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“I’m a subscriber but the latest season is not available. Fix this!”
Soli1987 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
12/02/24
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“I was hooked after the first episode of the first season of this series. That season put me on to this series and luckily I had listened to the whole thing before the shift behind the paywall. I went to show a friend the first season and much to my dismay only the first two episodes are free. I...”Read full review »
b0tar-b0tarsson via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/29/24
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“Between the vocal fry and now shift of episodes behind a paywall I am done”
GLikestoKnit via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/25/24
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“Sarah Koenig set the bar for smooth narration, with no annoying vocal fry, but why the narrator of Season 12 puts an affect on their voice, I don’t know. There’s no need for it. I truly did want to listen to this season, but I just can’t get past that vocal fry. Shame”
Photographe74 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/25/24
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“Stop with the vocal fry!!!!”
AlexB93Chemist via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
11/24/24
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“The story of Keiko and the team of people dedicated to rehabilitating and rewilding him is amazing and utterly absorbing. It contains truly magical moments. Serial has created an indelible character in Keiko.”
XY@@60 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/23/24
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“I’m a subscriber but can’t listen to the latest season.”
Windinthewindow via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/21/24
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“Ads and now you have to subscribe? Not worth the money, especially to a publication that’s really a mouthpiece for propaganda. What’s real journalism anymore?”
Agm0904 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/20/24
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“absolutely horrific behavior retroactively moving so much of your content behind a paywall when it’s been available for free for years now”
samgrace15 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/17/24
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“Serial does it again with a lovely season 13 about Keiko.”
kylen faye via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/17/24
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“So the New York Times is trying to kill all of their podcasts simultaneously? I save series like this with a narrative to listen to all at once but since most of those saved episodes have been yanked behind a paywall I guess I’ll just quit listening. There are plenty of other options available.”
a198612061 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/16/24
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“I’m so tired of these podcasts trying to make a bigger cash grab. You have ads and now I have to subscribe to the NYT?? I’m in Atlanta, thanks but no thanks. What a complete waste of what was a good show. Way too many podcasts to have to pay for this one. Serial has gone the way of Wondery and...”Read full review »
Crump, T. via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/16/24
“I had to stop listening 7 minutes into the first episode because the voice was so hard to listen to. I’ve listened to a lot of vocal fry podcasts and managed to get through them but this one…cringy.”
JessW84 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/15/24
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“I refuse to give money to a “news”paper who helped turn America into a fascist country”
Tclev99 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/14/24
“Nice. Offer to add listening to podcast for subscribers only includes new subscribers. I will go listen to my Patreon programs that I support and some of the 50 other podcasts I follow. Maybe cancel NYT and subscribe to more local papers? $18 mo can go a long way. WaPo cancelled and added new...”Read full review »
Uslayme2021 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/13/24
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“Love Serial, love S-town. That said, the narration for season 12 is like an SNL satire of a Serial podcast. The vocal fry is unreal. It’s almost un-listenable.”
xifgtd via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
11/12/24
“Wonderful podcast, still getting ads on paid subscription.. will go back to waiting for the weekly release”
phaedra87 via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
11/07/24
“I have really enjoyed 85% of Serial’s output over the years, and I’ve been listening since S1 all those years ago. The reporting is good quality and I enjoy the narrative style and topics they choose (although the latest series was a swing and miss for me personally).
However, I’m gutted to see...”Read full review »
Its_leviosaaaaa via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
11/04/24
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“Nice White Parents… Hmm. Snoozer. It’s just not for me. All the other seasons were great. What happened? —- now they’ve gone subscription only…. Boo. There are 240+ podcasts in my queue, imagine if I even paid them all $1 a month? The only way I can make this work is putting up with ads.”
Bschora via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/04/24
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“I would have totally paid to listen to season one but this show has lost its magic. Listened to the free episodes and none of them enthralled me enough to subscribe, especially with multiple free options that tell the same stories.”
No Nick to Name via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/04/24
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“I’m sorry, maybe I’m being hyper sensitive to the sounds, but the slight groan and drag on of the last word of each sentence is just cringy. I wish I could push through it, because the subject matter sounded interesting. The voice is awful, can’t finish this one.”
truecrimemoni via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/03/24
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“Imagine paying to listen to this insufferable, smug and up talking host.”
654258996 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/01/24
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“Hard to understand why we needed this many episodes to learn that there is no answer to a cold case. All the tricks of building suspense and teasing the possibility of a reversal of expectations came into play. But it ended with a shrug. Good storytelling doesn’t make up for the lack of a story.”
TheIMR via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/31/24
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“I have never been as moved as S-Town in my entire life. I listen to a lot of podcasts and I've been chasing the depth and story telling of S-Town for YEARS. I've listened to it 2+ times (and if you're a code nerd, the website has some Easter eggs in the code)”Read full review »
alyshakt via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/29/24
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“I loved this series forever since it first started. This was my go to and favorite series. Then about season 4 or 5, you only get to listen to the first 2 episodes. Then you have to subscribe to something or other. I don’t have any extra $$ after my budget. So I have just deleted the app. What a...”Read full review »
Tilli1365 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/27/24
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“I loved many of the podcasts but the paywall is a big no no for me.”
OkieDonkie via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
10/24/24
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“Can you PLEASE redo this podcast in someone else’s voice? I bought the NYT subscription to listen to this and I can’t even listen to it. All I hear is the voice.”
WyldChelsea via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/24/24
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“What a scam”
BSCSP500MTZMD via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/23/24
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“Serial was the first podcast I ever listened to, and I enjoyed it very much when it was available to all for free. I’d be more than happy to listen to advertisements from sponsors, but making people subscribe to listen to something that was once free is shady and out of sheer principle I will no...”Read full review »
OpossumJunkie via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/23/24
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“Changed my review to 1 star due to paywall. If we don’t fight paid podcasts now we’ll have to pay tons for them all in the future.”
idontknowY via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/22/24
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“Very disappointed by your recent decision to make these subscription only. I’m unsubscribing. Good journalism but not good enough.”
Starmomlyn via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
10/21/24
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“Did you guys even review season 12? The tone of voice and articulationehhh just sounds like she doesn’t carehh and is gohhssipingehh about some randomehh high schoolehh dramahhh.”
Hellogoodbye519 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/21/24
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“Enjoyed first 2 episodes of second S town. Loved the first Stown . Will definitely NOT be a NYT subscriber. It’s almost impossible to dump their subscription as I did several ago. A No. for me Dawg.”
N RN via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/21/24
“Paywall after 2 teaser episodes? In a medium that, thanks in part to this very podcast, has historically been free? This is a trend I will not participate in and think, quite frankly, that a Serial-esque investigation into who thought this was a good idea and who didn’t stop them needs to be...”Read full review »
Daisy May Rose via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/18/24
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“I really enjoy the podcast and think it’s well done, but there is no way I’m going tp pay a monthly fee in order to listen to all the episodes. Very unfortunate.”
RandyS PDX via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/18/24
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“Definitely the one of the best podcasts out there but unfortunately sold out to corporate greed”
RGC II via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/18/24
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“Losing access to the podcast that started so many folks’ love of podcasts is SO sad. The content all being framed as new seasons is confusing. Really disappointed that season 4 ends for me right in the middle, at a paywall- and without warning.”
SLMGa10 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/18/24
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“Used to listen to the show years ago when the whole show was free
Now the whole show there’s a fee to listen to it. Lost a follower
Wanted to see what’s new with the show since I listened to it last not anymore”
Mieggs via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/17/24
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“Loved S1 and 2 now everything has gone behind a paywall when it was free for years. Now getting tons of notifications as they reupload and paywall their tons of episodes”
Yayguymanhandsomeboy via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/17/24
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“Paywall was the last straw too many other free options.”
Brendan Keene via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/17/24
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“Incredible research and content. Delivery is painful though as host Maribah Knight’s radio crackle at the end of every sentence is really hard to listen to.”
LT51_51 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/16/24
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“The first 4 seasons were excellent, and was getting into season 5 but I’m not going to support the NYT (especially as a non-American) to keep listening. I appreciate that these shows cost a lot to produce but requiring a subscription to a totally different service just to listen is frustrating.”
Indi A via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
10/16/24
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“Paywalls on previously free content, content that has been around for a decade, is ridiculous.”
todayisthorsday via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
10/16/24
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“The Podcast that started my love for Podcasts 7 years ago now behind a pay wall.”
AReedy19 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/16/24
“I used to LOOOOOOOOVE Serial. To the point I listened to EVERY episode. Now I have to pay to listen? No thanks. Never again.”
Ella Marie. via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/15/24
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“This is my favorite podcast but I won’t be listening anymore due to the subscription fee. Very sad since I already pay a fee to Spotify to listen and won’t be able to afford both. I’m sure many people will also have to stop listening. It was good while it lasted.”
Feralkat3308 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/15/24
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