‘S-Town’ Meets ‘Spotlight’: Popular Podcast Set for Film Version From Director Tom McCarthy
The Oscar-winning director will likely helm a film based on the popular “This American Life” podcast that made waves last year.
The Oscar-winning director will likely helm a film based on the popular “This American Life” podcast that made waves last year.
The podcast world is an always-expanding place. Our list of the best episodes of the year is a tiny sliver of the thrilling stories that 2017 had to offer.
In an incredible year for podcasts, our list tries to scratch the surface of the bounty of incredible series that the medium has to offer.
The constant flow of new series, fresh ideas and singular voices make this an especially difficult year to narrow down 2017’s best shows.
Coal miners, New England gubernatorial races and dead televisions are among this month’s new favorites and reliable classics. (And “S-Town,” of course.)
The all-at-once release of “S-Town” not only provides a template for future shows, but highlights what makes the seven-episode arc a special piece of storytelling.
In this spinoff of the true-crime megahit, an investigation of an alleged Alabama murder turned into a seven-part audio novel.