There are a ton of podcasts out there, but finding the right one can be difficult. In our bi-weekly column Pod Hunters, we cover what we’ve been listening to that we can’t stop thinking about.
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Pod Hunters: all of the cool podcasts that we recommend
Find your next auditory obsession
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August 11, 2019
Carrier is an immersive podcast that left me on the edge of my seat
Be careful while driving
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July 21, 2019
Moonrise looks to the space race to find out what we can learn about returning to the Moon
From the Washington Post’s Lillian Cunningham, creator of Presidential and Constitutional
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June 23, 2019
The Chernobyl Podcast is a compelling behind-the-scenes look at the HBO series
Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me’s Peter Sagal hosts the show with series creator Craig Mazin
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June 9, 2019
How a podcast helped solve a grisly cold case
The Bear Brook podcast played a small role in identifying the victims of a serial killer
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June 2, 2019
Blockbuster is a heartfelt podcast series about George Lucas and Steven Spielberg
And how they changed the film industry
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May 5, 2019
Blackout imagines the collapse of civilization from a small New Hampshire town
A post apocalyptic podcast about how reliant we are on technology
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April 26, 2019
Bill Nye wants to educate the public about science with his new podcast
Science Rules will premiere on May 16th
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April 7, 2019
Unwell is a fantastic gothic horror podcast set in midwest America
A story about ghosts and memories
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March 10, 2019
Public Official A charts Rod Blagojevich’s spectacular fall from grace
And his attempts to resuscitate his image
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February 24, 2019
Of course there’s a podcast about pizza
Pizza City is an interesting series of conversations about the country’s pizzas
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February 10, 2019
ABC’s podcast series The Dropout explores the downfall of Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes
The investigation of a blood-testing startup
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January 27, 2019
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward podcast is like Serial mixed with True Detective
A locked room mystery based on the H.P. Lovecraft story
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November 18, 2018
A podcast reopens a grisly and complicated cold case in New Hampshire
Two bodies were discovered in a barrel deep in a New Hampshire forest
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November 4, 2018
Jolted is a deep dive into a school shooting that didn’t happen
Bridging the gap between news story and true crime narrative
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October 31, 2018
10 scary podcasts to listen to in the dark
How to get creeped out with nothing but a pair of headphones
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October 21, 2018
My Dead Wife, the Robot Car is a Black Mirror-equse podcast about autonomous cars
A satirical series about AI and autonomous vehicles
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September 23, 2018
Serial’s third season is a return to form
A deep dive into Cleveland’s criminal justice system
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September 9, 2018
Inside Jaws is a Steven Spielberg biopic in podcast form
The story of the movie that made his career
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August 26, 2018
Drawn is a podcast miniseries that explores how your favorite cartoons are made
A collaboration between Cartoon Network and HowStuffWorks
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August 12, 2018
Bubble is a hilarious sci-fi spin on modern hipster culture
Brunch, apps, and the constant threat of monster attacks
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July 29, 2018
Order 9066 is a deep dive into the internment of Japanese-American citizens during WWII
One of the US’s darkest moments
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July 1, 2018
A cold case is reopened in the BBC and NRK’s podcast Death in Ice Valley
Who was the Isdal Woman?
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June 17, 2018
Magic creeps into the Cold War in podcast The Witch Who Came in From the Cold
A fantasy series from an innovative digital publisher