‘Serial’ Season 4 To Focus On History Of Guantanamo; Podcast Premiere Date Set
deadline.comSerial will be back in March with its long-awaited fourth season. The popular podcast will return for a nine-episode fourth season on March 28, with a focus on Guantanamo.
The announcement was made today by Serial host Sarah Koenig, Julie Snyder and Dana Chivvis at On Air Fest in Brooklyn, an annual event that explores the art of sound and storytelling, during a session moderated by PJ Vogt (Search Engine).
The first two episodes launch on Thursday, March 28, with episodes released weekly after that. In Season 4, Koenigand Chivvis tell the history of Guantanamo through the personal stories of those on the ground.
This year also marks Serial’s 10th anniversary. “It’s fitting that this show is coming out on Serial’s 10th anniversary, because we’ve been trying to make a show about Guantanamo for almost a decade,” said Koenig. “Dana and I tried for years to figure out how to make a story that captures what it’s really like there for the people caught inside this massive, flawed experiment – not just the prisoners, but also the staff who built it and ran it.
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