a contemporary indication of how its approach was received.
Listening appeal.
Listen for the way personal conversations carry larger disagreements. The available recordings are useful as glimpses of a continuing radio world, rather than as a complete beginning-to-end family saga.
Collection and date notes.
HRV lists 18 public recordings. The collection is only a small part of the serial's historical run. Surviving fragments and repeat transmissions require caution when reconstructing story order. Modern podcast publication dates are separate from historical broadcast dates.
Sources.
Choose your next episode.
18 public recordings in this programme. Catalogue order is not a verified original broadcast chronology.
18 episodes available.
Questions about Against the Storm.
Is the complete serial available here?
No. HRV has a selection of recordings from a much longer daytime drama.
Did the programme run continuously from 1939 to 1952?
No. The historical record separates the NBC, Mutual and ABC runs.
Where should I begin?
Choose an available sample, while recognising that these recordings do not provide a complete original story sequence.
