r/serialpodcast

35K archived posts · Oct 2014 – Sep 2026

A place to discuss Serial: The Podcast

r/serialpodcast

Serial began in 2014 as a spinoff of This American Life. Each season explored a nonfictional story in weekly installments. In 2020 Serial joined the New York Times Company. r/serialpodcast is an unofficial discussion forum for all seasons of Serial but heavily focused on Season 1.

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New Season 1 The Coldest Case In Laramie -Trailer Available Now and New Episodes out February 23rd

Serial is a podcast by the creators of This American Life that tells a story in weekly installments.

#About Us:

This subreddit is a place to discuss your theories, predictions and other aspects of the pod and to find information about Serial and related podcasts.

NTY Serial Season 1 "The Coldest Case in Laramie" Kim Barker, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative report for The New York Times, revisits an unsolved murder that took place while she was in high school in Laramie, Wyoming, nearly 40 years ago. She confronts the conflicting stories people have told themselves about the crime because of an unexpected development: The arrest of a former Laramie police officer accused in the murder.

Season 4 “Nice White Parents” is a new podcast from Serial Productions, brought to you by The New York Times, about the 60-year relationship between white parents and the public school down the block.

Season Three is going back to the criminal justice system. This time, spending a year inside a typical American courthouse in Cleveland and putting the troubling machinery of the criminal justice system on full display. They record in courtrooms, back hallways, judges’ chambers, prosecutors’ offices and follow those cases outside the building, into neighborhoods, into people’s houses, and into prison.

Season Two focuses on Bowe Bergdahl, a U.S. army soldier who left his base and was captured by the Taliban. He was later exchanged for 5 Guantanamo Bay detainees.

Season One examines the case of a high-school senior named Hae Min Lee who disappeared one day after school in 1999, in Baltimore County, Maryland. A month later, her body was found in a city park. She'd been strangled. Her 17-year-old ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed, was arrested for the crime, and within a year, he was sentenced to life in prison. The case against him was largely based on the story of one witness, Adnan’s friend Jay, who testified that he helped Adnan bury Hae's body. But Adnan has always maintained he had nothing to do with Hae’s death. Some people believe he’s telling the truth. Many others don’t.

S-Town is an 8 episode podcast from Serial and This American Life, hosted by Brian Reed, about a man named John who despises his Alabama town and decides to do something about it. He asks Brian to investigate the son of a wealthy family who’s allegedly been bragging that he got away with murder. But then someone else ends up dead, and the search for the truth leads to a nasty feud, a hunt for hidden treasure, and an unearthing of the mysteries of one man’s life.

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Be civil. No personal attacks, offensive language, or toxic tones. Critique the argument, not the user.

Report attacks and rule violations instead of retaliating. No harassment or bickering.

No doxing. Do not share or request personal information that was not included in the podcast or other official source.

Avoid misleading posts. Label speculation as such and provide sources when asked.

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