Serial, Season One

Here is the podcast link to Serial, Season One: https://serialpodcast.org/season-one. Listen to each episode on your computer by clicking on the episode titles or download the entire series. Each episode is at least 35 minutes long, so pace yourself! While you're on this website, look around at the "Related Material."

For those who wish to read rather than listen, Serial does not provide transcripts, but various followers have transcribed the episodes. I'm providing these transcripts below (without any guarantee of their accuracy.)

Episode 1
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tf9zC1atDaClrBt2waYpMQP8UHB034FdxzvhajOFw2A/edit

Episode 2
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cy0p5YZ98oxeIJnkRY5gyu0lGfGv7uz2s8JhG72RPS4/edit#heading=h.7jixl6s0wlj5

Episode 3
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KsNk0KBtvcnYJV6EIzbOM8MG_EPezzGkbu7pqUoNq9w/edit

Episode 4
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VZQlcGetYcE3EW4MTOCG_bwDVFJ9H9lNQFrdQriYaWw/edit

Episode 5
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_vl8_Fs2B36p7dw4GlQxHzWrr-Ulk94RAxbr8LHP5cc/edit

Episode 6
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1k1o1Uoaj1i_TJ372Qyp4HkPKzVS7NozodI0fKFAn1K8/edit

Episode 7
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1996kTzJO6OmXawcNb4kbSDTDqG6XKFc6_oReFi0IHfU/edit

Episode 8
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-rSBXb-y3xhWCPNHdshqj7ayeWw265j7iFmSWBYyaDI/edit

Episode 9
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xdT-NIz4B_wc4_80f652YxP6LOpXGeWmzYrErJvotLA/edit

Episode 10
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J86pkWfNOUQUEld0k88H8Jpe5-IG7rssPp3epZhRLpc/edit

Episode 11
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1P_mKbKLmYSnDolYTt-xa-RDROO68zTFbpxCUPWATGEw/edit

Episode 12
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p_fD5pERxTN6rbJhi9s9FCJf0PPt96w9C664RcXDrbY/edit

Two Stories

Born in Leeds, Yorkshire, in 1934, Alan Bennett graduated with honors from Oxford in 1957 and lectured there before embarking on a writing career. His plays include The Madness of George III and The History Boys, both of which were adapted to film. He is the author of numerous commentaries, novellas, and short stories, including The Lady in the Van, currently adapted to film and starring Maggie Smith. According to Guy Woodward writing for the British Council Literature in 2009,  

"Alan Bennett’s diffident, often shy public persona has arguably been crucial to his sustained and ever growing success, but any perceived aura of cosiness belies a sharpness of intellect and wit that has proved adept at dissecting the mores of the English and their institutions across a variety of genres." 

Here's an enjoyable interview with Bennett regarding Mrs. S. and the new film about her. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/the-lady-in-the-van/alan-bennett-hay-interview/