What's the single most compelling podcast episode you've ever listened to?

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Anonymous wrote:The This American Life episode "Switched at Birth": https://www.thisamericanlife.org/360/switched-at-birth

Also TAL, Anatomy of Doubt which is the story that became the basis of the Netflix show Unbelievable.
https://www.thisamericanlife.org/581/anatomy-of-doubt

The first season of In the Dark about the abduction (and angled investigation) of an 11 year old in Minnesota in 1989.
https://www.apmreports.org/episode/2016/09/07/in-the-dark-1

Yes, these are all amazing!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The This American Life episode "Switched at Birth": https://www.thisamericanlife.org/360/switched-at-birth

Also TAL, Anatomy of Doubt which is the story that became the basis of the Netflix show Unbelievable.
https://www.thisamericanlife.org/581/anatomy-of-doubt

The first season of In the Dark about the abduction (and angled investigation) of an 11 year old in Minnesota in 1989.
https://www.apmreports.org/episode/2016/09/07/in-the-dark-1

TAL, Cars: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/513/129-cars
"We spend a month at a Jeep dealership on Long Island as they try to make their monthly sales goal: 129 cars." I have little interest in cars and even less about sales, but this was fascinating (and a little lighter than many of the others mentioned).

[Anonymous]

The second season of In the Dark- the story of Curtis Flowers is all that is wrong with the US. I couldn’t stop listening but it is incredibly frustrating.

The Promise from Nashville Public Radio. It’s about the history of desegregation and segregation in Nashville schools. It’s really eye opening and well done.

[Anonymous]

Any history podcast by Dan Carlin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's old, but I was so riveted by the first Season of Serial about Adnan Syad.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's old, but I was so riveted by the first Season of Serial about Adnan Syad.

+1

It really remains the best one.

[Anonymous]

Bari Weiss’s episode on The Central Park Karen. Really fascinating.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The This American Life episode "Switched at Birth": https://www.thisamericanlife.org/360/switched-at-birth

Also TAL, Anatomy of Doubt which is the story that became the basis of the Netflix show Unbelievable.
https://www.thisamericanlife.org/581/anatomy-of-doubt

The first season of In the Dark about the abduction (and angled investigation) of an 11 year old in Minnesota in 1989.
https://www.apmreports.org/episode/2016/09/07/in-the-dark-1

TAL, Cars: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/513/129-cars
"We spend a month at a Jeep dealership on Long Island as they try to make their monthly sales goal: 129 cars." I have little interest in cars and even less about sales, but this was fascinating (and a little lighter than many of the others mentioned).

That Cars one is great. Also agree on the original Serial.

[Anonymous]

I don’t like any podcast focused on a crime. Too stressful for me.

I thought the duolingo Spanish podcast about the singing grandma was one of the most beautiful stories I’d ever heard. They have a lot of really wonderful stories, and they are done in Spanish/English so you can sort of follow even with no Spanish.

I also really liked the freakonomics podcast from last year about the development of the covid vaccine. Really interesting and gave me so much insight into why they could do it so fast.

[Anonymous]

The Reply All episode where he ends up going to India tracking down a guy was part of a call center scam.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's old, but I was so riveted by the first Season of Serial about Adnan Syad.

+1

It really remains the best one.

Omg yes

[Anonymous]

The Dropout series about Elizabeth Holmes is very well done.
I binged listened to all 6-8 episodes over one weekend and now I am obsessed with the trial.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The This American Life episode "Switched at Birth": https://www.thisamericanlife.org/360/switched-at-birth

Also TAL, Anatomy of Doubt which is the story that became the basis of the Netflix show Unbelievable.
https://www.thisamericanlife.org/581/anatomy-of-doubt

The first season of In the Dark about the abduction (and angled investigation) of an 11 year old in Minnesota in 1989.
https://www.apmreports.org/episode/2016/09/07/in-the-dark-1

Yes, these are all amazing!

Love TAL. Have listened to the switched at birth episode multiple times!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The This American Life episode "Switched at Birth": https://www.thisamericanlife.org/360/switched-at-birth

Also TAL, Anatomy of Doubt which is the story that became the basis of the Netflix show Unbelievable.
https://www.thisamericanlife.org/581/anatomy-of-doubt

The first season of In the Dark about the abduction (and angled investigation) of an 11 year old in Minnesota in 1989.
https://www.apmreports.org/episode/2016/09/07/in-the-dark-1

Yes, these are all amazing!

Love TAL. Have listened to the switched at birth episode multiple times!

Pre-9/11 episodes of TAL are my comfort listens.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Reply All episode where he ends up going to India tracking down a guy was part of a call center scam.

Oh that was such a good episode!!!