Trying to stay on top of all the latest podcasts can feel like youre drinking from a fire hose.
Unless its your full-time job to listen, you probably completely missed something great.
Im back to report that it was a great year in podcasts.
This list could have included more than 100 shows.
Dont worry if you have no idea who Jar Jar is.
Dylan makesRedemptionfeel friendly and necessary to fans and newbies alike.
The story is a mix of true-crime investigation, personal memoir, and bold narration.
Hes searching for answers to things you cant just look up on the internet.
Foretold
At 17, Paulina Stevens cards had been dealt for her.
Enter through the neon Psychic Readings sign and emerge forever changed.
(Like, ahem, Terry Gross.
Hes asking himself, Am I a class-hole?
Every single episode ofClassyfeels like the best of the series.
Every episode is a deep exploration into his own desirability, his shame, and his relationships.
(In fact, this seems like a pretty gutsy move.
Episode one covers princesses, episode two is dedicated to the cast members in the fuzzy costumes.
Matt and Amanda are delightful, funny, and they are not holding back.
Its hosted by Kim Barker, a journalist who was in high school when the murder occurred.
There is a lengthy segment of interrogation that will freeze you in your seat.
And no one believed them.
(The first one was about a researcher alone in the Arctic … butwhat happened to her crew?)
TheEerieteam is trying really hard to scare you.
(And I think they will.)
Its not just packed with hilarious detailsthe plot is well-crafted.
Id say it’s a perfect bedtime story, but youll probably be laughing too hard to fall asleep.
If you love comedy and audiobooks, this ones for you.
The story is reported by Becky Milligan, a reporter who was there and remembers everything.
This is probably the only dolphin sex scandal youve ever heard, and its definitely the best.
Say More with Dr?
after Dr isnt a typoonSay More with Dr?
Sheila, Sheila isnt a doctor: Shes a questionably qualified couples therapist played by Amy Poehler.
(For legal reasons, Dr?
must be said in the form of a question.)
AndSay More with Dr?
Sheilais an improvised comedy show where Dr?
Sheila lets you be a fly on the wall in her couples therapy sessions.
ThinkWhere Should We Begin?with zero expertise.
Sheila strives to improve the relationships between her clients, but only makes them worse.
At 14, she confessed to a trusted priest that she was attracted to women.
When she was 24, Alana died by suicide, and her family was left with so many questions.
He, too, sought out conversion therapy for nearly a decade in his efforts to become a priest.
trivia quiz (its alsoa book) hosted by A.J.
Its a quick hit of brain caffeine and an absolute delight.
This show is packed with great stories, there is no sagginessI was skipping back to relisten.
You get a lot of hip hop history and the story of Wu Tang, too.
ODB is worthy of this thoughtful treatment that has both devastating and joyful moments.
And so the true crime story turns into a ghost story, or maybe its the other way around.
Episodes two and three begin to take a darker turn.
(And continue to steal.)
Host April Simpson reports and shares personal conversations with Nate Bradford, a farmer impacted by this heist.
(Mindy dated him and was passing him along.)
It was a joke.
