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podcast review Sept. 21, 2023

Strike Force Five Heralds Podcasting’s First True SupergroupThe late-night hosts have gathered to create a very historic — and uneven — audio experiment.

By Sean Malin
podcast review Mar. 21, 2023

Holy Week and the Aftermath of MLK’s DeathThe new podcast from The Atlantic revisits the humans who got caught up in history.

By Nicholas Quah

podcasts Feb. 27, 2023

Can Anyone Trust The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling?The podcast says it wants to have a conversation. What it really wants to do is give a sermon.

By Nicholas Quah
podcast review Feb. 23, 2023

The Coldest Case in Laramie Is Serial’s Grimmest Production YetAnd yet the show repeats many of Serial’s most familiar themes.

By Nicholas Quah
podcast review Dec. 20, 2022

The Evaporated Takes Us Into a Sociological MysteryTokyo Vice’s Jake Adelstein explores the Japanese phenomenon of disappearing yourself.

By Nicholas Quah
podcast review Sept. 8, 2022

Books Gone BadThe new podcast Missing Pages gives the publishing industry the true-crime treatment.

By Nicholas Quah
review Mar. 15, 2022

The Superficial Pleasures of SmartlessThe celebrity-hosted show is so vanilla it’s almost provocative.

By Nicholas Quah
podcast review Jan. 14, 2022

This Is Dating Mixes Therapy With Blind DatesThe podcast takes listeners on an Esther Perel–style journey into first encounters.

By Nicholas Quah
podcast review Dec. 22, 2021

Operator Gives the Phone Sex Industry the Wolf of Wall Street TreatmentThe podcast chronicles the rise of and fall of ATN, a key player in the phone sex world.

By Nicholas Quah
podcast review Nov. 24, 2021

S***hole Country Asks Who Likes to Be in America?A new podcast by an anonymous narrator considers a big choice between two lives and two continents.

By Nicholas Quah
podcast review Oct. 7, 2021

Suspect Might Be the Best True-Crime Podcast of the YearIt’s far from revolutionary, but there’s something to be said about being the most polished version of a standard.

By Nicholas Quah
podcasts Sept. 21, 2021

Say You’re Sorry Explores the Art of the Public ApologyThe new podcast from Lux Alptraum asks what it is we really want when we’ve been wronged.

By Nicholas Quah

podcast review July 12, 2021

In Aack Cast, Jamie Loftus Goes to Bat for ‘Cathy’The comedian’s audio series mounts a passionate defense of the funny pages’ most neurotic presence.

By Nicholas Quah
podcast review June 7, 2021

Slow Burn Takes on the Forever WarThe podcast’s fifth season — a rigorous marshaling of the facts — explores the conditions that led to the Iraq War.

By Nicholas Quah
podcast review May 13, 2021

The Improvement Association Tries to Dismantle ‘The Big Lie’The New York Times podcast zooms in on one county’s response to election-fraud mania.

By Nicholas Quah
podcast review Dec. 9, 2020

Appearances Is Unlike Any Podcast You’ve Ever HeardSharon Mashihi leads a chaotic, semi-fictional journey into herself.

By Nicholas Quah
podcast review Aug. 21, 2020

You Can’t Get Rid of Nice White ParentsThe just-wrapped podcast shines a light on power, race, and educational inequality.

By Nicholas Quah
podcast review Aug. 11, 2020

The Michelle Obama Podcast Is the Comfort Food You’d ExpectA closer look at the former First Lady’s new series.

By Nicholas Quah
podcast review July 31, 2020

It’s Illuminating to Hear a Podcaster Talk About Cam NewtonThe Cam Chronicles explores the impossible expectations the NFL star faced — and helped create.

By Nicholas Quah
podcast review July 3, 2020

Slow Burn: David Duke Is a Scorching Look at White Supremacy in AmericaThe new season follows the sinister prescience of the former Klansman’s political career.

By Nicholas Quah
podcasts Jan. 14, 2020

Is the Wellness Industry a Scam? The Dream Thinks It Knows the Answer.The podcast’s second season investigates a booming subculture.

By Nicholas Quah
podcasts Dec. 17, 2019

Richard’s Famous Food Podcast Is a Weird and Funny DelightThe sort-of food podcast is a refreshing ball of intense energy and eccentric ideas.

By Nicholas Quah

podcasts Oct. 15, 2019

Radiotopia’s Excellent Passenger List Is About More Than a Missing PlaneThe fiction podcast looks at what happens when grief meets conspiracy theory.

By Nicholas Quah
podcasts July 17, 2019

One Heat Minute Turned the Movie Heat Into a Religious ExperienceThe podcast dissected every single minute of Michael Mann’s classic film.

By Nicholas Quah
podcast review May 17, 2019

Running From Cops Is Already One of the Year’s Best PodcastsDan Taberski’s latest series, a study of the show Cops, does not disappoint.

By Nicholas Quah
podcast review Feb. 21, 2019

The WALKING Podcast Is a Weird, Lovely Ode to NatureLove the outdoors and weird podcasts? Try listening to Jon Mooallem’s ambient-noise podcast.

By Nicholas Quah
podcast review Jan. 31, 2019

10 Things That Scare Me Is a Smartly Designed, Bite-size Window Into the SoulThe WNYC podcast project, in which guests share a list of fears great and small, imparts the feeling of being a little less alone in the world.

By Nicholas Quah
podcast review Jan. 22, 2019

The Last Days of August Is a Fascinating Examination of a Porn Star’s TragedyJournalist Jon Ronson and reporter-producer Lina Misitzis’s unraveling of adult performer August Ames’s suicide is a potent document of loneliness.

By Nicholas Quah
podcast review Nov. 19, 2018

Surviving Y2K Is One of the Year’s Most Beautiful PodcastsThe world didn’t end on December 31, 1999. But why?

By Nicholas Quah
podcast review Oct. 30, 2018

Halloween Unmasked Is a Nostalgic Appreciation of a Horror ClassicThis vibrant audio documentary examines the history and the legacy of John Carpenter’s iconic 1978 horror flick.

By Nicholas Quah
podcast review Oct. 24, 2018

Articles of Interest Is a Fashion Podcast About Capitalism and PowerThe 99% Invisible spinoff digs into the surprising history of pockets, plaid, blue jeans, and punk fashion.

By Nicholas Quah
podcast review Oct. 10, 2018

What Is Slow Burn Without Monica Lewinsky?The Slate podcast is an excellent political documentary, but it’s missing a crucial voice.

By Nicholas Quah

podcast review Oct. 5, 2018

The Shadows Is an Uncanny Portrait of a RelationshipBoth simple and infinitely complex.

By Nicholas Quah
podcast review Oct. 2, 2018

Alice Isn’t Dead Is a Creepy Ode to the Great American Road TripThe fiction podcast is packed with horror, eldritch mythology, and a glowing affinity for the romance of travel.

By Nicholas Quah
podcast review Sept. 20, 2018

Serial Season 3 Is Ambitious, Addictive, and Completely DifferentThe hit podcast’s highly anticipated third season is off to a fantastic start.

By Nicholas Quah
podcast review June 25, 2018

Caliphate Is a Breathtaking Investigation of ISISThe New York Times podcast answers an essential question: “Who are we fighting, anyway?”

By Nicholas Quah
podcast review June 15, 2018

In the Dark Is a Scathing and Meticulous True-Crime PodcastWith the quiet precision of a scalpel, In the Dark’s second season is the very best version of the genre.

By Nicholas Quah
podcast review Apr. 26, 2018

The Habitat Is a Charming Podcast About Interplanetary DreamersThe Gimlet Media podcast is far from perfect, but in flashes and sparks, it is galactically exquisite.

By Nicholas Quah
podcast review Apr. 19, 2018

Sandra Is a Tech Thriller for the Age of Siri and AlexaBut as a podcast, it’s jarringly incomplete.

By Nicholas Quah
podcast review Apr. 13, 2018

Empire on Blood Is a Compelling But Frustrating PodcastA heartbreaking story lies at the center of this true-crime podcast.

By Nicholas Quah
podcast review Mar. 27, 2018

If Nathan for You Were a Podcast, It’d Sound a Lot Like Personal BestIt’s a self-improvement show for people who don’t like self-improvement.

By Nicholas Quah
podcast review Mar. 12, 2018

Wolverine: The Long Night Is a Bold Experiment for MarvelWe’ll see where the Marvel podcast goes, but it’s off to a very promising start.

By Nicholas Quah

Feb. 6, 2018

The Onion’s New Podcast Is a Loony True-Crime ParodyA Very Fatal Murder is no American Vandal, but it’s genuinely entertaining.

By Nicholas Quah
Jan. 19, 2018

Atlanta Monster Is a Different Kind of True-Crime PodcastIt examines the notorious Atlanta child murders that took place between 1979 and 1981.

By Nicholas Quah
Jan. 11, 2018

Slow Burn Is the Watergate Podcast You Didn’t Know You NeededIt examines in great detail what it was like to live through a major political scandal.

By Nicholas Quah
podcast review Nov. 2, 2017

The Strange Story of the Most Mysterious Video Game of All TimeAlien abduction, men in black, and so much more.

By Nicholas Quah
podcast review Oct. 18, 2017

Dirty John Is a Stunning Story, But Why Is It a Podcast?The L.A. Times podcast is a crude re-creation of a deftly written feature.

By Nicholas Quah
podcast review Sept. 25, 2017

Radiorama Brings Futurama Back to Life in Podcast FormThis one-off podcast has many of the things that made Futurama so adored.

By Nicholas Quah
Aug. 29, 2017

The Plot Isn’t the Point on the Star-Studded Podcast HomecomingThough it’s billed as a psychological thriller, Homecoming is a podcast that thrives on the talent of its actors’ conversations, not its plot.

By Nicholas Quah
podcast review July 27, 2017

Ear Hustle Is an Utterly Fascinating Look at Prison LifeThe Radiotopia podcast is produced by inmates who live inside California’s San Quentin State Prison.

By Nicholas Quah