"I have a hook for your story," a podcast producer told me as soon as I called her up earlier this summer. "Pineapple Street announced it's going out of business today." I'd already been reporting on ...

Though chat shows and political series continue to dominate the medium, an old-school audio gem still has its own rewards.

Guest host Isaac Butler, Julia, and Steve take up a recent Rolling Stone piece by Eric Benson examining the bursting of the narrative podcast bubble. Stepping out from behind the mixing board, our ...

🎙️ Narrative podcasts are dead: In the mid-2010s, shows like “Serial” blew up with multi-episode investigations and gripping interviews. Now they’re vanishing (paywall link). Why? They’re too ...

LA Times Studios today launched “Smoglandia,” a new limited narrative series hosted by award-winning Los Angeles Times columnist Patt Morrison. The podcast traces the rise, impact and eventual retreat ...

If you’re an avid podcast fan, you’ll notice that there are (broadly speaking) two types of shows: non-narrative and narrative. Non-narrative podcasts are more freewheeling, constructed around ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. At the start of her podcast series I Will Not Grow Old Here, Mary-Ann Nobele takes listeners on a stroll through the historic ...

For stars promoting their projects, podcasts have become an appealing alternative to late-night TV and glossy magazines. By Jessica Testa The transformation of podcasts from a niche audio format to a ...

“I have a hook for your story,” a podcast producer told me as soon as I called her up earlier this summer. “Pineapple Street announced it’s going out of business today.” “It feels like podcasts ...