Best narrative Podcasts

Utilizes narrative storytelling, archival audio, and immersive soundscapes to explore true stories of white-collar criminals, con artists, and corporate evil. From corruption and fraud to Ponzi schemes and environmental disasters, these financially motivated crimes have shaped our world in unimaginable ways. All in the name of greed.Become a ValuedListener™ at ValuedListener.com

Each week we choose a theme. Then anything can happen. This American Life is true stories that unfold like little movies for radio. Personal stories with funny moments, big feelings, and surprising plot twists. Newsy stories that try to capture what it’s like to be alive right now. It’s the most popular weekly podcast in the world, and winner of the first ever Pulitzer Prize for a radio show or podcast. Hosted by Ira Glass and produced in collaboration with WBEZ Chicago.

The stories behind the world's most recognizable and interesting sounds.

Hello, and welcome to the Mistholme Museum of Mystery, Morbidity, and Mortality. The Audio Tour Guide will be your window into the history of the museum and its exhibits today.Please note, that if you notice your version of the Audio Tour Guide behaving oddly, kindly ensure that you dispose of your Audio Device in the nearest incinerator at the earliest convenience.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-mistholme-museum-of-mystery-morbidity-and-mortality. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the world of Liberty – serialized sci-fi tales told audio drama podcasts. For centuries the colony of Atrius has been cut off from humanity and endured generations of civil war. What remains is a gleaming city and beyond its walls, a lawless expanse known as the Fringe.

One day, Wren wakes up covered in blood, suffering from memory loss, and surrounded by the remnants of some strange cult ritual. SPINES is the story of her search for answers, and the deadly, powerful people she encounters along the way. Listen to the complete series now.

Author Dana Schwartz explores the stories of some of history’s most fascinating royals: the tyrants and the tragic, the murderers and the murdered, and everyone in between. Because when you’re wearing a crown, mistakes often mean blood.

Ain’t Slayed Nobody is a Gold ENnie winning podcast, bringing immersive tabletop roleplaying games to your feed! We feature short campaigns and one-shots using Chaosium’s Call of Cthulhu and other systems. We know you’ll find something you love amongst our experimental blend of narrative and actual play series with horrifying, humorous, and dramatic stories. Join our Discord server to chat about the show and become a member of the Patreon posse to support our independent podcast. Supporters gain bonus content, early campaign access, ad-free episodes, and they even help us shape the story. If you enjoy any podcasts from The Glass Cannon Network, Dark Dice, The Adventure Zone, Dungeons & Daddies, Worlds Beyond Number, How We Roll Podcast, or Pretending to be People, you may like us too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When Kate “ACunningPlan” Cunningham sparks up an online friendship with a fellow fanfiction writer it seems like the perfect distraction from a summer stuck in her hometown of Kamloops, B.C., not to mention the coming terrors of her final year of university and the Real Adult Future beyond. (Seriously, please don’t mention them.) After all, Hella--Enchanted is funny, smart and writes canon-divergent werewolf fic like no one else. She’s everything a fandom could ask for.But... what if she’s everything Kate could ask for, too?

Welcome to the Nesting Zone: a surreal rim of jungle around Mt. Tahoma prowled by transdimensional reptiles. The Amanuensis catalogues his expedition up the volcano slope and records stories of explorers caught in the evolving dreamscape. Paleo-mythic lizard pyromancy. Blood whisper secrets. Carnivorous astronauts. Cursed poem hallucinations. Staying sane is not an option: a fiction podcast by Justin Hellstrom - rated M for mature.

In this “unashamedly homegrown” podcast we tell the story of our islands from the time before people arrived all the way up to the year 2000. Winner of the bronze award for Best Indie Podcast in the NZ Podcast Awards 2021, Silver for Best Educational and Best Indie in 2022 and Silver for Best History in 2023. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Once upon a time, there was a beautiful young maiden with a face so fair and voice so eloquent no one could help but adore her. And, oh ho! Did she have a friend! But unbeknownst to the maiden, her good friend was a witch. They spent long days together in their youth, sipping wine and drinking ale at their local taverns while telling each other stories of other beautiful maidens and evil witches and helpful dragons and cats who are actually trolls, all while drunkenly laughing to each other about such wonderful tales, and how they could be fixed for the modern ear. Welcome to Fairy Tale Fix! A podcast for the modern maiden, clever lad, evil witch, frog prince, mischievous faerie, or what have you. Tune in every other Tuesday for fanciful tales between two friends.

A determined but misguided teenage girl and a blindly optimistic fish in high heels go on a semi-epic quest to save the world in this funny fantasy adventure series that walks the delicate balance between hope and cynicism.

Join the Stonesinger Community on Discord"There is a reason the Church of Deepstone keeps their altars high on a hill, and their books deep underground."Whisper is a thief who’d rather read than steal; Talee is an absent minded orphan with an uncanny memory and a penchant for making trouble; Eyfre is their teacher - a powerful mage, and a person of mysterious intents. This trio is setting out to Iro with Talee and Whisper set to become students. But first, they must survive. Join our trio and a cast of fascinating characters in this sprawling epic and richly imagined world.The Stonesinger Chronicles is an Epic Fantasy Fiction Podcast. It's a fantasy story like nothing you've ever heard; a complex narrative augmented by a sweeping musical score and beautiful sound design. If you are looking for an epic fantasy podcast, a dark fantasy podcast, or just a simple audio story to keep you enthralled from beginning to end, The Stonesinger Chronicles is for you. The Magnus Archives meets The Stormlight Archives.The Stonesinger Chronicles is created by me, Adam Ganong - every word written, line read, note played.Show art by Peter Bartels Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An award-winning narrative nonfiction podcast reimagining life through creativity and community. With a musician's ear, a writer's pen, and a voice that invites you in, Narrative Podcasts founder Laura Joyce Davis examines life's timely events and timeless questions. Join us as we escape not out of life, but into it.

An actual-play Dungeon World podcast about being who you are by being someone different.

Narrative-first roleplaying, telling small stories in big worlds. Find us at flimsyrituals.com, with new episodes every other Sunday.Currently playing Embrace. Join the defiant radicals, the Jubilant Maybe, as they fight the wealthy, the secretive and the weird forces that hold the city's future in their hands.Follow us on twitter @flimsyritualsFind our website at flimsyrituals.comSupport us on Patreon patreon.com/theseflimsyritualsJoin our Discord discord.gg/jcWRCBt

A bumbling Porque Sheriff's Department struggles to combat crime and build community in this poignant comedy set in eccentric, small-town New Mexico. Frijoles Y Arroz is a pioneering narrative podcast using throwback stylings to tell a story of resistance in modern times. On a mission to create a Society where Intimacy is Safe for all. Frijoles Y Arroz was created to show the power of nonviolent conflict. We are thrilled to announce that Frijoles Y Arroz is a selection in the New Media Film Festival #podcast category! Big thanks to the New Media Film Festival for the recognition - our team is excited to attend the festival in June 2020 & we are hard at work developing Season 2!

We are a book club style podcast focused on story driven video games. Each episode we do a deep dive into a different game.

The story of how a primate species created a world full of skyscrapers, airplanes, nuclear weapons, and vaccines. From the mass production of cotton weaving in the first industrial revolution of the 18th Century, to the digital revolution of today, this podcast will explore the ways our world has rapidly changed.

Untangling history’s greatest controversies. Every month, we take a hard look at the historical conflicts that raise difficult questions, stoke controversy, and send our moral compasses spinning.

Join history buff, Mike Corradi on a journey through time as he unfolds the rich tapestry of the Italian peninsula's history. This chronological story starts with the collapse of the Western Roman Empire and leads you through the most iconic events, influential figures, and cultural milestones that have shaped Italy into what we see today. It’s all serious stuff, but we do take time to stop and laugh at battles over a bucket, rude names, naughty priests and popes, rabbits winning sieges, doves winning battles, bits of dead bodies as tokens of love, and whole series of real historical silly situations that no comedian could think of.Come along every other week for a compelling and insightful glimpse into A History of Italy.

A comedy about an interracial and international romance between a Filipina American gal and an Irish guy and the culture clash that happens as a result.

A JOURNEY BEYOND THE SKIES is a science fiction podcast about a man who, after experiencing a personal tragedy, is quickly swept up in an unexpected adventure. Listen to Declan as he narrates his journal entries which document his thoughts and experiences.Accompanied by an original musical score and immersive sound effects, this is a story sure to come to life as you tag along on a brand new journey.​​To visit the main website, head on over to http://www.journeybeyondtheskies.com​Follow along on Twitter at @JBTSPodcast (https://mobile.twitter.com/jbtspodcast?lang=en)​​This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.​SciFi | Adventure | Futuristic | Cyberpunk | Narration | Storytelling | Noir | Narrative