Here are the best new podcasts of 2018. We're including entirely new endeavors, as well as new seasons of shows that change dramatically. Murderville has technically been out since November 2018 on Stitcher Premium but was only recently made available to the masses (i.e., on Apple Podcasts and the like). Monster: The Zodiac Killer.
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Empty Frames presents the story of one of the greatest art heist mysteries in modern history. Presenters Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna uncover the theories behind who stole 13 pieces of artwork that had a combined estimated value of $500 million, from the Isabella Stewart Garner Museum in Boston in March, 1990. With the first episode released on 6 February 2018, Empty Frames is an intriguing mash-up of the true crime and society and culture genres that is worth a listen. While the first episode is presented as though listeners have some assumed knowledge of the theft, don’t let this dissuade you – the second episode lays the groundwork for what is shaping up to be a thoroughly researched and fascinating pod. If being a fly on the wall to conversations between famous people; namely, Dax Shepard (Without a Paddle (2004), Punk’d (2003), CHiPs (2017) and Parenthood (2010-2015) and his friends is something you’d be into, Armchair Expert will be right up your alley. Since being released on 14 February 2018, a star studded line-up of guests have been interviewed for the pod (including Kristen Bell, Ashton Kutcher, Joy Bryant, Jimmy Kimmel and Pete Wentz). The interviews are lengthy (an hour plus) but worth it for the revealing chat.
Female Criminals is the newest podcast to be released from the Parcast network. Since the first episode dropped on 17 March 2018, Female Criminals has covered crims such as Griselda Blanco and Juana Barraza. Female Criminals has adopted the approach taken by other podcasts released by the Parcast network (think, Cults, Serial Killers and Conspiracy Theories) and releases each episode in two parts.
If you’re a true crime fan and are fascinated by female criminals in particular, give this pod a crack. Season 4 of Science Vs landed in podcast feeds on 22 March and episode 1 kicked off the new season by addressing one of the most significant health crises the US has faced in decades: the opioid epidemic. Reliably as ever, Science Vs goes beyond the news of this epidemic and looks at why things got this bad and what role science played in that.
In fulfilling its undertaking to look at topical fads and trends and to separate fact from fiction, in this season Science Vs will reportedly also cover topics as diverse as sex addiction, UFO’s and serial killers. The long awaited season 4 of Invisibilia dropped on 9 March and the first few episodes demonstrate that the show is as incisive as ever.
The trailer to season 4 promised that this season would be all about life’s grey areas and after the release of the first few episodes, Invisibilia has delivered on that. So far, Invisibilia has explored how people go about rediscovering themselves after heart retching loss and how a reality show can meaningfully influence reality. Yet again, this pod proves to be thought provoking and inspiring. Unladylike is a feminist podcast packed with well researched subject matter that lacks unconstructive ranting. The chemistry between hosts, Cristen Conger and Caroline Ervin sizzles (they’ve got history as the previous hosts of the popular pod, Stuff Mum Never Told You) as they seek to answer a question posed at the top of each episode about issues relating to women. Since the first episode was released on 23 January 2018, the pair have tackled questions like: ‘How to Pay for an Abortion’; ‘How to Break the Bronze Ceiling’ and, ‘How to Clap Back’? It’s a humorous pod that tackles contemporary issues from important perspectives and is worth a try.
From The New York Times, Change Agent is a brand new short-run podcast that tries to fix problems by looking at them from a surprisingly different angle and through the lens of a seemingly unrelated story. Host, Charles Duhigg, author of ‘The Power of Habit’ plants the seed of the problem and then a journalist tells an intriguing story from an unexpected angle. Then, Duhigg returns to the problem and seeks to solve it by implementing a strategy for change that is sometimes a little out-of-the-box. It’s a self-help podcast that doesn’t force it down your through. Connie Walker and her team have returned for season 2 of Missing & Murdered with the tragic tale of Cleo Nictone Semaganis. Cleo, a young Cree girl was apprehended by Saskatchewan child welfare officers in the 1970s and, her family believes, was raped and murdered while she was attempting to hitchhike from her foster family in the United States back to Canada. With only a single photo of Cleo as proof of her existence, Missing & Murders: Finding Cleo seeks to discover what really happened to Cleo and ascertain where her remains are located.
With episode one released on 14 March 2018, now is the perfect time to start listening. The current political climate has inspired many podcast producers and hosts to revisit some of history’s most significant political events and crises.
Election 2000 certainly falls into that category. In this series, listeners are led back through the 2000 American Presidential Election and relive the Bush and Gore campaigns from election night through to the Florida recount.
The originality of this pod springs from its reliance on the accounts of two accomplished photo-journalists that captured both sides of the story. Released on 3 April 2018, Felonious Florida tells the story of the 1994 triple murders, known as the Casey’s Nickelodeon Murders, of Butch Casey, Sharon Anderson and Marie Rogers in Miramar, Florida.
It’s a story full of twists that include two convictions, a hung jury, two death sentences and two successful appeals. These twists are most compelling when the available evidence is considered: the murders were captured live on video and one of the faces of the murders was revealed. Download and listen to host, Lisa Arthur seek to answer: was this a home-invasion gone awry or were those that were murdered targeted? Buried Truths is a brand new NPR podcast dedicated to uncovering untold stories of the black vote being supressed in America in the post-World War II era.
In the first episode, host, Professor Hank Klibanoff looks at how the Southern White Democrats conspired to keep Southern Blacks from the ballot boxes. An opening line used by Klibanoff in the first episode of Buried Truths justifies why this podcast warrants attention: “when we understand who we were, we can better understand who we are”. There is no time more important than now to start listening to this pod. If you’re after an inspirational pod, look no further than The Story. Released on 14 March 2018, The Story delivers listeners a bitesize burst of the backstory of women who changed the world.
Each story is vastly different from the last and will leave you feeling as though anything is possible. These women’s stories are proof that irrespective of one’s background, education, qualifications or the size of their bank account, with hard work, determination, persistence and resilience, dreams can become reality. With each episode in this 12-part series being about 15 minutes long, it’s just the hit you need to get you back on track with whatever life changing project you’re working on. Worklife with Adam Grant is a pod that will make you feel better about work or will inspire you to imagine what work could be. Host, Adam Grant is an organisational psychologist who, in each episode of Worklife with Adam Grant takes listeners inside diverse and extraordinary workplaces. The workplaces that he explores earnt such a reputation by thinking outside the box, flipping trends on their heads and having unbelievable outcomes as a result. If you’re work life needs an injection of creativity and stimulation, get downloading.
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Ever been freaked out by the thought that your tech devices are actively listening to you? Sandra will confirm your worst nightmares.
From Gimlet Media, Sandra is a seven part drama series that tells the story of Helen who breaks away from her old life and gains employment as a real world assistant that enables Sandra, an artificially intelligent virtual assistant to do what she does (answer every question imaginable, on demand). An easily digestible narrative, Sandra confronts some of the modern era’s great existential questions. In this 10 part series, Southern Nightmare recounts the terrifying rape and murder spree that the South Side Strangler unleased in Virginia, USA in the 1980s. The first episode of Southern Nightmare instils a feeling of intimacy as the pod kicks off the series by covering the South Side Strangler’s murder of Debbie Davis, who had worked at the newspaper this podcast is produced. Interviews also aren’t limited to Attorneys and investigators; the stories told by the friends and families of victims gives the pod a depth that isn’t achieved by exclusive reliance on the case file. Death in Ice Valley investigates the unsolved mystery of who the Isdal Woman was and how she died.
Here are the basic facts: in November 1970 two girls find a woman’s body in the Isdalen Valley in remote Norway; surrounding the deceased were a number of scorched items (paper, water bottles etc.); no one has ever claimed the body; the circumstances of her death remain completely unknown as does her identity. With that set up, Death In Ice Valley doesn’t hide from falling into the traditional mystery pod genre but the podcast isn’t the end game for investigative journalist, Marit Higraff and British BBC documentary maker, Neil McCarthyit.
Death in Ice Valley is not the project, the real project is solving the mystery and the podcast is one of the tools investigators have deployed to help them to do so. Download and discover if you can help solve it. The creators of Dirty John have cemented their place as top creators of pods in the niche, medically inspired true crime pod genre with the release of their newest hit, Dr. In this captivating season, the shoddy practices of Christopher Duntsch, a former neurosurgeon are laid bare. The stats that drew suspicion to Duntsch’s work alone are staggering: out of the 38 patients operated on by Duntsch in a two year period, 2 died and 31 suffered serious injuries.
Listen to discover how this happened and why the system didn’t identify the problem sooner. Tracing humankind’s progression and evolution through the annals of history to ascertain how, as a species, we were able to create the technology that defines our world today, is the central theme that Stephen Fry explores in his pristine podcast, Stephen Fry’s Great Leap Years. It’s exquisite in its presentation and while the content is obviously scripted, Fry’s skills as a wordsmith makes that a desirable attribute of the show. The subject matter of Stephen Fry’s Great Leap Years is wondrous, inspiring and humbling, all at once. Unexplained is back with a new season and it has rewarded listeners yet again by being oh so British and oh so mysterious! Released on 20 March 2018, season 3 of Unexplained analyses the mysterious death of Jack Parsons, one of the scientists that established NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory that was responsible for developing the rocket fuel that enabled humans to reach the moon. The episodes that have been releases so far indicate that season 3 is set to deliver the high standard of mystery podcasting that Unexplained is renowned for.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to grow up in a cult? To have a childhood that to you, at the time, was completely normal but to discover when you have passed through those precious years that it wasn’t? Jonathan Hirsch, producer and host of Dear Franklin Jones is uniquely poised to present a podcast that answers these questions because it happened to him. Hirsch’s family were devout followers of controversial cult leader, Franklin Jones for over 17 years (which included the first 17 years of Hirsch’s life). Step outside of your reality and join Hirsch as he seeks to discover what happened and whether the group really deserved ‘cult’ status. News junkies know that NPR’s Embedded has been delivering audible long form news stories since 2016.
But at the beginning of 2018, they dropped a two-part series dedicated to telling the story of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 US Presidential election. This story has defined President Trump’s presidency thus far.
In the constant reporting of it, it’s easy to feel left behind. Embedded plugs that gap.
If you want to get behind the soundbites of daily news, this pod is for you. How do we know what we know about ISIS?
Caliphate tell us in this captivating new podcast from the New York Times. While Caliphate is ostensibly about discovering what and who ISIS really is, the fascinating undercurrent that hooks listeners are the thrilling stories about the lengths that journalist Rukmini Callimachi has gone to on her five trips to war torn Iraq to investigate this hateful group. Caliphate is a testament to the risks and sacrifices that Callimachi and others like her have taken in order for the free world to understand who they have been fighting against for the past two decades. Caliphate is a must listen.