Gimlet To Release Two “Ear Worthy” Fiction Podcasts — Season 2 of Motherhacker and Red Frontier

Podcast fiction hasn’t caught fire like the burning bush of true-crime podcasting, where listeners seem to have a bottomless pit of interest in real crimes.

However, podcast fiction dramas have painted their audio canvass with skillful brush strokes instead of the “splash the paint on the canvass and see what sticks” mad rush to release true-crime shows.

Gimlet / Spotify have taken a calibrated approach to podcast fiction. In June, they are…