25 Best Scripted Podcasts

1. Dirt - An Audio Drama

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A strange letter. An impossible sender. Secrets 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. 2 million downloads. Season 4 now underway. Part of the Fable & Folly Network.MORE Host Kris Kaiyala
Producer/Network STUDIO5705
Email ****@dirtaudiodrama.com
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 939Facebook 68Twitter 1.3KInstagram 862 Avg Length 37 min Format Medium form 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. Dear Young Rocker

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Dear Young Rocker is a scripted non-fiction storytelling and audio memoir podcast. If you've never listened start at Season 1 Episode 1! 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 Double Elvis
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 477Facebook 507Instagram 1.2K Avg Length 23 min Format Medium form Since Jan 2020 Get Email Contact

3. 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. Turning to Dr. Faith Carter and her team for an experimental sleep treatment, Harper gets hooked up to Blossom, the center's cutting-edge AI. But things quickly spiral out of control… the treatment has unleashed something evil into Harper's subconscious, and it's infecting the dreams of all her fellow patients...MORE Hosts Rachel Oremland, Phil Buckman, Amber Lee Connors, Obi Abili, Giselle Fernandez
Producer/Network EEP Universe Network
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 398Facebook 149Twitter 109Instagram 1K Avg Length 27 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

4. Relying On Benjamins

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Created by Brandon Shapiro & Matt Miller, Relying On Benjamins is a scripted musical comedy podcast about the lives of two best friends, Benjamin Feyler and Benjamin Ozwald, with their dashing canine companion, Ashton, who all embark on an epic musical adventure in a ridiculous and ever-expanding world. Relying On Benjamins features new songs and original music every episode. Contact ****@gmail.com for questions about the show.MORE Producer/Network Brandon Shapiro & Matt Miller
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 46 Avg Length 32 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

5. Soundstage

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Theater is for everyone and we want to make it available everywhere. Soundstage is an anthological, scripted fiction series of portable stories from Playwrights Horizons theater in New York City. Featuring short-form commissions from America's best playwrights, these audio experiences are written specifically for the ear, not translated or recorded live from the stage. Now, the theater is wherever you are. Follow us at @SoundstagePH on Instagram and Twitter...MORE Producer/Network Playwrights Horizons
Email ****@phnyc.org
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 152Facebook 41.7KInstagram 25.7K Avg Length 26 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

6. Marilyn: Behind the Icon

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Marilyn: Behind the Icon is three series in one: an audio drama, an investigative series, and a discussion series. It blends a original 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. We explore her inner journey and human side as no other podcast, film or TV show has ever done before...MORE Hosts Gary Vitacco-Robles, Nina Boski, Randall Libero
Producer/Network Gary Vitacco-Robles, Nina Boski and Randall Libero
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 141Facebook 4KTwitter 381 Avg Length 25 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

7. Solo: A Zombie Apocalypse

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Solo: A Zombie Apocalypse is a scripted serial audio drama consisting of full sound effects and voice actors.  We are not professionals but friends who love audio dramas and fun.  The story takes places after the zombie apocalypse and our friends here are  trying to find answers and stay alive at the same time.  There any many adventures and interesting people as they travel across the land.  These three survivors have nothing in common but learn to depend oneach other in order to survive.  John is the young dull guy  with no sense of humor...MORE Host Tim Mullins
Producer/Network Tim Mullins
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 109 Avg Length 23 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

8. 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
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 26Facebook 73Instagram 175 Avg Length 19 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

9. Let Me Tell You About My Murder

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Based on a true story: when her daughter dies of a drug overdose, a mother suspects there is more to the story and launches her own investigation. Taking great risks and diving into the underworld, the mother confronts the criminals who led her daughter down a tragic path and discovers a powerful truth. 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. A production of Voyage Media.MORE Producer/Network Voyage Media
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 181 Avg Length 12 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

10. 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. Tune in for new episodes every Tuesday from August 16th to September 6th.Written and directed by Giancarlo Fiorentini and Jonathan GrimmStarring: Ally Beardsley, Anthony Gioe, Jon Gabrus, Mary Holland, Dan Klein, Natalie Palamides, Josh Ruben, Betsy Sodaro, Whitmer Thomas, and Lou WilsonMORE Producer/Network Headgum
Email ****@headgum.com
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 530Twitter 1.3K Avg Length 46 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

11. 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!). Whether consumed together or independently, the comedy, tragedy, and soul of Around the Sun embraces one character's assertion that, 'We're never alone… even if it feels like the opposite is often true.' The anthology series is created by Brad Forenza, and produced via remote technology throughout the pandemic, and onward.--Across seasons, Around the Sun features the voice acting talents of: Adassa (Encanto), Caroline Aaron (Marvelous Mrs...MORE Host Brad Forenza
Producer/Network Broadway Podcast Network
Email ****@montclair.edu
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 25 Avg Length 12 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

12. The Cryptonaturalist

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The CryptoNaturalist is a scripted fiction podcast all about real love for imaginary nature. It's about cryptids and other weird and wild topics. Featuring poetry and field reports to make our world a richer, stranger place. New episodes 1st/15th.MORE Host Jarod K. Anderson
Producer/Network Jarod K. Anderson
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 324Facebook 64.4KTwitter 32.8KInstagram 304 Avg Length 18 min Format Short form Since May 2018 Video Podcast YouTube
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13. 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, 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
Email ****@nikkilynette.com
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 525Instagram 824 Avg Length 38 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

14. The Penny Peepshow

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Scripted sitcoms, The Penny Peepshow presents a range of podcast-play series for your edification and delight. Find us! Email: ****@gmail.com Twitter: @PennyPeepshow Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PennyPeepshow/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.MORE Producer/Network The Penny Peepshow
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 47Facebook 88Twitter 128Instagram 84 Avg Length 31 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

15. 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
Email ****@tatcseries.com
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 7Facebook 554 Avg Length 41 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

16. The Lower Bottoms

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A scripted drama / dark comedy told through the voices that make up the quickly gentrifying neighborhood of the West Oakland neighborhood.
Producer/Network iHeartPodcasts
Email ****@howstuffworks.com
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 102 Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

17. The Beautiful Liar

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An unlikely super-hero origin story, 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 — powers she didn't know she had start 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 band mates - as they fight to make the town a better place...MORE Hosts Sam Nelson Harris, Emily Hampshire
Producer/Network QCODE
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 716Facebook 2.3KTwitter 7.9KInstagram 24.5K Avg Length 21 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

18. 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). Now 15, Annie (Abbie Grace Levi), a singer-songwriter/influencer extraordinaire, is about to face the biggest test of her signature positivity when a mystery rocks the Warbucks empire...MORE Producer/Network GZM Shows
Email ****@gzmshows.com
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 721Facebook 1.6KTwitter 1.1KInstagram 2.3K Avg Length 18 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

19. Asexual Gamer On Script

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Hello, Call me Di. I'm Abrosexual or AroAce. On this podcast I talk about The Sims, Animal Crossing New Horizons, Pokémon, and some other games I play or want to play, as well as other stuff. Most of the things I talk about are written on a script from which I read off.MORE Producer/Network Di-Scripted
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Twitter 74Instagram 647 Avg Length 12 min Format Short form Since Sep 2020 Get Email Contact

20. 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. From Voyage Media in association with 7 Lamb Productions.MORE Producer/Network Voyage Media
Email ****@voyagemedia.com
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 241 Avg Length 24 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

21. 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. Follow @bitesizemediaofficial on IG and FB.
Producer/Network Bite Size Media
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Facebook 23Instagram 402 Avg Length 5 min Format Bite size Get Email Contact

22. 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
Email ****@thetridentnetwork.com
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 6Instagram 207 Avg Length 9 min Format Bite size Get Email Contact

23. 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.New episodes release every other Wednesday.MORE Producer/Network Into the Emberverse
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 2Facebook 1Twitter 8Instagram 54 Avg Length 12 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

24. 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
Email ****@falloutlounge.com
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 41Facebook 162Twitter 452Instagram 253 Avg Length 7 min Format Bite size Get Email Contact