Our work has been covered by The New York Times, Vulture, Elle, The Guardian, Forbes, Financial Times,
Teen Vogue, The Washington Post, Rolling Stone, W, Interview, GQ, PASTE; with hosts interviewed on ABC News, CBS Morning, NPR, New York Public Radio, Access Hollywood, NBC News, Investigation Discovery, Good Morning America, and the Tamron Hall Show. Our shows have also been covered on other top podcasts, including Stuff You Should Know, Slate’s Political Gabfest, You’re Wrong About, and more.
School of Humans podcasts have also been recognized by The Ambies, The Webby Awards,
the International Women’s Podcast Awards, the Signal Awards, and more.
UNREFORMED: The Story of the Alabama
Industrial School for Negro Children
Nominee for 2024 Peabody Award in the Radio/Podcast category
Winner of the “Best History Podcast” Award at The Ambies 2024
Winner of the Webby People’s Voice for Best Writing 2024
Winner of the “Moment of Compelling Storytelling” Award at the
2023 International Women’s Podcast Awards
Gold Award for “Best Limited Series, History” and Listener’s Choice for “Best Host of a Limited Series or Special” and “Best Limited Series or Special” at the 2023 Signal Awards
AMERICAN FILTH
Winner of the “Moment of Comedy Gold” Award at the
2024 International Women’s Podcast Awards
SANCTUM UNMASKED
Winner of the “Moment of Comedy Gold” Award at the
2023 International Women’s Podcast Awards
SISTERS OF THE UNDERGROUND
Gold Award for “Best Limited Series, History” at the 2023 Signal Awards
“[Astray] also helps debunk the idea of India Syndrome rationalizing that to create a generalized term that describes a whole country based on someone’s limited experience with it is reckless and irresponsible…The quest for enlightenment has taken westerners to exotic locales in search of answers and Astray attempts to unpack those questions and help us find the way back.”
Financial Times, 2024 (Tom Slick: Mystery Hunter): Brian Cox and Owen Wilson star in action-packed fiction podcasts — review
Deadline, 2024 (Tom Slick: Mystery Hunter): Owen Wilson, Sissy Spacek & Schuyler Fisk To Star In Scripted Podcast ‘Tom Slick: Mystery Hunter’
The Guardian, 2024 (Tom Slick: Mystery Hunter): Best Podcasts of the Week
The Week, 2024 (Tom Slick: Mystery Hunter): Best Podcasts of 2024
WNYC, 2023 (Afterlives): The Life and Legacy of Layleen Polanco
The Cut, 2023 (Afterlives): For Trans Lives, Visibility Is Only the Beginning
Elle, 2023 (Sanctum Unmasked): Karley Sciortino Takes Us Inside Beverly Hills’ Most Exclusive Sex Club
PASTE, 2023 (Sanctum Unmasked): Eight New Podcasts for Your Summer Listening
GQ, 2023 (Sanctum Unmasked): How Karley Sciortino Defined Sex Advice for the Indie Sleaze Generation
Interview Magazine, 2023 (Sanctum Unmasked): Karley Sciortino Takes Liara Roux Inside SNCTM, the Infamous VIP Sex Club
W Magazine, 2023 (Sanctum Unmasked): Karley Sciortino Takes on the Secret L.A. Sex Club in Sanctum Unmasked
New York Times, 2023 (Founding Son): An Avett Brother Meets a Founding Son: John Quincy Adams
Stereogum, 2023 (Founding Son): The Avett Brothers’ Bassist Has A New Podcast About John Quincy Adams
Vulture, 2023 (Unreformed): The Best Podcasts of 2023 (So Far)
Atlanta Magazine, 2023 (Unreformed): A new podcast examines an Alabama reform school that functioned more like a prison farm for Black kids
Montgomery Advertiser, 2023 (Unreformed): Podcast exposes horrors of Mt. Meigs reform school in Alabama
Teen Vogue, 2023 (Unreformed): Josie Duffy Rice on the Unreformed Podcast and Racism in American Schools
The Guardian, 2022 (Red Elvis): Best Podcasts of the Week
Pod Sauce, 2022 (Big Brother): ‘Big Brother: North Korea’s Forgotten Prince’ details one of the most mind-boggling assassination plots – Kim Jong-un’s brother
Podcast Business Journal, 2022 (Autism’s First Child): History Of Autism Podcast
The Guardian, 2022 (Autism’s First Child): Best podcasts of the week (9/1/22)
Forbes, 2021 (Astray): Examining The Dangers Of Enlightenment In ‘Astray’ Podcast From iHeartMedia
Rolling Stone, 2021 (Hell and Gone): How a Podcasting PI Went From Dating Columnist to Cracking Cold Cases
Tamron Hall Show, 2021 (Hell and Gone): How the “Hell and Gone” Murder Mystery Podcast Led to a Break in a Decade-Old Cold Case
Radio Online, 2021 (Long Shot): iHeart and School of Humans Launch New Podcast "Long Shot"
Vulture, 2020 (Racket): This Week in True-Crime Podcasts: Killer Clowns, Cult Prophets, and More
Investigation Discovery, 2020 (Hell and Gone): Catherine Townsend Opens Up About Working on Her Podcast ‘Hell and Gone
Dr. Oz, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2018 (Hell and Gone): Rebekah Gould's father appears on 'Dr. Oz' to discuss her murder, 'Hell and Gone' podcast
The Pulitzer Prize Finalist in General Nonfiction, 2017 (Autism’s First Child, book): In a Different Key: The Story of Autism, by John Donvan and Caren Zucker (Crown)
The Atlantic, 2010 (Autism’s First Child, book): Autism’s First Child