My New Serial Fascination

I may get in trouble for this one from the powers that be.  You know for promoting something that's not on our radio station....BUT....this is so great I want to share it with you.  I had been seeing a bunch of tweets talking about this podcast called "Serial." At first I just dismissed it as being some weird hipster phenom that would last about 10 minutes and then totes fall into hipster obscurity (see what I did there).  BUT.  I was wrong.

The Serial podcast follows a case that former NPR producer (This American Life) Sarah Koenig took a particular interest in.  Sarah narrates her journey in looking at all the evidence against a 17-year-old boy who was convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend.  Sarah isn't convinced he did it, or did he?  And how well do we know the people in our lives?  It's a fascinating trip through witness statements, interviews with all involved, it's like Dateline on a podcast.  You have to listen in order as she unravels the case, but there's a new podcast released every Thursday. If you have long commutes and sometimes music isn't helping you escape you definitely have to download this podcast *it's free*!