Welcome to The Podcast Reader, a new publication for the intellectually curious and those open to new ideas, featuring selected transcripts of the world’s best longform podcasts. From the overwhelming volume of podcast content, we’ve chosen the highlights for you. Longform podcasts are an important new media, but the excellent content they create is underappreciated. It’s easy to be distracted when listening to them. Interesting details can

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Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.

Introduces wildebeests who live in the grasslands of Africa, describing their physical characteristics, life cycle, feeding habits. and herd behavior.

A photographic introduction to bobcats, discussing what they look like, how they hunt, where they live, their babies, and other topics.

A photographic introduction to hedgehogs, discussing what they look like, how they hunt, where they live, their babies, and other topics.

Hot Rod Hamster is invited to a Halloween party, and he enlists the help of a group of ghosts to win the spookiest costume contest.

As Archer searches for a way to combat his nightmares of his time with the impressors, Sefia becomes more and more consumed by her study of the Book.

"11-year-old Kofi Offin dreams of water. Its mysterious, immersive quality. The rich, earthy scent of the current. The clearness, its urgent whisper that beckons with promises and secrets. Kofi has heard the call on the banks of Upper Kwanta, in the village where he lives. He loves these things above all else: his family, the fireside tales of his father's father, a girl named Ama, and, of course, swimming. Some say he moves like a minnow, not just...