Building a magic system takes craft, but there comes a point when explaining lore gets in the way of the listener's emotional connection.
Despite the shocking source material, Devil in the Desert neglects to dig beneath its splashy surface.
The Retrievals shows us change can be driven by the ethos that the doctor and patient should be in constant communication.
In Wondery's series Liberty Lost, the shame placed on "unwed mothers" sounds like a story from decades ago. Not so.
Once upon a time, passing the hours meant conversation or flipping a cassette tape. Now, podcasts have become a road trip must-have.
A deft combination of informative journalism and emotional weight is what makes Missing in the Amazon such a commanding listen.
In such an overloaded genre, there simply isn’t enough here to convince us that Sarah is worthy of our attention.
Titanic: Ship of Dreams goes beyond the history books and glossy movie adaptations to make the disaster complex and real.
Blink is most powerful when it lets Haendel speak from the edge of death. But with four episodes to go, the series is falling into familiar patterns.
