S-Town is akin to an old radio show, except it's very true, and you listen to the podcast whenever YOU want to, whereas with a radio show, you had to listen when it was on.
And rather than being scripted, this story unfolds in interviews, while the interviewer also acts as narrator.
It's a beautiful work and it's been downloaded over 80 millions times so far. (Free download.)
It's highly recommended. I personally loved it while at the same time, not being in agreement with the main character. But I felt a great deal of compassion for him, and I still do. No matter how long I live, I won't forget John B. McLemore.
I'm really not trying to cast aspersions, but that sounds something like a Jerry Springer show/"reality show". And just HOW do you know that it's "real"?
I'm glad that you've found something that engages you and that you enjoy, but it's not for me.
Whilst I have enjoyed reading ROMAN A CLEFs, from Dickens to more modern day books, reading people's diaries ( Queen Victoria's, John & Abby Adams' letters and such ) this podcast is far too voyeuristic, IF FOR REAL, for me to give a damn about. And I'm not so sure that it isn't just some scripted thing.