C. Beauvoir2026-03-222026-03-22201910.14453/rdr.66https://doi.org/10.14453/rdr.66https://andeanlibrary.org/handle/123456789/67940The rise and success of podcasting introduced episodic storytelling in the world of non-fiction sound narrative. Delivering a story in different entries is very different from producing a one-off piece. What concrete implications does this have for the narrative? And what keeps an audience listening to a podcast, episode through episode? This article offers some answers to these questions via a case study of The Habitat, a 2018 podcast by the American network Gimlet.enStorytellingNarrativeActive listeningHistoryVisual artsLiteratureMedia studiesarticle