Serial
112
Episodes
4.5 / 5
Rating

Serial

by Serial Productions & The New York Times

Category
News
Frequency
Monthly series
Language
English
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Recent Reviews

Season 15

Megs12887/6/2026

Absolutely wild to side and do a whole season supporting families who abuse their children. Also note these are all white families. No one would think twice if these were black children/families. Medical professionals are at law mandated reporters. Child abuse pediatricians look at facts. They are aren’t out here looking to kidnapped children. What a waste of time serial, very disappointing. Podcast is very biased.

I agree. Why am I paying to hear ads?

MaineAh2077/4/2026

There are hundreds of podcasts out there, also with ads, that are free. I’ve no doubt this season of Serial will eventually be free, eventually. Believe me, I can wait.

Uneven quality

MPB59!7/2/2026

First… ads… why ? I am a subscriber. Why bother me with them Second, the first 3 seasons were so great. Then it went stupid, lazy, long and underwhelming in the end. Season 4 is interviewing one side of the story and because access to the other side is limited, it takes a stand that is unbelievably irresponsible. Nice white parents just does not belong there. A harsh criticism against people who try to improve the school system to praise the PTA irresponsible social club. So sad to see what a lack of nuance and thinking did to Sarah Koenig.

Intimate partner violence is very real

Drebans5426/30/2026

I listened to season 1 recently and I can’t understand how this show has such a large following. Had no one at NPR ever heard of IPV? No one even thought to consider interviewing an expert, or presenting that as a theory? One in three women experience it. Please do better.

Shame on You, sincerely

realitystrikesback6/24/2026

Phony believe all women, phony me too fake news New York Times continues to give a voice to the criminal.