The Truth

The Truth is an anthology fiction podcast that treats each episode like a short film you experience with your ears. Created by Jonathan Mitchell, every installment presents a standalone story with a full cast, professional acting, and sound design detailed enough to make you forget you are not watching something. The genre range is wide — dark comedy, sci-fi, psychological drama, absurdist humor — and the writing consistently punches above what you might expect from a podcast. Mitchell's background in sound design shows in every episode. Doors creak, rain falls on specific surfaces, rooms have distinct acoustic signatures. None of it feels gratuitous. The sonic environment serves the story the way cinematography serves a film. The cast rotates with each episode, drawing from a pool of actors who clearly understand the medium. Some episodes will make you laugh, others will unsettle you, and a few will do both at the same time. Part of the Radiotopia network, The Truth has been running since 2012 with 184 episodes in the archive. New stories come out regularly, and episodes typically run 15 to 30 minutes — short enough to finish in a single commute. The show carries a 4.7 star rating from over 3,600 Apple reviews. If you love short fiction and wish more of it came with world-class production values, The Truth is the podcast you have been looking for.