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24 alternatives to The Story Behind
A short-form, narrative history podcast
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Story Behind launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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4000 years of history in an entertaining format.
2016 · its alternatives →
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Serial Podcast▲177From This American Life, follow 1 story over a whole season
2014 · its alternatives →
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2018 · programaudioseries.com · its alternatives →
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A reddit podcast for all the stories behind the stories
2015 · its alternatives →
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A podcast about the stories behind app launches
2015 · its alternatives →
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A weekly conversation with a non-fiction writer or editor.
2014 · its alternatives →
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Parasocial▲204Listening to podcasts should be a joy. So let's get started.
24d ago · parasocial.fm · its alternatives →
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Discussing podcast discovery & community w/ PH & Roman Mars
2015 · its alternatives →
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The intro to Microsoft's "Serial"-style Halo podcast
2015 · its alternatives →
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The first episode of Hillary Clinton's podcast series
2016 · its alternatives →
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A podcast about data, science, stories, and time.
2016 · its alternatives →
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A weekly podcast about building a startup from the ground up
2015 · its alternatives →
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Many strangers give us their take on podcasting
2016 · its alternatives →
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Context Matters▲102Podcast on intersection of business, technology & culture
2015 · its alternatives →
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Prehype Podcast▲107Entrepreneurs speaking to people they think are interesting
2015 · its alternatives →
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Meetings and Events Industry News
2016 · its alternatives →
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A podcast all about data, science, stories, and time.
2017 · its alternatives →
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