Just before the end of last year (yes just a few days ago), I made a list of my recent interest in podcasts.
While I do have some other topics to write on, I am saving them up for my focus next week…yep, I am getting a handle on planning my posts, even for here where no one knows really who is reading…. 😉
So, today I am going to write about Serial.
At the moment there are only two seasons and when you binge listen it makes it go really fast through the seasons, but I admit that is exactly what I did. Now, I have to wait until spring for the next season or so the rumor says.
In any case, I got turned on to this podcast from the Paleomg.com blogger who I follow and love.
Season 1 looks at the case of Adnan Syed who was found guilty for the murder of an ex-girlfriend, Hae Man Lee, in Baltimore during his senior year of high school in 1999. Syed has claimed his innocence from the very beginning. The reporter, Sarah Koenig, speaks with Syed and looks into his case closely throughout the episodes.
I will not give away the ending here, but you can obviously Google it or check out the site link (above) if you are dying to know before you start. 😉 I was totally hooked on this season – even finding myself listening to episodes while cooking or finding reasons to do activities where I needed to listen to it! 😀
Season 2 was equally engaging, though less of a cliff-hanger as we start off knowing what happens for the most part. Still, Sarah Koenig looks at the story of Bowe Bergdhal, a U.S. soldier who walked away from his unit ending up captured and held by the Taliban in Afghanistan for five years. When his release was negotiated there was a great deal of controversy around it; thus this story.
These seasons are captivating like Netflix’s series on Making a Murderer or The Jinx. True crime seems to be increasing in popularity. Some might find our interest in such things as morbid or strange; however, I look at it from a psychological and sociological study of humanity in our current times. I am fascinated by them for sure – which is why the majority of the TV shows I do watch are all crime related….
In any case, I highly highly recommend this podcast and cannot wait for Season 3 to come out. Is it spring yet??!!!
~T 😀
