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24 alternatives to Serial - Hindsight, Part 1

It makes sense if you’re Bowe Bergdahl.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Serial - Hindsight, Part 1 launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Serial S2E7 - Hindsight Part 1▲5

   It makes sense if you’re Bowe Bergdahl.

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Serial - Hindsight, Part 2▲71

   Woulda, coulda, shoulda...

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Serial - S2E6: 5 O’Clock Shadow▲72

   Why did Bowe Bergdahl walk off?

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Serial - S2E1: DUSTWUN▲230

   Season 2 follows Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Serial - S2E2: The Golden Chicken▲98

   What is Bergdahl worth to us?

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6MC
   Myth – CSS the way it was imagined▲357

   2013 · myth.io · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Serial - S02 Episode 11: Present for Duty▲72

   [Season 2 finale 🙀] What’s Bowe's fault, and what isn’t?

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8AC
   a conspiracy theory generator▲181

   2013 · verifiedfacts.org · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Serial - S2E3: Escaping▲88

   Learning the necessary and twisted lessons of survival

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Reply All - 70: Stolen Valor▲67

    PJ dives into the world of military impostors

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Common sense with Dan Carlin - The war on bad thoughts▲64

    Important perspectivesIn the wake of the last terror attack

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12FL
    FumbleBrag – Learn from Others' Failures▲49

    2015 · fumblebrag.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Reply All - 24: Exit & Return, Part II▲64

    Concluding Shulem Deen’s story

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Serial - S2E5 Meanwhile in Tampa▲79

    No handbook for getting Bergdahl back

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    This American Life - Anatomy of Doubt▲60

    Two crimes: one with shoddy police work, the other, stellar

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Reveal - Might Ike: A Monster Storm in the Making▲52

    What would happen if scientists' nightmares came true?

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Serial - Extra: The Gold Hammer▲73

    Jason Dempsey on counterinsurgency & end game in Afghanistan

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Reply All - 66: On The Inside, Part III▲70

    The one person who witnessed the murder

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Archive 81 - 5▲67

    A security guard and revelations.

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    The Zarrabian Incident▲53

    When the foundation of a soldier’s world is built on lies?

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Slate's Serial Spoiler Specials - S2E1▲64

    Spoiling the first episode of the new season with a war vet

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22GS
    git self-blame – Blame yourself for others' mistakes▲74

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

23. 23IW
    I wrote a short story about AR contact lenses and daemons▲8

    2022 · f52.charlieharrington.com · its alternatives →

24. 24TW
    Taxi Wars – Stories from the front line▲58

    2016 · taxiwars.org · its alternatives →

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