S-Town

S-Town
An elaborate set of gears surrounded by flowers
Artwork by Valero Doval
Presentation
Hosted byBrian Reed
Genre
  • Investigative journalism
  • Serialized audio narrative
LanguageEnglish
Length6:23:55
Production
Production
  • Brian Reed
  • Julie Snyder
Theme music composed byDaniel Hart
Ending theme"A Rose for Emily" by The Zombies
Audio formatPodcast (via streaming or downloadable MP3)
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes7
Publication
Original releaseMarch 28 (2017-03-28) –
March 28, 2017 (2017-03-28)
Related
Websitestownpodcast.org

S-Town is an American investigative journalism podcast hosted by Brian Reed and created by the producers of Serial and This American Life.[1] All seven chapters were released on March 28, 2017. The podcast was downloaded a record-breaking 10 million times in four days[2] and had been downloaded over 80 million times by May 2020.[3]

  1. ^ Locke, Charley. "The Creators of 'Serial' Are Back With 'S-Town,' a Binge-Ready New Podcast". WIRED.
  2. ^ Moran, Rob, "New podcast from Serial makers, S-Town, breaks download records", The Sydney Morning Herald, April 3, 2017
  3. ^ Maddaus, Gene (May 18, 2020). "'S-Town' Podcast Producers Settle Lawsuit With Subject's Estate". Variety. Retrieved January 18, 2024.