True Crime is the most popular podcast genre in Australia.
Over the next 5 episodes we talk to 4 of the finalists in the True Crime Category, to try and understand what forms True Crime Podcasts take, and why people love them.
This episode we talk to Dr Benjamin Nickl (Cultural Studies Professor at the University of Sydney), and explore why True Crime is so popular.
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