Fall is both the best and busiest time to be a movie fan, as we enter awards season â that thrilling period when the studios (and increasingly the streaming services) trot out their best hopes for Oscar glory. This yearâs entries also arrive during a time of remarkable upheaval in Hollywood; a shaky summer at the box office and Disneyâs takeover of the storied Fox movie studio were recent shocks to a system that has gone through seismic shifts many times before.
Commentary is integral to sports, and some of the best commentary out there now exists as podcasts. Whatever your game or your team, you can find a show â or several â with tailored postgame analysis, while other podcasts offer a deep dive into news stories with implications beyond sports itself, like Chinaâs clash with the NBA. And since it was true crime that made podcasting mainstream, itâs no surprise that there are also plenty of deeply reported audio documentaries exploring the darker s...