Stop what you’re doing. Serial season two is here.
Plus, how you can see the co-creators in person, right in Boston.
You’ve waited 357 days. At 6:15 a.m. Thursday morning, episode one of season two of the Serial podcast was released.
This season, co-creator and narrator Sarah Koenig and her team—co-creator Julie Snyder, Dana Chivvis, Emily Condon, and Ira Glass—will tell the story of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, a U.S. soldier who walked away from his outpost in Afghanistan in 2009, and was captured and held captive by the Taliban for nearly five years until his release in 2014. He was charged with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy earlier this year. Unlike the first season of Serial’s (formerly) little-known Baltimore backstory, Bergdahl’s is a high-profile topic.
Of course, before you know it, the season will (sadly) be over. But big news, Bostonians! Locals will have the chance to hear more from Koenig and Snyder in person. As Boston magazine points out, the co-producers are stopping by the Hub on March 30 for “Binge-Worthy Journalism,’’ a talk during during which they’ll discuss the ins and outs of creating Serial. The event starts at 8 p.m. at Symphony Hall, and tickets start at $35. Are you listening, people?
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