25 Best Scripted Podcasts
Scripted Podcasts
Here are 25 Best Scripted Podcasts worth listening to in 2025. Subscribe in one place on FeedSpot Reader.
Play All Episodes Follow All1. Cliff and Kendall: Coast 2 Coast
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Cliff and Kendall are covering the topics others are too scared or possibly too busy to! There are countdowns, scripted specials, freaky facts, weird news, bad jokes, perfect pitch, best friends, special guests, and more!MORE Producer/Network Cliff and Kendall
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2. Dirt - An Audio Drama
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A strange letter. An impossible sender. Secrets are hidden in the ground. From STUDIO5705, a scripted fiction podcast set in present-day Washington State about a man's journey to unlock a family mystery and find things long ago buried. Season 3 coming in late 2022.MORE Host Kris Kaiyala
Producer/Network STUDIO5705
Email ****@dirtaudiodrama.com
Apple Rating 4.6/5Facebook 68Twitter 1.3K Avg Length 22 min Get Email Contact
3. Hillbilly Horror House
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Twisted Dimensions is a scripted Audio Drama. Where we take stories from Creepy Pasta and bring them to life with voice actors, sound effects, and background noises. The only thing missing is the actual video. So sit back, close your eyes and let your mind take over.MORE Host Tim Mullins
Producer/Network Tim Mullins
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Apple Rating 4.5/5 Avg Length 15 min Get Email Contact
4. The Cryptonaturalist
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The CryptoNaturalist is a scripted bi-weekly podcast that explores strange nature. A bit true. Mostly fiction.
Producer/Network Jarod K. Anderson
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Apple Rating 5/5Facebook 64.3KTwitter 36.2K Avg Length 19 min Since May 2018 Video Podcast YouTube
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5. The Beautiful Liar
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The Beautiful Liar is an original scripted series imagined by the band the X Ambassadors. When a blind teenager named Clementine (Rory Anne Dahl) suddenly loses her father, her world is completely upended by powers she didn't know she had started to manifest and take the form of her secret friend, Shadow (Emily Hampshire, Schitt's Creek). Moving to a new school, she struggles to hide her abilities from her friends and bandmates as they fight to make the town a better place.MORE Hosts Sam Nelson Harris, Minnie Schedeen
Producer/Network QCODE
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Facebook 2.3KTwitter 7.9KInstagram 24.7K Avg Length 21 min Get Email Contact
6. Tomorrow
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Annie Warbucks and Agatha Hannigan, two names forever connected by events that made one of them the richest girl in the world…and sent the other to prison. Tomorrow is an original, scripted series set in a post-pandemic New York City, five years after 'little orphan' Annie was adopted by billionaire Oliver Warbucks (Lance Reddick, The Wire, Fringe).MORE Email ****@gzmshows.com
Apple Rating 4.6/5Facebook 1.5KTwitter 1.1KInstagram 2.1K Avg Length 16 min Get Email Contact
7. Fever Dreams: A Pulp Collection
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An anthology of pulp fiction stories - horror, crime, sci-fi, thriller - unified by a pulp theme, these stand-alone stories are edgy, dark, twisted, and strange. Each episode features a fully-scripted audio drama story, with original music, stellar actors, and nerve-jangling sound design. New episodes releasing biweekly.MORE Producer/Network Voyage Media
Apple Rating 4.8/5 Avg Length 22 min Get Email Contact
8. The Fallout Lounge
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You want comedy, and you don't have time to dick around. Introducing The Fallout Lounge, the scripted comedy sketch show that's in and out of your brain in minutes, leaving it refreshed and sparkling clean. It's not a podcast it's a podsnack! Created by a guy who wrote hundreds of funny radio commercials and then got fired.MORE Producer/Network Bob Merlotti
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Apple Rating 5/5Facebook 166Twitter 498Instagram 243 Avg Length 7 min Get Email Contact
9. Dear Young Rocker
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Dear Young Rocker is a scripted non-fiction storytelling and audio memoir podcast featuring stories from women and trans musicians. In seasons 1 and 2, host/creator Chelsea Ursin tells her own story of finding an outlet for anxiety and her place in the world via falling in love with listening to and playing rock music. Along the way she writes letters of advice to her younger self on topics from mental health to relationships. In season 3, guest musicians are invited to tell their stories and write to their own younger selves.MORE Producer/Network iHeartPodcasts and Double Elvis
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Facebook 474Instagram 1.2K Avg Length 15 min Since Jan 2020 Get Email Contact
10. See You In Your Nightmares
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Welcome to the Lutwidge Wellness Center where nightmares come to life. The newest patient, Harper Hart, has been plagued by insomnia ever since the mysterious death of her twin sister, Callie. Dive into the nightmare in this original scripted horror podcast by the team that brought you Lethal Lit: A Tig Torres Mystery and Daughters of DC.MORE Producer/Network EEP Universe Network
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Facebook 154Twitter 120Instagram 1.1K Avg Length 27 min Get Email Contact
11. Soundstage
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Soundstage is an anthological, scripted fiction series of portable stories from Playwrights Horizons theater in New York City.
Producer/Network Playwrights Horizons
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Facebook 41.8KInstagram 25.7K Avg Length 25 min Get Email Contact
12. Relying On Benjamins
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Created by Brandon Shapiro & Matt Miller, Relying On Benjamins is a scripted musical podcast about two best friends, Benjamin Feyler & Benjamin Ozwald, & their dashing canine companion, Ashton, who embark on an epic musical adventure. Ashton, being one of the most beautiful dogs people have ever seen, soon gets discovered & hired as a client at VonWinkle's Talent Agency for Dogs in New York, with the Benjamins as Ashton's handlers. They deal with relationships, money, marijuana, & a rival or two along the way.MORE Producer/Network Brandon Shapiro & Matt Miller
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Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 36 min Get Email Contact
13. Marilyn: Behind the Icon
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Marilyn: Behind the Icon is a dramatic multi-season podcast series blending a uniquely scripted episodic story with commentary on the remarkable life of Marilyn Monroe. It's up close, raw and real; telling her story through extensively researched historical events, including Marilyn Monroe's own perspective in her own words.MORE Producer/Network Gary Vitacco-Robles, Nina Boski and Randall Libero
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Facebook 4KTwitter 381 Avg Length 25 min Get Email Contact
14. GREENFIELD - A Kids Story Podcast
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GREENFIELD: A Kids Story Podcast is a scripted kids' show about a group of unextraordinary kids growing up in the Midwest in a small town called Greenfield. These stories will consist of fun adventures, life lessons, and original music to help push the storytelling narrative; great stories can come from small places.MORE Producer/Network Matthew Hail
Apple Rating 4.6/5Facebook 73Instagram 182 Avg Length 18 min Get Email Contact
15. Let Me Tell You About My Murder
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LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY MURDER is a scripted audio drama with an original score and immersive soundscapes, uniquely narrated from beyond the grave.
Producer/Network Voyage Media
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Apple Rating 4.8/5 Avg Length 12 min Get Email Contact
16. Around the Sun
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A scripted, episodic audio drama that explores human connections, made and missed, with an existential flare (and an all-star cast!).
Host Brad Forenza
Producer/Network Broadway Podcast Network
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Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 11 min Get Email Contact
17. Corked
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Corked is a scripted 'true' crime miniseries set in Napa Valley about a brash winemaker with a secret past, his missing girlfriend, and a jilted roughneck from Louisiana who pulls an investigative journalist into a mystery that quickly consumes his life and career.MORE Producer/Network Headgum
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Twitter 1.4K Avg Length 46 min Get Email Contact
18. About A Girl
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About A Girl is a scripted narrative anthology series about women whose stories have long been eclipsed by the legends of their famous partners. Bowie, Elvis, 2Pac, Prince, Miles, and Biggie. Each of these icons created some of the most celebrated and enduring music of the modern age. But there's more to their stories than you know. About A Girl brings focus to the many women without whom the landscape of popular music might be very different.MORE Host Nikki Lynette
Producer/Network Double Elvis
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Instagram 836 Avg Length 34 min Get Email Contact
19. The Penny Peepshow
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Scripted sitcoms, The Penny Peepshow presents a range of podcast-play series for your edification and delight.
Producer/Network The Penny Peepshow
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Facebook 89Twitter 136Instagram 88 Avg Length 31 min Get Email Contact
20. The Lower Bottoms
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A scripted drama / dark comedy told through the voices that make up the quickly gentrifying neighborhood of West Oakland neighborhood.
Producer/Network iHeartPodcasts
Apple Rating 4.7/5 Avg Length 28 min Get Email Contact
21. AroAce Gamer On Script
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The host is an Aromantic and Asexual, he talks about The Sims, Animal Crossing New Horizons, Pokémon, and some other games he plays as well as other stuff. Most of the things he talks about are written on a script from which he read off.MORE Producer/Network Di-Scripted
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Twitter 74 Avg Length 12 min Since Sep 2020 Get Email Contact
22. The Accountant & The Counselor
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Inspired by true events, The Accountant & The Counselor is a scripted audio drama series that follows the story of Mylena Hendrick, a corporate accountant, who struggles with depression and anxiety. Discouraged after meeting with a few bad therapists, she was close to giving up on therapy, but ultimately landed in the office of a caring and skilled counselor, Kane Princeton, who guides her to a path of healing.MORE Producer/Network Milah Maheiha
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Apple Rating 5/5Facebook 557 Avg Length 39 min Get Email Contact
23. Fiction Factory
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Fiction Factory is a scripted anthology podcast. Each episode is a brand new story, spanning a variety of genres.
Producer/Network Bite Size Media
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24. Inconceivable
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Inconceivable is a scripted narrative podcast about two best friends navigating different fertility challenges and the ups and downs that come with it. Created by Amanda ReCupido, a Chicago-based author, book reviewer and Moth storyteller with work in several humor and literary publications and recognized in various screenwriting competitions.MORE Producer/Network The Trident Network
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25. Into the Emberverse
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Into the Emberverse is a scripted, science-fantasy, fiction podcast read by the author, Steffani Dawn. The show chronicles the many adventures of Lucy Fenwick as she awaits the start of her education at Skylab Academy. With hints of sass and spunk, we hope Lucy and her new friends bring a smile to your face and a lightness to your day.MORE Producer/Network Into the Emberverse
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Apple Rating 5/5Facebook 1Twitter 8Instagram 58 Avg Length 12 min Get Email Contact
Scripted shows hosts and producers
Podcaster Name | Role | Podcast Link | Total Episodes | Twitter Handle | Twitter Followers | |
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Kris Kaiyala | Host | dirtaudiodrama.com/home#listen | 11 | |||
Tim Mullins | Host | audioboom.com/channels/4990380 | 2 | |||
Sam Nelson Harris | Host | listen.qcodemedia.com/TheBeautifulLiar | 2 | |||
Minnie Schedeen | Host | listen.qcodemedia.com/TheBeautifulLiar | 2 | |||
Playwrights Horizons | Producer | anchor.fm/soundstage | 1 | @phnyc | 41.8K | |
Brad Forenza | Host | aroundthesunpodcast.com/desertpeople | 4 | @bradforenza | 934 | |
Nikki Lynette | Host | iheart.com/podcast/1119-about-a-girl-74231097 | 3 | @nikkilynette | 10K | |
Bite Size Media | Producer | anchor.fm/fictionfactory | ||||
Gen-Z Media | Wondery | cms.megaphone.fm/channel/EDEUA8483155083 | 53 | ||||
GZM Shows | cms.megaphone.fm/channel/EDEUA8483155083 | 50 | ||||
Cliff and Kendall | cliffandkendall.podbean.com | 22 | ||||
The CryptoNaturalist | cryptonaturalist.com | 8 | @cryptonature | 36.2K | ||
Bob Merlotti | falloutlounge.libsyn.com/website | 5 | @falloutpod | 498 | ||
Meeple | meeplemyselfandi.libsyn.com | 5 | ||||
The Penny Peepshow | shows.acast.com/the-penny-peepshow/episodes | 3 | @pennypeepshow | 136 | ||
Mike Flanagan | scriptapart.com/episodes | 2 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
David Koepp | scriptapart.com/episodes | 2 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Caroline Thompson | scriptapart.com/episodes | 2 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Neil Druckmann | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Samuel D. Hunter | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Noah Baumbach | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Paul Feig | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Richard Kelly | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Riz Ahmed | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Ruben Santiago-Hudson | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Terence Winter | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Molly Manning Walker | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Michael Waldron | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Michael Schur | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Michael Rianda | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Meg LeFauve | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Lulu Wang | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Lisa Joy | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Lee Unkrich | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Tom Schulman | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Jarod Anderson | cryptonaturalist.com | 1 | @cryptonature | 36.2K | ||
Voyage Media | voyagemedia.fm/show/let-me-tell-you-about-my-murder/episodes | 1 | ||||
William Wisher | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Will Collins | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
W. Peter Iliff | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Tony McNamara | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Tony Kushner | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Script Apart | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Todd Field | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Kemp Powers | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Ted Griffin | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Susannah Grant | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Steven E de Souza | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Shane Black | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Sergio G. Sánchez | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
C. Robert Cargill | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Derek Kolstad | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Davy Chou | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
David Hemingson | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Darius Marder | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Danny Rubin | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Daniels | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Damien Chazelle | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Christopher McQuarrie | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Cherry Chevapravatdumrong | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Charlotte Wells | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Diana Ossana | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Brian Duffield | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Bob Gale | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Ari Aster | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Andrew Haigh | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Amanda Silver | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Alex Garland | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Alex Convery | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Aaron Sorkin | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Jen Statsky | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Kate Trefry | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Kat Likkel and John Hoberg | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Karen McCullah and Kiwi Smith | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Justin Benson | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Julia Cho | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Judd Apatow | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Josh Singer | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Jon Spaihts | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Jez Butterworth | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Krysty Wilson-Cairns | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Jeff Nichols | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
James Vanderbilt | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
James Morosini | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
James Hart | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Hossein Amini | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Eric Pearson | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Eduardo Sánchez | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Edgar Wright | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K | ||
Drew Pearce | scriptapart.com/episodes | 1 | @scriptapart | 2.8K |
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