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According to an article in Wired, Serial was modeled after television, ending each episode with a cliffhanger. Serial tweaked and played with that format to bring podcasts to a new level of popularity and awareness. The podcast This American Life brought the established radio show to the medium of on-demand audio programming, which has always felt like the podcast equivalent of a magazine. The crew behind this show is a group of seasoned producers and hosts, the audio quality and production is top of the line, and it’s just a great story that you’ll want to hear to the end and talk about with all your friends, and hopefully me! I’m on Twitter.
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However, the show is more about understanding the people of Woodstock, Alabama, what John calls Shit-town, their misunderstandings, their feuds, and their humanity. McLemore, a clockmaker, in Alabama who contacts Brian Reed at This American Life about a murder that he believes was covered up by the police. S-Town is a seven-part series, ranging from 48-63 minutes per episode, released all at once, for a total of six and a half hours. S-Town, an audio masterpiece that takes podcasting to a new level more akin to literature than you may expect, is by the producers of This American Life and Serial. Podcasts have been a source of news and comedy and a way to learn about topics I’ve always been interested in and things I’ve never heard of. I’m fortunate to have a job where I can spend all day listening to whatever I please, and most of the time, I choose podcasts.