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Time Magazine
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time Magazine
'Serial' Is on The 100 Best Podcasts of All Time
True Crime It's the show that started the podcasting true-crime boom. This American Life producer Sarah Koenig's 2014 investigation into the murder of Hae Min Lee and ensuing trial of Adnan Syed captured the attention of Internet sleuths who mapped phone towers and dissected motives on Reddit threads. It launched an entire cottage industry. If you somehow have not listened to the show, it is worth bingeing the popular series to hear how its producers nail down what would become a formula for the genre. The show evolved in real time as new clues popped up and new interviewees emerged, surfacing in part because of the podcast's popularity. The journalists then sorted through the best way to present theories responsibly, wrangle with Syed's sudden fame, and contend with the conflicting camps backing his presumed guilt or innocence. Their thorough examination of the case helped lead to a judge reducing Syed's sentence but also launched thousands of think pieces on the ethics of true-crime reporting. Serial went on to produce seasons on the criminal justice system in Cleveland and Guantanamo, among other topics, but none has pervaded the zeitgeist quite like that first mystery.
New York Times
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
New From Serial: The Retrievals, Season 2
This newsletter was sent on June 26, 2025. By Sarah Koenig Hello, listeners. This is Sarah Koenig, host of the 'Serial' podcast. I have some exciting news. In two weeks, we're going to be releasing a second season of 'The Retrievals.' To remind you: The first season was about a scandal at the Yale Fertility Center, where a nurse had been siphoning off a painkiller used in surgical procedures, leaving some patients in agony. The series was reported and hosted by Susan Burton, and it was great. It won multiple 'best podcast of the year' designations — and a Peabody Award, to boot. Season 2 is a brand new story. It's not about Yale or fertility treatments, but it's definitely a thematic cousin. Susan goes behind the scenes at a Chicago hospital as a group of doctors and nurses struggles to address one of medicine's most persistent problems: treating women's pain. She follows hospital staff members who are spurred into action after one of their own nurses undergoes an excruciating C-section. While writing this season, Susan was inspired by shows like 'The Pitt' and 'ER.' If you're like us and love those shows, you're in for a treat — this new season of 'The Retrievals' rolls out like a taut medical drama. The trailer is out today. Listen here, or search 'The Retrievals' on your podcast app. Episode 1 comes out July 10, with new episodes released on Thursdays. Or, if you're a New York Times Audio subscriber, you get early access and can hear the whole show the moment the first episode is released. As always, please feel free to email us at serialshows@ and let us know what you think. Sign up here to get the Serial newsletter in your inbox. Follow Serial on Instagram, TikTok, Bluesky, Facebook and X. Serial Productions makes narrative podcasts whose quality and innovation transformed the medium. Learn more.
