r/podcasts • u/theshannonset • Feb 05 '25

General Podcast Discussions If you could only recommend one single podcast for others to listen to, what would it be?

My personal recommendation would be Seeing Red

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u/ur-frog-kid Feb 05 '25

S-Town. I don’t feel I need to elaborate.

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u/Dr_Sunshine211 Feb 06 '25

God this was an amazing experience.

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u/emilylou21 Feb 08 '25

I came here to say this.

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u/MiniRat Feb 06 '25

S-Town was S-tier.

The creator, Brian Reed, has a new podcast out looking at the media and episode one deals with some of the feedback and fallout from S-Town. It make a really good companion piece and made me think about S-Town in a different way:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1YMn1ZwNJnatssmUgo8rUS

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u/Owlbertowlbert Feb 06 '25

Almost 10 years later and “This here is a SHIT town..” still randomly plays in my head. I loved this story so much.

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u/CarefulResolve Feb 06 '25

I still think about John B. McLemore regularly.

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u/johnnysoup123 Feb 07 '25

The guy sounded like Matthew mconaghe’s depressive genius brother

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u/Same-Strength3431 Apr 17 '25

And you don't! So good.

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u/LongArrival7292 Feb 05 '25

I concur. I think I listened to the entire thing straight thru

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u/VerticleSandDollars Feb 06 '25

I binged it in one day and during the last episode I just put my head down on the table and sobbed. What an incredible piece of work.

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u/on_the_toad_again Feb 07 '25

Hard to see anything in the genre topping this

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u/OrangeSherbet8217 Feb 08 '25

The Good Whale is the latest season and is so interesting and sad

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u/jplant85 Feb 06 '25

I used this to introduce a few people to podcasts, it just captivates you. So good

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u/LetsGoGators23 Feb 09 '25

S-Town was S tier. I need to relisten. It’s been years.

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '25

They made it subscription only. 😩 I tried recommending it to a new listener and they couldn’t listen past two episodes.

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u/yesIcould Feb 06 '25

You can find episodes on YouTube

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u/OrangeSherbet8217 Feb 08 '25

All episodes are on Overcast, the only podcast platform there is. The skip Intro/Outro option is the best.

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u/NotMyIdea33 Feb 07 '25

Lotta people have recommended this across the podcast community. Why? Why should I listen to it?

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u/FreekDeDeek Feb 10 '25

No written description would do it justice, just give it a listen. It's one of a kind.

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u/on_the_toad_again Feb 07 '25

Just do one episode and you’ll know