Here are the best podcasts for road trips.
It’s the ultimate guilty pleasure.
You don’t need to see the movie to enjoy the podcast.
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The host’s overuse of the word “like.”
You either love it or hate it.
There’s no middle ground.
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Lifetime’s Original Movies.
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Radio Drama for the Age of Siri: Sandra
A well-produced podcast.
Clear story-telling and a breezy plot.
Kristen Wiig is a perfect choice for Sandra.
Lacks a satisfactory ending.
and “What if that cute little box is always listening?”
Of note, Kristen Wiig as the voice of Sandra is pitch-perfect.
A geeky guilty pleaure for language lovers.
Intriguing conversations on obscure topics.
Sometimes the word geeks have a go at out-nerd each other.
The promised Season 2 never happened.
The announced Season 2 never happened due to job and life changes encountered by the hosts.
Straight-Up Documentary Podcast: Serial, Season 3
The production is flawless.
Host Sarah Keonig stays out of the way of the story.
Production values that makeSerialstand out can wear thin.
Multiple stories are hard to connect with.
Season 3 ofSerialbreaks form with the “one storya true storyover the course of a season” formula.
Hosts fully aware how silly some role-playing game concepts can be.
The storylines can be a little confusing if you start listening in the middle.
It’s strangely engaging.
The new campaign, Ethersea, is played in Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition.
The on-air chemistry makes listening a delight.
Conversations sometimes turn into preaching to the choir.
Perhaps no media outlet has leaned more completely into producing interesting podcasts than NPR.
Dystopian Monster Hunter Comedy: Bubble
Great production and an engaging story.
Contains more jokes than you might count.
You only get eight episodes.
Sometimes, it feels like the writers are doing more ridiculing than satirizing.
It revels in the absurd while making a social statement.
Difficult to find your footing at the beginning.
Is it meant to be funny?
Talented cast of 136 well-known and obscure (to some) readers.
Occasionally, a chapter has too many sound effects.
