As a writer and interviewer, I am always excited about talking to interesting people. When they are also extremely genuine and pleasant—like Yeardley Smith, co-host and co-producer of Small Town Dicks—it’s just icing on the cake. Even though I had just met her, Yeardley made me feel like we were
Read MoreThe release of this issue of Podcast Magazine® falls between two significant calendared events: Police Week in May and Father’s Day in June. Although the in-person activities of Police Week have been
What do you call a white-collar criminal who crosses into an even deeper level of evil by murdering his victim as well? You call him a red-collar criminal! That is the
What do you get when a filmmaker produces a podcast? In the case of Up and Vanished, a pretty damn good investigative documentary-style program that makes a difference! Payne Lindsey is that
What’s the cutest podcast you’ve ever heard? I have one sure to be a contender. Donuts & Devos is a podcast for kids. Produced and hosted by Marifaith Mueller, this show
Patrick Hinds is a true-crime fanatic. Co-host of the very successful True Crime Obsessed podcast with Gillian Pensaville, he punned, “I’m ‘obsessed’ with podcasts. I listen to about 30 hours per week.” Eventually,
“Winning covers up a lot of problems.” It’s a common saying in sports. The equivalent phrase in podcasting might be: “Authenticity overcomes a little clunkiness.” That is certainly what I found when
In my recent features, I’ve covered the fusing of Politics and True Crime and Business and True Crime in podcasts, so why not Sports and True Crime? As it turns out, when
“Let’s watch a Snapped!” I think I have heard that suggestion from my wife at least two dozen times. As we are both big fans of true crime, we have quite
Not all true-crime stories need to be gruesome, kicking off with something like, “129 stab wounds were found on the victim’s buttocks.” Sometimes, the story might just be about a family member
To keep with the Halloween theme, if you’d like to add stories of the occult into your typical true-crime tales, give Mysterious Circumstances a listen. Host Justin Rimmel does a solid job