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Actor, Villain, Victim: In Allison After NXIVM, Allison Mack Finally Tells Her Story. An exclusive preview of the new podcast from Natalie Robehmed and Vanity Fair’s Vanessa Grigoriadis. “That was compelling to me,” says Robehmed, “her willingness to grapple with the wrong she’s done.”

Matthew Shaer talks about the creation of his new weekly show, Origin Stories. “I’ve been truly astounded by how much all these people, across the board, follow their gut. They seem, to me, to be successful because they trust themselves.”

Hosted by the lawyer turned podcaster Nicolo Majnoni, Shadow Kingdom: God’s Banker, a hair-raising true-crime series from Crooked Media and Campside Media, is almost too interesting, like a finance version of “The Da Vinci Code.

Natasha Rothwell Shares Her Take on Her White Lotus Ending, Which Mike White Planned After Jennifer Coolidge’s Departure. “Can’t I just be rich for five minutes?”

5 Podcasts Where Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction. These twist-filled shows can offer a real-world escape from the drumbeat of news.“It takes 28 gallons of fuel, and a spark, to burn a human body.” So begins the attention-grabbing opening to Noble, which describes the process of cremation in grueling detail to set up the story about to unfold.

Pick of the week: So Your Parents are Old. Behind the nonchalant title, Vanessa Grigoriadis leans on first-hand experience in this show about the often exhausting, confounding experience of caring for an ageing parent.

Noble is the best podcast of 2024. As it contemplates the side of death we really don’t want to know about (“We treat dead bodies like they’re precious, sacred even, but we’re also revolted by them—the way they smell, the way they look,” Raviv says), “Noble” illuminates much about the essence of human connection.