# Recommend me some episodic story-based podcats **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 15, 2015, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-episodic-story-based-podcats/722599 "2015-06-15T19:21:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Reloy3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Reloy3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reloy3)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-episodic-story-based-podcats/722599/1 "2015-06-15T19:21:34Z")
I enjoy listening to podcasts (I’m really into my newly discovered “Miles and Rachel Explain the X-Men”), but almost everyone I have run into is an interview/opinion show. I recently listened to the BBC Radio show “Cabin Pressure” - a hilarious radio sit-com about a down and out one-plane “airline” and want more, but can’t find anything similar. I have resorted to listening to old 30’s and 40’s radio shows, but would love something more contemporary. And before you ask - yes, I have plenty of Audiobooks to listen to, but would like some narrative-based, episodic, fictional shows - preferably (but not required to be) family friendly enough for car trips with the kids. Comedy or drama is fine. Thanks in advance. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-episodic-story-based-podcats/722599/2 "2015-06-15T19:31:19Z")
Welcome to Nightvale and The Thrilling Adventure Hour are the two big ones. There’s also We’re Alive which just finished up. (The Walking Dead as a a modern audio drama) ---
**Author:** ![zombywoof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/9e8a1a/32.png) [@zombywoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zombywoof)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-episodic-story-based-podcats/722599/3 "2015-06-15T19:33:46Z")
There are many other [BBC Radio sitcoms](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_BBC_Radio_4_programmes#Sitcoms), not sure which (if any) are available as podcasts (Cabin Pressure isn’t, I don’t think?) ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-episodic-story-based-podcats/722599/4 "2015-06-15T22:25:19Z")
[Bleak Expectations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleak_Expectations) is pretty funny. Rips on Charles Dickens and other period pieces. The humour is a mix of\* Blackadder \*and _The Goons_. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-episodic-story-based-podcats/722599/5 "2015-06-15T22:46:47Z")
Did you see the thread about _Cabin Pressure_? [Let’s talk about the funniest British comedy of the last decade](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=697485) ---
**Author:** ![Reloy3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Reloy3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reloy3)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-episodic-story-based-podcats/722599/6 "2015-06-16T16:00:46Z")
Thank you for all the suggestions. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-episodic-story-based-podcats/722599/7 "2015-06-16T22:05:16Z")
Maybe News From Lake Wobegon? Not sure if it’s available in podcast form, but maybe. I don’t even know if the Prairie Home Companion is still being produced, but they must have 30+ years of material archived.