Podcast Review

3 days ago | podcastreview.org | Chloe Walker

One day in May 2017, Jake Haendel was pulled over for driving dangerously. Rightfully so, as he was high on heroin. But it wasn’t the drugs that had been having this strange effect on his body. It was as if he was losing control of it completely. Days after his arrest, things got so bad that he wound up in the emergency room. He was diagnosed with toxic progressive leukoencephalopathy, a rare disease that eats away at the white matter of your brain.

1 week ago | podcastreview.org | Alice Florence Orr

Each month, Podcast Review’s staff offers recommendations on the best new shows to listen to. Here are our favorite podcasts for May. Aftermath: Hunt for the Anthrax KillerIf you keep up with your true crime podcasts, you might already be half way through Aftermath: Hunt for the Anthrax Killer, a series that dropped at the beginning of April and continues to rise through the charts.

3 weeks ago | podcastreview.org | Chloe Walker

In a viral clip from the first episode of Good Hang, the hit new podcast from comedian Amy Poehler, her guest, Tina Fey, talks about how sick she is of famous people having “side hustles.” Poehler replies wryly, “Yeah, you mean like a podcast or something?”While in context Fey actually meant celebrities hawking supplements and tequilas to bring the extra millions in, that exchange encapsulates a certain unease at the center of this podcast.

1 month ago | podcastreview.org | Chloe Walker

The statistics are mind-boggling. In the first episode of Scratch & Win, we learn that Americans spend more on lottery tickets each year than on pizza. More than on all Coca-Cola products. More than on concert, movie, and sports tickets combined. Those facts alone are enough to justify the existence of WGBH’s eight-part podcast about how the Massachusetts State Lottery came to be.  Here’s another fact.

1 month ago | podcastreview.org | Alice Florence Orr

One of the biggest criticisms I get as a podcast critic is that I don’t champion indie podcasts enough. Most of the negative feedback I receive to a review of the latest Tortoise Media show or Serial Productions series can be summarized as “big shows don’t need more publicity.”My reviews and lists are intended to showcase the best of podcasting and to give overviews of various genres. My job, at its heart, is to share recommendations with listeners. Recommendations they will actually like.