THE ATLANTIC SERIAL PODCAST EPISODE 7 SERIES

But trying to do it as a serial, this is as old as Dickens.'

Maybe in podcast form it is, and trying to do it as a documentary story is really, really hard. All these big, big things.' She also has noted, 'this is not an original idea. Koenig has said that Serial is 'about the basics: love and death and justice and truth. As of September 2018, episodes of seasons 1 and 2 have been downloaded over 340 million times, establishing an ongoing podcast world record. Serial won a Peabody Award in April 2015 for its innovative telling of a long-form nonfiction story. Serial ranked number one on iTunes even before its debut and remained there for several weeks. Season 3, which debuted in September 2018, explores cases within the Justice Center Complex in the Cleveland area. Season 2 focused on Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, an American Army soldier who was held for five years by the Taliban, and then charged with desertion. Season 1 investigated the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee (Hangul: 이해민), an 18-year-old student at Woodlawn High School in Baltimore County.

THE ATLANTIC SERIAL PODCAST EPISODE 7 SERIES

The series was co-created and is co-produced by Koenig and Julie Snyder and developed by This American Life as of July 2020, it is owned by The New York Times. Serial is an investigative journalism podcast hosted by Sarah Koenig, narrating a nonfiction story over multiple episodes.

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