If there’s anything this Florida girl loves more than the silken sands of Siesta Key Beach, it’s the changing of the seasons—more specifically, the changing of the leaves. For better or worse, my knowledge of the photosynthesis-induced light show our arboreal friends treat us to every autumn extends no further than what I learned in elementary school (something about the sun…becoming food?), but what I can tell you is a close second to my excitement over the ~foliage~ is the brand-new crop (see what I did there?) of true-crime podcasts coming our way this fall.
Grab your PSL and your coziest #fallfeels sweater and settle in for some downright chilling ear treats.
Fed Up (Wondery) – Premiered July 25th
As I sit here writing this, I’m using my grandma’s circa-2005 laptop, a chunky white Vaio that looks like it was snatched off the set of Zoey 101.
A word on this geriatric machine’s provenance: during the pandemic, my partner and I moved into my grandma’s former NYC digs (don’t worry—grandma’s not dead; she’s just in Connecticut), where I unearthed such treasures as a salmon-pink suit set (complete with shoulder pads!) and this very laptop, whose loud-as-hell keys make quite satisfying sounds.
With every keystroke, I’m transported back to 2005, when a thirteen-year-old me spent most of her time reading O.C. fanfiction and impersonating Jamie Lynn Spears on the Internet (don’t worry JLS: I wasn’t…
