Podcasts

    Podcasts are like television for your ears, but on the train.

    Murder in Hollywoodland

    Murder in Hollywoodland

    It's no wonder people feel Hollywood is a pit of sin. It's 1922 in Hollywood and shit is crazy. Studios practically own their stars and hold them to these insane morals
    The Dating Game Killer

    The Dating Game Killer

    The title of this podcast and the name applied to this serial killer, The Dating Game Killer, is a bit of a head fake. After all, Rodney Alcala's appearance on the game
    It Was Simple: The Betty Broderick Murders

    It Was Simple: The Betty Broderick Murders

    This seemed to be one of those be-careful-what-you-wish-for kind of stories. Betty Broderick wanted the perfect husband and the perfect marriage. She wanted money and a
    Murmurs

    Murmurs

    So, when you're planning a podcast — which is, without a doubt, an auditory medium — wouldn't it make sense to not create sounds that are excruciatingly horrible to listen
    Wind of Change

    Wind of Change

    Spending almost eight hours listening to how the Scorpions song "Wind of Change" was, in fact, written by the CIA is a weird way to spend your time. And if this was all
    WeCrashed

    WeCrashed: The Rise and Fall of WeWork

    WeWork seemed like such a great idea. In fact, it's still a great idea. Or a good idea, at least. But what happens when a great idea meets a man with horribly narcissist
    American Jihadi

    American Jihadi

    Imagine being such a true believer that you leave your comfortable, middle class American home and go to a war-torn country to take up arms against all perceived enemies
    The Thing About Pam

    The Thing About Pam

    If you've ever watched Dateline, you know Keith Morrison. I knew the guy as the anchor of the nightly news that my folks watched when I was in junior high in LA. And then
    Blood Ties Season 1

    Blood Ties: Season 1

    Here I go again, delving into scripted fiction audio stuff. Because there isn't enough good TV out there. But, the issue is, there is plenty of TV out there. And, sure
    The Rewatchables

    The Rewatchables

    The thing is, I barely see first-run movies these days. That used to be a big thing in my life. But as adult life and children and work and all sorts of other distractions
    Bad Batch

    Bad Batch

    Podcasts are this weird chain reaction of discovery. I don't often find them serendipitously. I honestly rarely hear about limited series podcasts via word of mouth. Sure
    Atlanta Monster

    Atlanta Monster

    I tend to ingest media about certain things — mainly serial killers — in chunks. A little while back I listened to a podcast about the Black Dahlia and then watched
    Bardstown

    Bardstown

    Bardstown is another in an increasing field of true crime podcasts. Named after the supposedly idyllic town in Kentucky, the podcast investigates five unsolved murders
    Culpable

    Culpable

    There are so many of these true crime podcasts around these days. On the whole they all feel like an expanded version of a decent episode of Dateline. You know, you
    The Clearing

    The Clearing

    The Clearing is yet another true crime podcast that investigates some old, cold case murders. But this one is different. Because one of the major participants of the
    Dirty John

    Dirty John

    I’ve been listening to way too many of these depressing podcasts of late. Dirty John is a little different than some of them, of course, as it’s not about an unsolved
    To Live and Die in LA

    To Live and Die in LA

    I've always wondered how the heck you plan an investigative thing without having any idea how it's going to end up. It's not like I haven't listened to a few of these
    Carrier

    Carrier

    Podcasts have truly ruined my book reading. But until this year the two didn’t really overlap in terms...