The Washington Post today announced the launch of “American Stories,” a podcast-style audio series available only to subscribers. In audio form, this series of reporting creates a snapshot of America’s complex characters and communities and the issues that unite and divide them.
The stories presented in the audio series will be released as a collection and are produced with professional voice acting and thoughtful sound design. The original, in-depth reporting includes an examination of a generation growing up in an era where learning, flirting and hanging out all happens on screens, and a story of holding out hope amid America’s drug crisis told through a woman’s journey of trying to stay clean long enough to get a new treatment.
“These stories, given their length, can require a focused investment of time that a reader might not have when they casually discover them online,” said Joseph Price, senior product manager for The Post. “Audio makes it conveniently fit into a walk or morning commute, and the intimacy of listening enhances the portraits these stories create.”
Subscribers will be notified of the series availability via email and directed to a subscriber-only page. There, subscribers can listen directly to the series and have the option to add the audio to their preferred podcast app.