Now that summer’s winding down, we’re looking back at our favorite podcasts of the season, from funny satires of modern dating life to long, hard looks at society’s woes, and everything in between.
Sounds Like a Cult
Artfully toeing the line between hilarious and painfully true, this pod will have you laughing your way into some deep questions about what constitutes a community.
Why Won’t You Date Me?
Comedy icon Nicole Byer has had us in tears all summer long, bringing fellow comics onto the pod to help her figure out why in the world she’s still single.
The Execution of Bonny Lee Bakley
True Crime fans cannot miss this riveting portrayal of the aftermath of Bonny Lee Bakley’s murder in 2001. It’s the True Crime podcast of the summer.
The Trojan Horse Affair
This collaboration from Serial Productions and The New York Times is a captivating mystery that holds a mirror up to our tense reality, only to add a crack with each new clue.
Chameleon: Scam Likely
The new season of Campside Media’s Chameleon podcast, Scam Likely investigates the phenomenon of millions of people losing their life savings to scam callers—and the shady organized crime schemes behind it.
The State of Ukraine
NPR’s real-time, on-the-ground coverage of the war in Ukraine has been and continues to be essential this summer.
Mother Country Radicals
This phenomenal new podcast from Crooked Media goes back to the 70’s to explore the radical history of The Weather Underground, a countercultural movement and domestic terrorist group.
Ghost Church
The prolific and multi-talented Jamie Loftus is back with a miniseries investigating the roots of American Spiritualism, a tradition of communing with the dead through a medium, that leads her (where else?) to rural Florida.
Crypto Island
The much-anticipated return of Reply All host PJ Vogt did not disappoint. Join him as he holds his skeptical yet curious microphone up to the zealous characters of the crypto world.