Now that a majority of Americans have listened to a podcast, it’s fair to say the medium has gone mainstream. Within a surge of new shows catering to all kinds of listeners, there’s been a wave of fictional audio dramas that breathe new life into a format first popularized by the radio dramas of the 1930s.
Today, podcasts offer similar serialized storytelling with creative flair and growing budgets. Some shows are even getting picked up for screen adaptations. Gimlet’s “Homecoming” got the Amazon Prime treatment with Julia Roberts, while mystery thriller “Limetown” is being turned into a Facebook series starring Jessica Biel. (Amazon’s chief executive Jeff Bezos owns The Washington Post.)
Like the podcast world in general, there’s more audio fiction than one person can consume, but here are a variety of shows that deserve a time slot in your dishwashing playlist.
‘The Horror of Dolores Roach’
Adapted from the play…
