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24 alternatives to Serial Box
Read or listen to weekly episodes by bestselling writers.
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Serial Box launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Serial Podcast▲177From This American Life, follow 1 story over a whole season
2014 · nytimes.com · its alternatives →
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A weekly conversation with a non-fiction writer or editor.
2014 · longform.org · its alternatives →
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Serial▲69Creators of This American Life. One story. Told week by week
2014 · nytimes.com · its alternatives →
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ReadByHumans▲126Top HackerNews articles in human-read podcast format
2017 · readbyhumans.com · its alternatives →
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Follow handcrafted interest-based playlists.
2016 · audible.com · its alternatives →
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A reddit podcast for all the stories behind the stories
2015 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Podcast by the writers at How Stuff Works
2015 · iheart.com · its alternatives →
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The Podcast Wire▲177500 word summaries of the best startup podcasts each week
2015 · thepodcastwire.com · its alternatives →
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New podcast from Box CEO Aaron Levie
2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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