Serial tells the true tale of Free Willy’s titular whale

For its 13th season, the investigative titan explores the complicated story of Keiko. Plus: five of the best podcasts to dip into• Don’t get Hear Here delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereIt’s 90s week in podcast land! Or at least you’d think so, judging by the nostalgic homages to kids’ entertainment from decades gone by. There’s an entire series devoted to fictional purple dinosaur Barney, plus investigative news heavyweights Serial Productions offer up a literal deep dive into a vital subject: what happened to the whale from Free Willy?In slightly more extreme retro nostalgia, there’s also Audible’s starry new Agatha Christie adaptation, with Game of Thrones’s Peter Dinklage playing Poirot in Christie’s first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles. He’s joined by Himesh Patel, as Hastings, and Harriet Walter. Does the fact that they’ve started at the very beginning of Christie’s canon mean they’re planning to do every single book? We certainly wouldn’t object. Continue reading...