{
  "id": 16064161,
  "title": "Sarah Koenig Launches ‘Metro’ Podcast, Her First Since ‘Serial’ Premiered 12 Years Ago",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/sarah-koenig-launches-metro-podcast-her-first-since-serial-premiered",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-22T15:39:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TheWrap",
    "slug": "thewrap",
    "url": "https://www.thewrap.com/culture-lifestyle/culture/sarah-koenig-metro-podcast-new-york-times-after-serial/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Sarah Koenig, the creator of the acclaimed podcast \"Serial,\" has returned to the podcasting world with her new bi-weekly series, \"Metro with Sarah Koenig.\" Co-produced with The New York Times' Metro desk, the show aims to bring stories from the city and its residents to listeners worldwide. Its first two episodes debuted on Thursday, with additional episodes to roll out every other Thursday across all major podcast platforms.\n\nKoenig, known for her expertise in narrative storytelling, explained that the show is a natural extension of her experience in producing investigative, multi-episode series. With New Yorkers being natural storytellers, she found the production of \"Metro\" to be a relatively easy endeavor. \"After spending more than a decade working on investigative, multi-episode series, I can't tell you what a pleasure it is to be able to just run out the door and find a great story. I'm having an unseemly amount of fun,\" she said.\n\nExecutive produced by Julie Snyder, another co-creator of \"Serial,\" \"Metro\" promises a mix of investigative journalism, personal stories, essays, and interviews that capture the diverse facets of New York City. The show will feature stories from Koenig herself, reporters from the NYT Metro desk, and the Serial Productions team. This marks a return to her print journalism roots for Koenig, who worked as a journalist for a decade before joining \"This American Life\" in 2004. She has since earned numerous awards for her work with both \"Serial\" and \"This American Life.\"\n\nSince its inception six years ago as part of The New York Times Company, Serial Productions has been responsible for producing various podcasts and shows, including \"Nice White Parents,\" \"The Improvement Association,\" \"The Trojan Horse Affair,\" \"We Were Three,\" \"The Coldest Case in Laramie,\" \"The Retrievals,\" \"The Kids of Rutherford County,\" \"The Good Whale,\" \"The Preventionist,\" and \"The Idiot.\" \"Serial\" has completed four seasons since its October 2014 debut.",
  "summary": "\"I can’t tell you what a pleasure it is to be able to just run out the door and find a great story,\" the host says of her new partnership with the New York Times The post Sarah Koenig Launches ‘Metro’ Podcast, Her First Since ‘Serial’ Premiered 12 Years Ago appeared first on TheWrap .",
  "key_points": [
    "Sarah Koenig returns to podcasting with 'Metro' after 'Serial'",
    "Co-produced with The New York Times Metro desk",
    "First episodes released bi-weekly, continuing through September"
  ],
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}