If you have an iPhone, look no further than the podcast app on your phone. You’ll find everything you want there. Android you will have to find a podcast app that works for you and has the stuff you want to listen to. I liked google podcasts for the few months I was on an android recently and found Spotify lacking content and acast one of the worst technically but am not an expert.
I’m more confident saying that if you’re wanting to get into podcasts and unsure where to start, especially with an interest in true crime, it has to be serial (series 1 - important). It’s the king of podcasts - the first really popular one, it influenced the style and content of so many others. I think it deserves the hype - it’s a very facisnating case, balanced reporting, all the subtleties and contradictions are given due attention. You may think you have an idea what’s going on for one episode but it will be turned on it’s head the next.
It has been criticised on a moral basis occasionally. And the parents of the murdered girl have never wanted anything to do with it or the subsequent huge amount of press attention because it’s too painful. That’s understandable of course. I think when listening to serial it’s important to remind yourself they are real people. But at the same time it does have pretty high journalistic standards. Its nothing like the gross sensationalism of the some of the later true crime podcasts it’s inspired.
Sorry for the big essay. My overall point was - look how many options there are open to you ; just in the suggestions above. Overwhelming. So it makes sense to just start at the ‘beginning’ - obviously not really the first, but maybe the most significant...? And it’s just a really enjoyable listen...
