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The 25 best political podcasts out there

Charlie May
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10 podcasts about people

Ma'ayan Plaut - RadioPublic
Keith Stanfield as Colin Warner in "Crown Heights" (IFC Films)

He spent 21 years behind bars

Tom Roston
Brian Reed (Sandy Honig)

Brian Reed went to "S-Town"

Silas House
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finito, comments

Alicia Shepard - BillMoyers.com
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Our fading friend-requests

Sarah Sweeney

"Serial's" real secret

Laura Miller
Yearbook photo of Adnan Syed, the subject of "Serial" podcast

RIP "storytelling"

Benjamin Hart
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Diane Cook, Marie-Helene Bertino (Random House/Ted Dodson/Salon)

I doubt Antrim feels that way

Diane Cook, Marie-Helene Bertino
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Redeem yourself, Ira Glass!

Colin McEnroe
(AP/Tina Fineberg)

Prachi Gupta
David Rakoff (Doubleday/Paul Roossin)

David Rakoff
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Ira Glass, Terry Gross (Lucas Jackson / Reuters)

The NPR bracket

Daniel D'Addario
("This American Life")

Prachi Gupta
(Wikipedia)

Alex Halperin
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