Which new podcasts are audiences listening to most on Castbox last week? Browse the most popular podcasts from this blog, updated weekly.
#1 Bad Batch
Patients in search of a miracle cure end up in critical condition. The race is on to find out what went wrong before more people get hurt. The trail leads back to a medical company with slick marketing and a charismatic CEO. And to a multibillion dollar stem cell industry where greed and desperation collide. Laura Beil, the award-winning host and reporter of “Dr Death,” returns for this six-part investigative series from Wondery, the makers of “Dirty John” and “The Shrink Next Door.”
#2 ESPN Daily
Wake up to the best sports story you’ll hear all day. Monday through Friday, host Mina Kimes brings you an inside look at the most interesting stories at ESPN, as told by the top reporters and insiders on the planet. The breaking news of SportsCenter. The deep dive storytelling of 30 for 30. Get the very best of ESPN. Daily.
#3 Zero Hours
Zero Hours is an anthology series from Long Story Short Productions, where every story is a different take on the end of the world – or at least something that feels like the end of the world. Each episode is organized around a kind of apocalypse, whether the cataclysm is planetary or personal, and each episode is also set in succeeding centuries, with 99-year intervals separating them. Zero Hours begins in the past, catches up to the present, and eventually overtakes it. Some installments are darkly comedic, others grimly contemplative, and others still thrillingly contentious. But they all explore the same question: how do we keep going when the world is crashing down around us?Stories From The End(s) of the World…
#4 Have You Seen This Man?
Join the real-time nationwide manhunt for escaped Ohio death row inmate Lester Eubanks. While out on bail for attempted rape in 1965, Eubanks murdered a 14-year-old school girl, was convicted and sent to prison. Through a series of shocking events, Eubanks was designated an honor prisoner and granted permission to join a small group trip outside penitentiary walls to go Christmas shopping. He walked away and hasn’t been seen since. Now, join ABC News as it peels back the curtain on Eubanks’ escape and life on the run, and follow the U.S. Marshals service as one of their star investigators uses every tool available to catch up to Eubanks. Hosted by Sunny Hostin.
#5 Murder in Oregon
In January of 1989 the director of Oregon’s Department of Corrections, Michael Francke, was brutally stabbed to death outside his office in Salem. The murder was quickly ruled a “car burglary gone wrong” and pinned on a low-level drug dealer named Frank Gable, a man who Francke’s own brother, Kevin, along with storied Oregon reporter Phil Stanford, believe has been wrongfully imprisoned for nearly 30 years. They contend Francke had uncovered a trail of corruption in the prison system— one that led to the top of Oregon’s political establishment. Murder In Oregon follows the two men on a decades-long journey, bordering on obsession, into Oregon’s drug and crime-infested underworld to answer one question: Who really killed Michael Francke?
#6 Villains
Bad guys. Black hats. Evildoers. They are the bane of every hero’s existence…and the subject of Parcast’s dastardly new original series, Villains. Every Friday, Villains will dissect the greatest foils from history and fiction—uncovering origins, analyzing impacts, and exploring the complexity of character and motive. Villains is a Parcast Network original production.
#7 Good Morning From Hell
Tune into Hell’s #1 podcast as Satan’s little brother Clayton and his “assistant,” Chris, chat about the ups and downs of eternal damnation and interview Hell’s most infamous residents. A Rooster Teeth Production.
#8 Dolly Parton’s America
In this intensely divided moment, one of the few things everyone still seems to agree on is Dolly Parton—but why? That simple question leads to a deeply personal, historical, and musical rethinking of one of America’s great icons. Join us for a 9-episode journey into the Dollyverse.
#9 The Bill Bert Podcast
Bill Burr and Bert Kreischer come together to give their always honest opinions on life and comedy in the amount of time it takes to smoke a cigar.
#10 Full Body Chills
Ever miss those spooky campfire stories you heard growing up? Well, gather round… and listen close.