Podcast Review

Established in 2018, Podcast Review is a digital magazine that features detailed reviews of podcasts and conducts interviews with well-known radio creators.

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My Favorite Podcast is Back After 5 Years. Here’s What It Taught Me About Being a Critic

1 week ago | podcastreview.org | Alice Florence Orr

Why do people dislike critics? My theory is that many of us have become arbiters of what is “good” and “bad” in increasingly reductive ways, replacing well-formed opinions with moral scrutiny. There’s perhaps an economic explanation for this. As publication budgets tighten, spending a week on a nuanced review is less profitable than churning out three hot takes.
The Truth About Sarah Is a Shrug-Worthy Scam Story

2 weeks ago | podcastreview.org | Chloe Walker

These days, fraud is almost as popular a crime as murder — at least when it comes to the media we consume. Our fascination with people who aren’t who they say they are seems endless, and as a result, the scam podcast genre has become saturated. For something to stand out, it needs one hell of a hook. Deep Cover, “a show about people who live double lives,” has made its home on this well-trodden ground.
Courtney Act, the story of Vine and More

3 weeks 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 June. So We’ve Been Told with Sahaj Kaur KohliThere are a thousand approaches to understanding mental health. In So We’ve Been Told with Sahaj Kaur Kohli, the award-winning therapist explores feelings through the lens of bi-cultural identity.
Titanic: Ship of Dreams Makes a Century-old Tragedy Feel Immediate

1 month ago | podcastreview.org | Chloe Walker

In the early hours of April 15, 1912, the biggest ship in the world ran into an iceberg, leaving over 1,500 people dead. In immense, absorbing detail, Titanic: Ship of Dreams traces the story of the most famous nautical disaster in history — from the ship’s inception, through that horrifying night, all the way up to the movie adaptations.
Blink's Incredible Story of Recovery Succumbs to Tropes

1 month 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.
Jerry Springer, Hit Singles and More

1 month 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.
Amy Poehler's Good Hang Just Wants to Have Fun

2 months 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.
Scratch & Win Is a Fascinating but Unfocused History of the Lottery

2 months 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.
7 Indie Podcasts to Listen to This Spring

Mar 25, 2025 | 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.
Scratch & Win is a Fascinating but Unfocused History of the Lottery

Mar 17, 2025 | 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 WBUR’s eight-part podcast about how the Massachusetts State Lottery came to be. Here’s another fact.