“Come for a low key, no drama, respectful approach from early adopters of the two friends chatting format. Leave if you want more “energy”: they’re not trying to be funny and they’re not trying to make it about themselves. I find it refreshing: one of the few on this list I still listen to.”

“Come for kooky energy, dark humor, irreverence and friendship. Leave because their California valley girl voices can be grating and because there’s no amount of attempted earnestness that can erase the bad taste rich white multimillionaires with privilege and a cavalier attitude leaves in your mouth”

“Come for an ex-FBI agent and psychiatric nurse breaking down some of the most famous cases. Leave because of the stilted scripting, disappointingly shallow analysis and weirdly non-scientific / overly dramatic takes on the crimes.”

“Come for earnestness, good vibes between two cousins and humor. Leave because there’s only so many times you can hear “he’s a piece of shit gross human being” every 30 seconds before it takes you out of it - even if you agree. Also they’re into the supernatural - may or may not be your cup of tea.”

“Let me save you time: avoid at all costs. Come because you've seen it on some famous podcast lists and initially it sounds well researched. leave as you realise the host is a walking RED FLAG - misogynistic, racist, no understanding of systemic issues, blames victims...the list goes on.”