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The best podcasts for fans of really excellent audio drama

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Who am I?

I’m a writer and audio drama mega-fan. Through GravyTreeMedia I also write and produce audio drama podcasts. I’ve been listening to radio drama for over 30 years and can never be found without at least one AirPod in!

What is my podcast playlist about?

These are my go-to favourites for quality dramas that really take you into their world. The best writing and production.

The podcasts I picked and why

1. Last Known Position

Why this podcast?

Great effects and soundscape, fantastic story, really immersive. Visual audio drama at its best. You’ll listen at least twice.

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A new mystery thriller from the makers of Blackout and The Left Right Game, Last Known Position follows a group of experts including submersible pilot Mikaela Soto (Gina Rodriguez) as they seek to recover a flight that suddenly vanished over the Pacific Ocean. The super yacht sets off on what looks like an expedition funded by a grieving billionaire, William Cavanaugh (James Purefoy), to recover the flight that his wife and daughter were on. But the crew soon discovers that there's more to the expedition than they were let on when they start to find themselves in increasingly perilous situations that point to a saboteur among the group, and a looming threat in the deep waters. Last Known Position premieres everywhere on Monday, December 20th. QCODE+ subscribers on Apple Podcasts will get early access to new episodes before anyone else and exclusive bonus content. Learn more at apple.co/qcode. Produced by QCODE. Created and written by Lucas Passmore and directed by John Wynn. Starring Gina Rodriguez and James Purefoy.

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2. Homecoming

Why this podcast?

Such spare and perfect writing, a brilliant sound design and score, wonderful acting. The first series TV adaptation was good but this is genius.

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Now a Prime Original TV series. From Gimlet, Homecoming centers on a caseworker at an experimental facility, her ambitious supervisor, and a soldier eager to rejoin civilian life — presented in an enigmatic collage of telephone calls, therapy sessions, and overheard conversations. Starring Catherine Keener, Oscar Isaac, David Schwimmer, David Cross, Amy Sedaris, Michael Cera, Mercedes Ruehl, Alia Shawkat, Chris Gethard, and Spike Jonze.

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3. Passenger List

Why this podcast?

Absolutely perfect writing, sound design, pacing, acting, the lot. A joy to come back to over and over.

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Passenger List

Passenger List and Radiotopia

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Atlantic Flight 702 has disappeared mid-flight between London and New York with 256 passengers on board. Kaitlin Le (Kelly Marie Tran), a college student whose twin brother vanished with the flight, is determined to uncover the truth. Passenger List is a mystery thriller podcast from PRX’s Radiotopia.

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4. The Black Tapes

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The classic podcast mockudrama - The Black Tapes is so influential. We’re all waiting for the fourth series. Still waiting…

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The Black Tapes

Pacific Northwest Stories

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The Black Tapes is a weekly podcast from the creators of Pacific Northwest Stories, and is hosted by Alex Reagan. The Black Tapes Podcast is a serialized docudrama about one journalist's search for truth, her subject's mysterious past, and the literal and figurative ghosts that haunt them both. Do you believe?

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5. Hunted

Why this podcast?

Often overlooked, this is real edge-of-your-seat thriller stuff. Great writing, tense, visual, amazing.

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Hunted

Dick Wolf, Wolf Entertainment & Endeavor Content

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From Legendary producer Dick Wolf comes a new audio fiction series starring Parker Posey about the U.S. Marshals dedicated to capturing the country's most dangerous fugitives. When four convicts escape from a maximum security prison, Deputy Marshal Emily Barnes (Posey) is called in to pursue the criminals in one of the most treacherous and violent manhunts in United States history. Directed by Shawn Christensen (“Blackout”) and produced by Jenny Radelet Mast (Marvel’s “Wolverine”), HUNTED is the first in a slate of audio fiction series to be produced by Wolf Entertainment in partnership with Endeavor Content. Learn more at EndeavorAudio.com. To see how we use your data, visit https://www.endeavoraudio.com/privacy-policy.

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