Reviews
“Sarah— Years ago I listened to you on the first season of Serial. Wow! I have flashbulb memories of that season. It was sooo good because it was balanced in opinions/views. We could create our own opinion with evidence presented. Good journalism My whole world change in consuming media at that...”Read full review »
Dr. IBG via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/15/24
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“I’ll make it short and sweet: don’t waste your time on this.”
Knot$ure via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/15/24
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“I really enjoyed season one. It seems to be more biased with every season. I have been hopeful they will go back to season one’s two sides of the story, but it doesn’t seem like it. They are few points were they criticize the military for being open minded and then in the next few show their...”Read full review »
dvargas21 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/14/24
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“Great content, unexpectedly gripping and I love Sarah’s speaking style! Thanks for another terrific season.
Anne Marie
Devon, PA”
Bold & Brazen via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/14/24
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“Hogiutdordpuf will copy this.”
hogiutduordpuf via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/14/24
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“Season 1 was a knockout. Season 2 was a real let down. Koenig is a great host but she seemed disconnected in Season 2. Season 2 ends very abruptly. I get the impression something has gone wrong behind the scenes. The show did not have access to Bergdahl and this really differentiates the quality...”Read full review »
awebb98 via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
04/14/24
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“The podcast doesn’t seem to be available in UAE on Apple or Spotify…”
Muddyclayhands via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
04/13/24
“Jay is very intelligent and familiar with the justice system.it is that knowledge, coupled with the botched investigation that allowed him to put up a great act, and the officers with tunnel vision and no interest in the truth,helped him lie with no particular skills. When I take everything into...”Read full review »
asmaita via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/13/24
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“I don’t know? I’m thru 4 episodes of this one and it feels like the hosts are reaching. What is the controversy? That government employees shouldn’t have to follow the rules? Especially ones investigating an attack on the US? Or that they’ll still get their paycheck for months while they’re...”Read full review »
Ttarasado via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/12/24
“If you are an OG you will recognize that This American Life started Podcast 30 years ago and Serial has taken it to a WHOLE NEVER LEVEL!!! Thanks guys I love it all!!!”
ChiefDlock via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/12/24
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“I was all in on this podcast until episode 4. Minimizing him sending a document with detainees names on them as “sticky fingers” is ridiculous. Sending classified docs in the mail is so reckless and insane. Why would he need names of prisoners? I will still listen because I love Serial but I’m...”Read full review »
Kellyck888 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/12/24
“Am I the only one bothered at the way Sarah Koenig speaks every line as though she’s reading off a list? It’s so distracting!! It’s like a SNL parody of an affected NPR reporter. If Serial wasn’t so interesting I’d stop listening.”
TeresaV via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/12/24
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“Not a fan of this season. It was a swing and a miss in terms of bias.”
Luke Robert B via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/11/24
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“The first season was excellent. However by season 4 it is a reporter playing “holier than thou”.”
Pat Reven via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/11/24
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“Season 1 of Serial was the very first podcast I really got into. So far, season 4 does not disappoint!”
lowcountyr letgo via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/10/24
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“Very much a one sided story. Very disappointed in this kind of journalism.”
Mhamil12 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/10/24
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“I was all in on this podcast until episode 4. Minimizing him sending a document with detainees names on them as “sticky fingers” is ridiculous. Sending classified docs in the mail is so reckless and insane. Why would he need names of prisoners? I will still listen because I love Serial but I’m...”Read full review »
Kellyck888 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/10/24
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“It’s been a long time, Sarah. So nice to hear your voice again.”
JDM74 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/09/24
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“It's a controversial podcast. The reviews alone will tell you that. But, is it good? To me, yes, it is - 👍. Ads are skippable and I enjoy the format of their storytelling. Just finished Season 2 and will continue on... If my feelings change - so will my review.”Read full review »
JonathanAlan721 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/09/24
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“I was very thrilled when I came across a podcast which would be focused on Guantanamo Bay. A few minutes in, I decided this was not the podcast for me.
The host got offended a few minutes in, when the what seemed polite driver, kindly asked them if they wanted to stop at the gift shop to get...”Read full review »
Donnaaaag via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/09/24
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“This podcast is a joke”
ram0513 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/09/24
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“Only on episode 3 but very disappointed in this season so far. There agenda is not what I was hoping for but it’s clear. I expected more from this Franchise.”
SamJ1680 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/09/24
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“Totally engrossed in this one. Great narration, interviews, and overall framing.”
One Street Over via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/08/24
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“Had high hopes that serial season 4 wouldn’t be an exercise in American self loathing and terrorism apology. I was wrong.
Shocked to hear the free publicity for terrorists the host gives at the end of episode 2 as she rattles off his book title and X statistics.
Privilege is forgetting what...”Read full review »
NoelS89 via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
04/08/24
“From some of the reviews, it’s obvious that some people don’t want to hear the ugly truth of the unfairness & brutality we committed in Guantanamo. But it’s a necessary story that has to be told to uncover the ugliness and to ensure that we do not repeat these horrible mistakes again. Well...”Read full review »
Neltanta via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/08/24
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“The first time you have a chance at”
The nhom via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/08/24
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“season 4 - Content, narration. production are all excellent. And it’s so nice to hear Sarah again!!”
leessel via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/07/24
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“Didn’t realize how I felt about my time in GTMO. Listening to it is giving me anxiety. If you didn’t have a drinking problem before you got there you’re probably leaving with one.”
K01102 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/07/24
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“This podcast just keeps getting worse. Should have known. Serial is nothing but a one hit wonder. Should have stopped with Season 1.”
RMSCO via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/07/24
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“I don’t feel like this is at all an objective podcast. There’s clearly an agenda from journalists with zero credibility that don’t understand the context of immediate post 9/11 military. Most of us just wanted to do the right thing, but nobody knew what the right thing was. We just wanted to...”Read full review »
Jmweez via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/06/24
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“I think sometimes one can look at one’s own country and say things are different now in the present because a new government changed the wrongs of the past. Things are only different until they are not. This is where the hosts fail not to put their country up to a mirror. It is naive to think...”Read full review »
bikeandwine via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
04/06/24
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“Despite the reporters best attempt to be neutral, their infinite smugness and bias is obvious within five minutes.”
Andi400 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/05/24
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“This isnt even about those that did wrong things at GB. This is a clear push to disparage military and America. Used to like this podcast but I can’t with the over the top one sided reporting. Haven’t you learned? People want facts and is tired of the media and reporters putting their bias in to...”Read full review »
Chelle Maggie via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/05/24
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“Sarah Koenig is great at what she does and knows how to make a podcast. I thought the first three seasons were wonderful. Unfortunately the forth one seems hellbent on drilling a narrative. One of the subjects interviewed has already done extensive interviews, speeches, and already written a...”Read full review »
Ricky R Richard via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/05/24
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“Sounds like a child narrating how awful you are disgusting!”
Rahwood via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/05/24
“As a listener to Serial since the beginning, I was looking forward to season 4. But I didn’t make it past the first episode. The reason? Right up front the narrative is about how terrible it is that we took almost 800 people and locked them up. And then IMMEDIATELY a figure of $13M dollars...”Read full review »
N2theGruv via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/05/24
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“As a (neurodivergent) psychotherapist, mental health nurse and lecturer, I’m screaming Bowe is neurodivergent. None of his thinking patterns are unusual or strange in this context. It’s only strange to neurotypical people.”
VikkiQ via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
04/05/24
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“Love hearing Sarah’s voice! Loving the 4th season!!! Sarah is the best narrator!”
Meg Reynolds1983 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/04/24
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“I’ve enjoyed every season of this podcast and really appreciate the decision to cover Guantanamo in season 4. Important content, compelling interviews and charming delivery, as always. To other listeners thinking about leaving a negative review because of the show’s “anti-american” or “liberal...”Read full review »
victoriacap via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/04/24
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“...Episode 8 Infuriating. Undermining the memory of Shelli’s roommate. The evidence in this case, the actual letter, could’ve been ‘lost’, as the Polaroid pictures of Fred’s hands were. Fred is a master manipulator, a gaslighter supreme - talking in riddles, passively strategising and crafting...”Read full review »
Fascination Street via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
04/04/24
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“Should be required listening for the world. Enough said.”
Just Mary too via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/04/24
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“Do the hosts/producers remember that??”
elizaaaaaaaaas via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
04/04/24
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“I enjoyed prior seasons but season 4 really let me down. I don’t appreciate the snarky tone about our military and think the hosts are twisting the facts to meet their preconceived notions.”
Goncalvm via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/04/24
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“I find it very interesting to see reviews claiming this is “liberal drivel” and reprimanding the hosts to “keep an open mind” as if they haven’t been to these places and interviewed countless people as first hand sources. Especially for season 4, I understand there are a myriad of reasons people...”Read full review »
C Standerfer via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/03/24
“This is definitely an important story/issue that needs to be talked about and we know that no one tells a “radio“ story better than anyone associated with This American Life, but it’s hard to trust Sarah anymore after she has behaved so irresponsibly with the follow up to the Adnan Syed case....”Read full review »
Nostroto via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/03/24
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“WHERE IS EPISODE 10 OF S3? WHERE DOES JOSHUA GO?!”
SalaAris via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
04/03/24
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“I can’t with serial anymore. This latest season is so heavy handed and biased I cannot get passed the first episode.”
pillowman3:16 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/03/24
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“For someone who actually lost my dad in 9/11 and not after the fact, has been to gtmo. This podcast is dangerous to the case that we are currently trying to achieve to hold the mastermind accountable for. It’s a mockery to what is really going on and this podcast is nothing more than an attempt...”Read full review »
NewYorker1988 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/03/24
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