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The Serial Serial is a podcast about a podcast. Every week, a few Onion Inc. staffers will be talking about an episode of Serial's hit spinoff, S-Town, another of the most popular and addictive podcasts on iTunes.

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    • May 30, 2017 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 28m AVG DURATION
    • 25 EPISODES


    Latest episodes from The Serial Serial

    Episode 7: Each Wounds, the Last Kills

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2017 35:29


    The Serial Serial crew wraps up its look at S-Town with talk about tattoos, time, and mercury poisoning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Episode 6: Did John B. McLemore know love?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2017 26:25


    This week, we're diving slowly and sensuously into the sixth episode of S-Town. We talk about our love for Olan, the lasting legacy of Brokeback Mountain, and the futility of being gay in a small town. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Episode 5: Big Gold Nipple Rings

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2017 25:03


    This week, the Serial Serial crew tackles the fifth episode of S-Town, in which Tyler faces down felony charges, Reta gets a soapbox, and we get to know a guy named Michael Fuller. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Episode 4: Why didn't John make a Will?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2017 42:26


    We're spending more time in Shittown, Alabama on this episode, diving into Episode IV of S-Town and pondering life's big questions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Episode 3: R.I.P. John B. McLemore

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2017 26:32


    The Serial Serial gang takes a look at S-Town's third episode and ponders how quickly death can go from the spiritual to the material. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Episode 2: Tedious And Brief

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2017 33:13


    In this episode, the gang is discussing the second episode of S-Town, in which the show's big twist is revealed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Episode 1: S-Town Town

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2017 29:43


    The Serial Serial is back, even if Serial technically isn't. In this episode, we're talking about the first episode of S-Town, the new podcast from the people behind Serial and This American Life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Season 2, Episode 11: So now what?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2016 23:38


    This week, The Serial Serial tackles "Present For Duty," the final episode of Serial's second season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Season 2, Episode 10: Do politics screw up everything?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2016 32:14


    This time around, The Serial Serial is tackling Serial's latest episode, "Thorny Politics." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Season 2, Episode 9: Are we too dumb for Serial?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2016 20:45


    This week, Josh, Marah, and special Onion guest Marnie tackle the very human problems with diplomacy while also trying to draw parallels between the Taliban and ad agencies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Season 2, episodes 7 and 8: Is Bowe sick, or just weird?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2016 24:18


    This week, we're talking Serial's surprise two-parter from last week, "Hindsight" parts one and two. Josh, Marah, and Laura pick about Bowe Bergdahl's motives, talk DSM-5, and then work on faking our own deaths. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Special episode: Hey, what's up with Adnan?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2016 22:13


    In this special episode, The Serial Serial gang chats about all the one-off episodes Sarah Koenig and company have recently dropped recapping Adnan Syed's recent legal battles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Season 2, Episode 6: What made Bowe snap?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2016 26:54


    This week, we're talking Serial's latest episode, "5 O'Clock Shadow," as well as Sarah Koenig's season one update. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Season 2, Episode 5: Tampa-bound, baby!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2016 18:03


    We're recapping episode five of Serial's second season. This week, Josh, Marah, and special guest Julie Scott take on what it means to do "everything you can." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Season 2, Episodes 3 and 4: Serial v. Making A Murderer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2016 35:51


    We're recapping episodes three and four of Serial season two. This week, we're talking escapes, captors, and the intersection of Serial and Netflix's new hit series Making A Murderer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Season 2, Episode 2: 19 Days In Shit Pants

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2015 20:53


    We're back for our last episode of 2016 and talking about the second episode of Serial season two, "The Golden Chicken" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Season 2, Episode 1: It's back! We're back!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2015 30:20


    Serial's second season has arrived, and thus, it's time for the return of The Serial Serial. In this episode, Marah and Josh are joined by Onion Video Producer Gus Spelman to talk all things Bowe Bergdahl. Spoiler alert: We've got expectations! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Episode 8: The One With The Lawyer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2015 30:44


    This week, Josh and Marah are talking to Susan Simpson, a lawyer and blogger who's been intensely invested in the case against Adnan Syed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Episode 7: Jay Speaks!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2015 36:32


    Serial's first season might be over, but The Serial Serial isn't. This episode, Josh and Marah are joined by Clickhole's Anthony Easton to talk about Jay Wilds' surprising three-part interview with The Intercept. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Episode 6: Rabia Chaudry

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2014 31:33


    It's a bonus episode of The Serial Serial! This time around, Laura and Marah talk to Rabia Chaudry, the lawyer and Syed family friend who convinced Sarah Koenig to take Adnan's case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Episode 5: What Sarah Koenig Knows

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2014 31:45


    Welcome back to The Serial Serial, The A.V. Club's podcast about a podcast. This week, The A.V. Club's Marah Eakin and Josh Modell are joined by The Onion's Jenny Crowley to talk about Serial's finale, "What We Know." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Episode 4: Rumours

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2014 25:22


    Welcome back to The Serial Serial, The A.V. Club's podcast about a podcast. This week, The A.V. Club's Marah Eakin, Josh Modell, and Laura M. Browning dig through Serial's Episode 11, "Rumors." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Episode 3: The Best Defense Is A Good Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2014 23:26


    Welcome back to The Serial Serial, The A.V. Club's podcast about a podcast. This week, The A.V. Club's Marah Eakin and Josh Modell, and The Onion's Rick Hamann dig through Serial's Episode 10, "The Best Defense Is A Good Defense." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Episode 2: To Be "To Be Suspected"

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2014 34:11


    Welcome back to The Serial Serial, The A.V. Club's podcast about a podcast. This week, The A.V. Club's Marah Eakin, Josh Modell, and Ignatiy Vishnevetsky dig through Serial's Episode 9, "To Be Suspected." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    The Serial Serial - What's "The Deal With Jay"

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2014 16:43


    Welcome to the Serial Serial, a podcast about a podcast. Every week, a few Onion Inc. staffers will be talking about the most recent episode of Serial, one of the most popular and addictive podcasts on iTunes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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