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Our newest podcast, “The Last 12 Weeks” is out now. Search for it wherever you get your podcasts. Serial Productions makes narrative podcasts that have transformed the medium. Sign up for our newsletter at nytimes.com/serialnewsletter to find out about new shows, get behind the scenes stories, and see photos and videos you can’t see on a podcast. To get full access to Serial Productions shows, and to other New York Times podcasts on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music and Spotify, subscribe at nytimes.com/podcasts. Have a story pitch, a tip, or feedback on our shows? Email us at serialshows@nytimes.com "Serial" began in 2014 as a spinoff of the public radio show "This American Life." In 2017, we formed Serial Productions when we launched the podcast “S-Town.” Since then, Serial Productions has produced every season of “Serial” along with shows like “Nice White Parents,” “The Trojan Horse Affair,” “The Coldest Case in Laramie,” “The Retrievals” and more. In 2020, we joined the New York Times Company. Our shows have reached many millions of listeners and have won nearly every major journalism award for audio, including the first-ever Peabody Award given to a podcast.
2 episodes featuring Serial

Fearless with Jason Whitlock
Whitlock challenges the spectacle behind a viral political debate
The episode examines how independent media, financial pressure, and legal threats shape public scrutiny of contested accounts surrounding Charlie Kirk’s death.
Aug 17, 2026 · 38 min

Fearless with Jason Whitlock
Whitlock challenges true crime’s narrative incentives
The episode asks whether publicity and dramatic framing are overtaking evidence in the unresolved Wells case.
Aug 7, 2026 · 17 min
