# Serial

A [News](/content/categories/news/podcasts/index.html), [True Crime](/content/categories/true-crime-category/podcasts/index.html) and [Society](/content/categories/society/podcasts/index.html) podcast featuring [Sarah Koenig](/content/creators/sarah-koenig-107Zzj88OO/index.html) and [Dana Chivvis](/content/creators/dana-chivvis-107a4QuOzk/index.html)

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## Podcast Details
- **Created by:** Serial Productions & The New York Times
- **Podcast Status:** Idle
- **Started:** Oct 3rd, 2014
- **Latest Episode:** [Mar 26th, 2026](/content/podcasts/serial-11345/episodes/the-idiot-chapter-5-288914797/index.html)
- **Release Period:** 6 per year
- **Episodes:** 140
- **Avg. Episode Length:** 38 minutes
- **Explicit:** No
- **Order:** Episodic
- **Language:** English
- **Network:** [New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/spotlight/podcasts)

## Serial Creators & Guests

| Creator | Bio | Role | \# of Episodes |
| ------- | --- | ---- | -------------- |
| [Sarah Koenig](/content/creators/sarah-koenig-107Zzj88OO/index.html) | "Sarah Koenig is an American journalist, public radio personality, former Producer of the television and radio program This American Life, and the Host and Executive Producer of Serial." | Host | 75 |
| [Dyan Neary](/content/creators/dyan-neary-107u26XviE/index.html) | "Dr. Dyan Neary is an investigative journalist and a scholar of creative writing. Currently, she is an associate professor of Journalism at the West Chester University of Pennsylvania." | Host | 4 |
| [Dana Chivvis](/content/creators/dana-chivvis-107a4QuOzk/index.html) | "Dana joined This American Life as the fellow in 2013. Before that, she covered education at NBC News and was a photo editor at National Geographic." | Host | 6 |
| [Jenelle Pifer](/content/creators/jenelle-pifer-107aWebED2/index.html) | "Jenelle Pifer is the producer at Pineapple Street and editor Longform podcast." | Producer | 7 |
| [Julie Snyder](/content/creators/julie-snyder-107a9DFLsO/index.html) | "Julie Snyder is the co-creator of the Serial Podcast and co-creator & executive producer of S-Town, a 7-part non-fiction podcast." | Editor | 8 |
| [Ben Calhoun](/content/creators/ben-calhoun-107aNHGSlp/index.html) | "Benjamin Chang Calhoun is a radio journalist and producer. Currently, he is executive producer of the New York Times podcast 'The Daily.'" | Producer | 72 |
| [Nancy Updike](/content/creators/nancy-updike-107ZzlO6oq/index.html) | "Nancy Updike is an American public radio producer and writer. She is one of the founding producers of the long-running radio program This American Life." | Producer | 4 |
| [Rachel Mckibbens](/content/creators/rachel-mckibbens-107ta1xMnB/index.html) | "Rachel McKibbens is a poet. She also teaches and co-owns a literary lounge cocktail bar." | Guest | 3 |
| [Whitney Dangerfield](/content/creators/whitney-dangerfield-107a9DFLwP/index.html) | "Whitney Dangerfield is the digital editor at Serial, S-Town Podcast, and This American Life." | Digital Editor | 135 |
| [Martin D. Fowler](/content/creators/martin-d-fowler-107aWYtbNg/index.html) | "Martin D. Fowler is a freelance composer, producer, and sound designer. He composes scores and library music for media, especially podcasts." | Composer | 3 |

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