Storytelling
Homecoming
Gimlet
Now a Prime Original TV series. From Gimlet, Homecoming centers on a caseworker at an experimental facility, her ambitious supervisor, and a soldier eager to rejoin civilian life — presented in an enigmatic collage of telephone calls, therapy sessions, and overheard conversations. Starring Catherine Keener, Oscar Isaac, David Schwimmer, David Cross, Amy Sedaris, Michael Cera, Mercedes Ruehl, Alia Shawkat, Chris Gethard, and Spike Jonze.
7.0
26 min
0.05%
10 episodes
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Introducing The Final Chapters of Richard Brown Winters
10 min
311/18/2025From the creators behind Homecoming and Sandra, this is a preview of The Final Chapters of Richard Brown Winters. Richard Brown Winters: bestselling author and legendary recluse. It’s been almost a decade since anyone’s heard from him, and most of his readers have given up hope of ever finding out the fate of wasteland warrior Casio Zook and his loyal falcon. But that doesn't stop one ardent fan from joining a ragtag group journeying to Winters’ desert cabin — and what they find threatens to destroy the Wintersverse forever. The Final Chapters of Richard Brown Winters, written and created by Kevin Moffett and Eli Horowitz. Directed by Eli Horowitz. Starring Darrell Britt-Gibson, Bobby Cannavale, Catherine Keener, Parker Posey, and Sam Waterston. If you want to hear the rest of the story, you can find The Final Chapters of Richard Brown Winters here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Introducing Motherhacker
12 min
311/18/2025Listen to the first episode of Gimlet's new scripted fiction podcast, Motherhacker. The series stars Carrie Coon, Pedro Pascal, Alan Cumming, Lucas Hedges, Tavi Gevinson, Rupert Friend, Alex Goldman, and more.Bridget’s life is a series of dropped calls. With a gift for gab, an ex-husband in rehab, and down to her last dollar, Bridget’s life takes a desperate turn when she starts vishing over the phone for a shady identity theft ring in order to support her family. Want to hear the rest of the story? Follow Motherhacker for free on Spotify to listen to the whole season for free: http://gimlet.media/motherhacker
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Making the Homecoming TV Series 4: The Stars of Homecoming
35 min
311/18/2025Alex Blumberg sits down with the stars of the Homecoming TV show-- Julia Roberts and Stephan James, and director Sam Esmail-- to talk about how they came to the project and what it was like to film it. This is the final part of a four-part mini-series on the making of the Homecoming TV show.
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Making the Homecoming TV Series 3: The Bird that Launched 1000 Ships
26 min
311/18/2025Being in charge of a big-budget TV production means having to make decisions. It's a new kind of power for Micah and Eli, and one that's sometimes uncomfortable to exercise. The words they write have real-world, three-dimensional-- and sometimes winged-- consequences. This is the third part of a four-part mini-series on the making of the Homecoming TV show.
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Making the Homecoming TV Series 2: Santa's Hollywood Workshop
24 min
311/18/2025Micah and Eli get to work, writing the scripts for the Homecoming TV show. But taking something meant only for the ear, and turning it into something for the eye... proves to be deceptively challenging. Plus, Alex visits the set of the show, to meet the small army of people actually building the visual world of Homecoming. This is the second part of a four-part mini-series on the making of the Homecoming TV show, which airs November 4th.
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Making the Homecoming TV Series 1: A Complete Moonshot
32 min
311/18/2025Two years ago, Gimlet launched its first fiction podcast: Homecoming. Now, this November, a television series based on the hit podcast and starring Julia Roberts is launching. Alex Blumberg went behind the scenes as Homecoming went from podcast to TV production. In this first episode, Homecoming creators Eli Horowitz and Micah Bloomberg recount the journey, from concept to podcast to pitching the show to bigtime Hollywood producers. And we hear from some of the celebrities they met along the way. This is the first part of a four-part mini-series on the making of the Homecoming TV show.
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Introducing The Horror of Dolores Roach
29 min
311/18/2025A macabre urban legend of love, betrayal, weed, gentrification, cannibalism, and survival of the fittest. Our newest scripted fiction podcast The Horror of Dolores Roach stars Daphne Rubin-Vega and Bobby Cannavale. Written by Aaron Mark. Listen to the rest of the series on gimletmedia.com/dolores-roach or wherever you listen.
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12. JOB
44 min
311/18/2025That feeling you’re feeling? You’ll get used to it. Homecoming was directed by Eli Horowitz; written by Micah Bloomberg and Eli Horowitz; produced by April Lamb; sound design and mixing by Rich Bologna; editing by Kate Bilinski; episode music by Billy Martin; recording and opening theme by Mark Phillips; casting by Henry Russell Bergstein; production coordination by Jordan Sirek. Special thanks to John Brandon, Jacob Bronstein, Alicia Van Couvering, Satchel Buck Jones, Rachel Khong, Matthew Boll, Victoria Barner, Peter Bresnan, and Alex Blumberg. Homecoming is a production of Gimlet Media. To read The Lost Coast, the serialized companion novel, go to apple.co/homecoming HEIDI BERGMAN - Catherine Keener COLIN BELFAST - David Schwimmer AUDREY TEMPLE - Amy Sedaris ANTHONY AZAM - David Cross THOMAS CARRASCO - Aaron Serotsky GLORIA CRUZ - Mercedes Ruehl BECKY MURDO - Alia Shawkat RUDY DETROIT - Micah Stock GUARD - Suni Reyes with RANDOLPH GEIST - Spike Jonze and WALTER CRUZ - Oscar Isaac
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11. TIMEOUT
36 min
311/18/2025Nobody has any idea what they’re doing. Ever. Homecoming was directed by Eli Horowitz; written by Micah Bloomberg and Eli Horowitz; produced by April Lamb; sound design and mixing by Rich Bologna; editing by Kate Bilinski; episode music by Billy Martin; recording and opening theme by Mark Phillips; casting by Henry Russell Bergstein; production coordination by Jordan Sirek. Homecoming is a production of Gimlet Media. To read The Lost Coast, the serialized companion novel, go to apple.co/homecoming HEIDI BERGMAN - Catherine Keener COLIN BELFAST - David Schwimmer AUDREY TEMPLE - Amy Sedaris THOMAS CARRASCO - Aaron Serotsky BECKY MURDO - Alia Shawkat JACOB GRAVY - Michael Cera RENZO KONTINA - Chris Gethard LEON SANDS - Kelly Aucoin WALTER CRUZ - Oscar Isaac
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10. RECOVERY
32 min
311/18/2025It’s complicated because you’re making it complicated. Homecoming was directed by Eli Horowitz; written by Micah Bloomberg and Eli Horowitz; produced by April Lamb; sound design and mixing by Rich Bologna; editing by Kate Bilinski; episode music by Billy Martin; recording and opening theme by Mark Phillips; casting by Henry Russell Bergstein; production coordination by Jordan Sirek. Homecoming is a production of Gimlet Media. To read The Lost Coast, the serialized companion novel, go to apple.co/homecoming HEIDI BERGMAN - Catherine Keener COLIN BELFAST - David Schwimmer AUDREY TEMPLE - Amy Sedaris ANTHONY AZAM - David Cross RANDOLPH GEIST - Spike Jonze THOMAS CARRASCO - Aaron Serotsky BECKY MURDO - Alia Shawkat RUDY DETROIT - Micah Stock