15 Best Nonlinear Storytelling Podcasts

1. The Amelia Project

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The Amelia Project is a secret agency that fakes its clients' deaths, then lets them reappear with a brand new identity! A black comedy full of secrets, twists... and cocoa. The series starts as a succession of interviews with clients who want to fake their deaths, then slowly a larger narrative begins to emerge... Each episode tells its own story, but we recommend starting with Season 1.MORE Hosts Philip Thorne, Øystein Ulsberg Brager
Producer/Network Imploding Fictions
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Facebook 1.1KTwitter 6.9KInstagram 3.4K Avg Length 43 min Get Email Contact Get Influential Podcasters ContactsGet access to 100k active Podcasters, Influencers in 1500 niche categories.Get targeted media contact list in your niche at your fingertips so you can focus on running your campaign.Email us the categories of Podcasters you want to reach out for your marketing campaign at anuj@feedspot.com Copy email. We'll share active Podcasters list with verified email contacts in an Excel or CSV format.Email us

2. Within the Wires

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Stories told through found audio from an alternate universe. Season four, 'The Cradle' is a story about a mother and daughter as they attempt to lead a family-centric commune surviving on the fringes of society. Narrated by Mona Grenne. Written by Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Matthewson. Original music by Mary Epworth.MORE Host Robin Virginie
Producer/Network Night Vale Presents
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Facebook 2.9KTwitter 6K Avg Length 18 min Since Jun 2016 Get Email Contact

3. S-Town

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S-Town is a podcast hosted by Brian Reed from Serial Productions, a New York Times company. The story follows a man named John who despises his Alabama town and decides to do something about it. He asks Brian to investigate the son of a wealthy family who's allegedly been bragging that he got away with murder. But when someone else ends up dead, the search for the truth leads to a nasty feud, a hunt for hidden treasure, and an unearthing of the mysteries of one man's life...MORE Host Brian Reed
Producer/Network Serial
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Apple Rating 4.6/5 Avg Length 35 min Get Email Contact

4. The Truth

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THE TRUTH makes movies for your ears. They're short stories that are sometimes dark, sometimes funny, and always intriguing. Every story is different, but they all take you to unexpected places using only sound. If you're new, some good starting places are: Silvia's Blood, That's Democracy, Moon Graffiti, Tape Delay, or whatever's most recent. Listening with headphones is encouraged! We're a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX.MORE Host Jonathan Mitchell
Producer/Network Radiotopia
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Facebook 8.2KTwitter 9KInstagram 2.8K Avg Length 24 min Since Nov 2011 Get Email Contact

5. Passenger List

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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.MORE Host Kelly Marie Tran
Producer/Network Radiotopia
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Facebook 1KTwitter 2.5KInstagram 1.1K Avg Length 26 min Since Jul 2019 Get Email Contact

6. The Black Tapes

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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?MORE Host Alex Reagan
Producer/Network Pacific Northwest Stories
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Facebook 29.1KTwitter 25.6K Get Email Contact

7. Janus Descending

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JANUS DESCENDING is limited series, science fiction/horror audio drama podcast, follows the arrival of two xenoarcheologists on a small world orbiting a binary star. But what starts off as an expedition to survey the planet and the remains of a lost alien civilization, turns into a monstrous game of cat and mouse, as the two scientists are left to face the creatures that killed the planet in the first place. Told from two alternating perspectives, Janus Descending is an experience of crossing timelines, as one character describes the nightmare from end to beginningMORE Producer/Network No Such Thing Productions
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Facebook 129Twitter 1.8KInstagram 503 Avg Length 25 min Since Oct 2018 Get Email Contact

8. Imaginary Advice

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Imaginary Advice is a collection of audio-fiction experiments. Each month Ross Sutherland presents a brand-new piece of writing, created specifically for the podcast. Some episodes are short-stories, some are monologues, some are essays on storytelling, some are unholy combinations of all three.MORE Host Ross Sutherland
Producer/Network Imaginary Advice
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Facebook 349Twitter 5.6K Avg Length 49 min Since Oct 2014 Get Email Contact

9. Limetown

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Ten years ago, over three hundred men, women and children disappeared from a small town in Tennessee, never to be heard from again. In this podcast, American Public Radio reporter Lia Haddock asks the question once more, 'What happened to the people of Limetown?' Limetown is produced by Two-Up, the producers of 36 Questions, The Wilderness and Shipworm.MORE Producer/Network Two-Up
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Apple Rating 4.4/5 Avg Length 21 min Get Email Contact

10. Alice Isn't Dead

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A truck driver searches across America for the wife she had long assumed was dead. In the course of her search, she will encounter not-quite-human serial murderers, towns literally lost in time and a conspiracy that goes way beyond one missing woman.MORE Host Jasika Nicole
Producer/Network Night Vale Presents
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Apple Rating 4.6/5 Avg Length 9 min Get Email Contact

11. The Polybius Conspiracy

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Originally heard on Radiotopia's Showcase, The Polybius Conspiracy tells the story of a mysterious arcade game from the '80s whose alleged existence in the Pacific Northwest is fueled by a blending of fact and fiction.MORE Hosts Todd Luoto, Jon Frechette
Producer/Network Jon Frechette, Todd Luoto
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Facebook 23.8KTwitter 725Instagram 21.3K Avg Length 22 min Get Email Contact