THIS is best fiction pod! Great variety, fabulous writing, and perfect actors. So thankful I found this because I’m totally hooked. Started from the first episode in 2012 and currently in 2018. Love love love! Provocative and thoughtful - just what I need as a daily binge.

It’s excellent writing and perfect production. Will evoke all of the things we are trying to suppress in order to keep a job and whatnot. If you are on meds for major depressive or generalized anxiety, trust me and skip it.

Love the show! Art, comedy, human emotion, twilight zone-ish.

I have been over the top impressed with every offering from the truth. Lucky Penny got me ugly crying- my Dad died this year from Lewy Body dementia- I had been estranged from him for many years until his last year and he would “wake up” just for me... I hadn’t really cried for him until this episode. Don’t know why I’m sharing other than to say the variety and quality you all produce is something I appreciate on many levels- didn’t think it would be healing as well- even the intro music makes me smile every time - Thank you, thank you 1/22/26 chez vous was excellent- I’ve recommended this to my adult daughters - the story at face value is outlandish but the way it was written and produced is true story craft! Keep up the great work🫶🏻

Almost all of the episodes are interesting stories. The sound quality and voice actors of the podcast are excellent. Very glad it's back.

Such an amazing production. Great stories. Amazing acting and sound design. Definitely the podcast I recommend the most

For me, this podcast is very different than others I listen to. It feels personal, touching, it evokes such emotion in me. Most stories are very good, some are just magical. I am so happy to see you back. Godspeed.

have been a fan and will remain so, as long as it’s free. i wish i could contribute support for this amazing production. now retired and living on a limited income does not allow me that. movies for your ears indeed

This podcast has been among my favorites for years, and I’m so glad it’s back. Just finished listening to “Here I Am” and I’m covered in goosebumps. The show consistently delivers brilliant writing, a masterful integration of background sounds and music, and thematic genius. HIGHLY recommend.

So happy this show is back! Love the stories! Proud subscriber

The writers of this podcast continue to outdo themselves! The voice actors are equally strong. This podcast is a rare gem in the podcast space. It’s a must listen for anyone who likes quality audio programming. Highly recommend.

I missed this podcast! It’s fantastic!! Listen and see for yourself!

I can’t begin to explain how excited I am that you are back. Yesssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I must say, I’ve been looking for well worn and well acted fiction for about a year. I just found this a week ago and have not stopped listening to one amazing episode after another. These stories are so well written, each extremely creative, and the talented actors that bring them to life is really top notch. This really is the best out there. Thanks and I’m glad to know you’ll be coming back. I’m only on the second season so far, so I’ve got much more to enjoy until then!!

I really miss these! I’ll pay please make more ! Podcasts are nothing without these story’s! I miss you guys so much I check monthly hoping I’ll get lucky and yall will release something! There are so meany people that would pay to listen to these story’s!! I hope all is well and I pray to hear your stories again!!! MISS YOU GUYSSS

I can’t afford to support you, but I’m SO GLAD you’re coming back!!! :D

YAYYY YOURE COMING BACK! I’ve ordered my merch! Cannot wait! My absolute favorite fiction podcast. Their tag line of “movies for your ears” could not be more apt! The acting and editing is so well done; really takes you to another world. Stories range from heartwarming to chilling, but never fail to make me pause and think.

I love this show so much. Please bring it back.

We miss you

these stories are the perfect amount of horrific and hilarious and i honestly can’t get enough!! i personally love “That’s Democracy” the best, but that’s just me. anyway i think if you like this podcast you’ll like “Welcome to Night Vale”. you’ve either come from WTNV or your new to it. either way, i think you’ll like it. Anyway, these stories chill me to my core. i love them but also would like to point out they’re for more of a teen because of the violence and some swearing in some of the episodes. not recommended for teens younger then 12.

This is outstanding storytelling and I’m so sad they aren’t putting out new episodes. Listen to every single one!!

I love The Truth and I’m so sad that they had to stop making it. Such a good show

Hi…so I have been obsessed with the truth for about two years. My dad introduced the show to me, and I’m sure glad he did (THANK YOU DAD) Ok, let me get one thing straight… this is such a good podcast. Although they are done making episodes, I will still re-listen over and over till the day I die. This podcast is a friend and an enemy to me. I’ve laughed, cried, raged, and nearly peed my pants because I was either scared or laughing my butt off. I truly feel as if I’m there in the story, I have personal issues with some of the characters. Sometimes I actually want to punch the car radio, and me and my dad yell at the speaker because we are so invested in the plot.😂 radiotopia😇 THE TRUTH👹

The ads are hyper-dramatized, fear-mongering, right-wing propaganda. Not worth listening through to get to the stories.

The production is great and the stories are well written. Great show.

I’m going to miss your stories.

Quickly became my absolute favorite way to distract my brain @ work. Im a landscaper so I spend 12-14 hrs a day with headphones on, usually mowing lawns, in my own little world & I completely lose myself in this podcast. There’s nothing like it, artfully acted but actually DIFFERENT actors/ actresses & the story’s are riveting….. MOST of them leave me wanting more! The stories are so good if any of the writers had full length books I would happily purchase! ❤️❤️ 12 years?!! TWELVE years!! This has become my fav podcast since I found it a cpl months ago & I have been devouring all the back eps. I’m shooketh that you will be no more. So if it is a money thing, how much do we need to raise to keep this show on??! We can start a go fund me…! I’m gonna rally some peeps on the socials or discord or forums or whatever…. We need to help raise the funds to give back to the pod that has given so darn much. Love you guys, will miss you guys & gals, this is a sad sad day. Thanks for all you’ve done & this better not be goodbye…. Let’s call it a TBD!

I stumbled upon The Truth as a recommendation from another podcast I was listening to. I love audio drama podcasts and listen to a lot of them. I have never come across something quite like The Truth before. I won’t say I like every story equally, but I have never listened to one (and I’ve listened to the entire back catalog) that I disliked. They are all different and yet all so fascinating! Unfortunately, I’ve binged through 10 years worth, up until the last one where Jonathan Mitchell announced that they have stopped making it. Although he seems hopeful that they will be returning in some other form or doing some other related projects, I’m honestly heartbroken. Still, even though it may have come to an end, there’s 10 years worth of amazing stories to listen to folks! I cannot recommend this podcast enough. If I had one small criticism, it would be that sometimes some of the stories don’t have an ending that satisfies me. Some occasionally feel a little more like a thought experiment and just kind of taper off, as opposed to coming to a conclusion. But even those I also find enjoyable, intriguing, disturbing, funny, sad… it’s truly an amazing show and I encourage everyone to listen!

This is my first time leaving a podcast review but I was really bummed out to hear this may be the last episode they make. The quality of all the stories and the sound is amazing. It truly is movies for your ears (I kind of think of it as a podcast version of Netflix’s show Black Mirror). I hope you all stay on or make a comeback soon!

I’m not one to type reviews, but I truly love this podcast I wait every week, check every day, even when I know it’s not going to be there! I feel like I’ve gotten to know you as a person and when I start having anxiety attacks in public I just turn on this podcast and listen to the beautifully written and well performed stories. I understand that things are hard now and I hope that you can bounce back from this, and we as a truth family can continue to listen, love, and connect with these stories. Sincerely, a Truther

I wish Pariah on The Truth wasn’t over, but it was so satisfying. A thriller/mystery set in the Hudson Valley

I have been listening since 2012… I think, I can’t really pinpoint but it’s one of the first podcasts I’ve ever listened to back when podcasts were still a relatively new thing. Roadtrips and boring work days won’t be the same without it. Original review: Of all the radio drama style podcasts I have listened to (and even actual old radio shows) this is the best by far. Great stories. Great production. Love it!

The stories are great , voice actors are great , the production is great . Never a bad episode

I found you guys around 2017 and ever since you’ve been one of the podcasts I jump every time I see a new episode released. I’m truly going to miss all of your great stories and I really hope you guys find a way to come back to us

I so appreciate your storytelling and audio-cinematic experiences. Each story is intriguing, smart, and beautifully entertaining. This show is like the podcast version of Black Mirror, pitting humanity against the wildest circumstances. I hope you return soon and will miss your episodes!

Wonderful show for so many years. So different than reading or watching. I remember images like they are my own memories! Thank you all for bringing art back to the radio waves.

I’m not even sure how I found this podcast, but it has become one of my favorites! I love the creativity and sound quality!

If I could only take three things with me to a desert island, one would be The TRUTH. The most unique, creative, well crafted podcast in all the land. Thank you!

I listen to The Truth while I’m at work. It is very entertaining and reminds me of the Twilight Zone in many ways. And I love these there are so many episodes!!

Maybe it gets better, but halfway through the second year and I’m getting really tired of the massive amount of sappy, feel good episodes. Very few are in any way similar to the twilight zone (which, to be fair, isn’t something the show pretends to be, but it is a major reason I started listening after hearing it described this way on Reddit). I would just like more twisty, dark, or just plain mysterious and funny episodes. Few to zero need to make me “feel good.” It just seems like the creators want this to be an “after-school special” podcast. Which would be okay, but it’s not marketed like that. That’s not what I’m here for. I want mystery, and frights, and intriguing situations that are as bizarre as they are creative. I want the twilight zone. I want Ray Bradbury. I don’t want some high schoolers dealing with the death of their friend, or getting The Talk from their friend’s dad, even if that is a great episode. That’s Democracy was the first episode I listened to and it was amazing! I absolutely loved it and thought it would be the beginning of my new favorite podcast. But no episode since has even slightly lived up to it. I’ll listen to the whole show because they are really well made and many times the stories are fantastic. Even the boring after school specials have something to enjoy. But it’s not what I thought it would be. So if you’re like me and looking for an original, creative, imaginative, mysterious anthology show in the vein of twilight zone, this ain’t it. That’s not to say you won’t enjoy it, but manage your expectations. I wish I had. Update: I’m now in the 2019 episodes. This will be an exaggeration but it really seems like they only had two or three original episodes in the 2018 year. It was filled with four- and five-part stories, compilations that included old episodes, and entire episodes of different shows. Every major podcast does this to an extent, but the sheer volume of other shows the Truth uses as filler is ridiculous. It doesn’t help that the one or two original episodes they produced were awful. This show is really good at taking an elevator pitch and turning it into the worst slog version of a “story” I could imagine. It’s truly awful at times. Like, “What if a ghost inhabits the body of her still-living best friend? But all they do is complain about how intrusive shes being while eating lunch one day.” Or, “What if everything you tweeted came true? But the REAL story is about how infidelity can destroy relationships.” 🤮 Come on. You guys have such good ideas - when you actually HAVE any ideas at all - but you make the worst stories from them.

I’m a huge podcast. Fan was very very picky. I have been wanting the truth since it got me into listening to podcasts. I’m on my route right now and I swear every single time I see a new episode of The Truth come out I’m literally smiling driving for hours just enjoy it. I would legit a good hundred dollars just 40 episodes right now. Really wish you guys made more episodes that we can watch. There is good as these.

The Truth is my go-to for fiction listens. The quality of the writing, acting and production is always outstanding, and it’s always a fun surprise to see where Jonathan Mitchell and his contributors will take you with each story. There’s always a new vibe, an interesting perspective, a laugh-out-loud or chilling moment (often at the same time), an insight to be grateful for. And the endings, while not always twists, definitely bring you somewhere unexpected each time. I’ve been listening for over a decade and hope for at least a decade more!

The podcasts are very well acted and produced. However, I get very frustrated listening because there never seems to be a satisfactory conclusion. They just finish and many questions are never answered. This didn’t happen as much at the beginning, a few years ago. I’ll try one more but if it leaves me hanging…….again……I’m out.

Cheesy, cringe, boring

Audio with vision. For real!!!

The episode, Tough crowd was truly amazing. 😆

I never know what to expect when I hit play on this thing. But I know it will be funny, strange, and ultimately heart warming. If you don’t think you like audio fiction for some reason I challenge you to try out The Truth. It will change your mind.

This show delves into spaces that often make me uncomfortable. This is what I love about it! The boldness to talk about stuff listeners fear is not a common podcast trait. I'm new here but my favorites so far: "The Perfect Dad" and "The Dark End of the Mall." If you hear either of those you'll be sold.

I found this so relatable and hilarious. I’ve been there.

Thank You!!!