Academy

I’m pretty new to the world of fiction podcasts and until now hadn’t found one I’ve loved, but this one has me hooked. It’s like a mashup of Gossip Girl and The OC. And maybe Sex Education. The sound design makes it such an immersive world to escape into. Also love the theme song, very nostalgic feeling. Definitely recommend!

Really enjoyed this series. I wish all audio books would be made this way, this was so fun! It is extremely well produced and drew me right in with its fun storytelling style; the music, sound effects, the humor, it was all good. Reminds me of the old timey radio shows my grandparents listened to. Great job! Please make more!!

This show is beautifully produced. All the voices are spot on and the show should win an award just for sound design. And I am so far beyond the target of this demographic but yet it didn’t matter! I listened and enjoyed every bit: it reminded me the old radio broadcasts like Gunsmoke that just immersed the listener so completely - You felt like you were there in each and every scene. Kudos to all. Wonderful show!

It’s kinda nice escaping into a fictional podcast & it was well produced. The reason they lost a star is because the plot is very predictable, the characters are unbelievable for being in high school, but the biggest thing- inaccurate. I stopped what I was doing to write this review after listening to episode 9. iPhones stopped supporting Touch ID when 10 (x) came out; which means that the plot that follows after a hacker got into an iPhone 12 from simulating one of the character’s fingerprints- is impossible. I haven’t finished listening, and it certainly distracts from the implications that I’m sure are to come from an impossible method of bypassing the character’s security settings. Still, the podcast is a nice escape, the actresses & actors did a good job, the writers found a way to keep listeners engaged & the overall quality is very nice.

Great sound design and acting, but sloppy and heavy handed writing. This was painful to listen to. I’ve listened to really well written shows that struggled for lack of resources, and seeing something so well produced yet poorly written, like this, saddens me.

Wondery usually has decent podcasts and great production quality so I decided to give this one a shot, started streaming it for an easy work distraction listen. Since I was only half paying attention to it, I thought this was taking place in some absurd college, but it’s actually a hyper-sexualized high school drama and once I realized nearly all the characters are underaged kids, it felt pretty vile so I stopped listening. If this was based in a prestigious college instead of a high school, there would be a different, less criminal feel to it, but glorifying underage sexual encounters (one with a teacher-casually making it statutory rape but not addressing that) is pretty disgusting.