15 Best Nonlinear Storytelling Podcasts

1. 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
Email ****@thetruthpodcast.com
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 5KFacebook 8.1KTwitter 8.6KInstagram 3.1K Avg Length 32 min Format Medium form Since Nov 2011 Get Email Contact Get access to full database of 2.7M podcastsCreate podcast lists, export in spreadsheet or CSV file with email contacts and start your podcast outreach in minutes.Sign Up for Free with Email Continue with Google

2. 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, U00d8ystein Ulsberg Brager
Producer/Network Imploding Fictions
Email ****@yahoo.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 1.7KFacebook 1.1KTwitter 6.9KInstagram 3.6K Avg Length 42 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

3. Within the Wires

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An immersive fiction podcast told through found audio from an alternate universe. Each season is a standalone story set in the same world. Written by Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Matthewson. Original music by Mary Epworth.MORE Host Robin Virginie
Producer/Network Night Vale Presents
Email ****@nightvalepresents.com
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 3KFacebook 2.9KTwitter 6K Avg Length 17 min Format Short form Since Jun 2016 Get Email Contact

4. 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
Email ****@welcometonightvale.com
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 6.7K Avg Length 12 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

5. Imaginary Advice

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A miscellany of stories, presented by Ross Sutherland.
Host Ross Sutherland
Producer/Network Imaginary Advice
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 423Facebook 370 Avg Length 60 min Format Long form Since Oct 2014 Get Email Contact

6. 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.To get full access to this show, and to other Serial Productions and New York Times podcasts on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, subscribe at nytimes.com/podcasts...MORE Host Brian Reed
Producer/Network Serial
Email ****@stownpodcast.org
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 55.9K Avg Length 35 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

7. 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
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 17.5KFacebook 28.7KTwitter 25.6K Get Email Contact

8. 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
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 5.8KFacebook 996Twitter 2.5KInstagram 1K Avg Length 26 min Format Medium form Since Jul 2019 Get Email Contact

9. Janus Descending

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NOW PLAYING: Descendants, The Janus Descending Sequel: Book One - InheritanceJANUS 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...MORE Producer/Network No Such Thing Productions
Email ****@hotmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 307Facebook 140Twitter 1.8KInstagram 512 Avg Length 25 min Format Medium form Since Oct 2018 Get Email Contact

10. 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
Email ****@twoupproductions.com
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 10.4K Avg Length 21 min Format Medium form 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.** Coming soon: THE SKIES ARE WATCHING. A new podcast from the creators of THE POLYBIUS CONSPIRACY & THE INCIDENT AT ONG'S HAT. Launches July 5th via BBC Radio 4. **MORE Hosts Todd Luoto, Jon Frechette
Producer/Network Jon Frechette, Todd Luoto
Email ****@mac.com
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 78Facebook 23.5KTwitter 725Instagram 21.6K Avg Length 22 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact