Lantern & Ledger tells one deeply researched story at a time, at the pace of a long evening. Each episode runs about an hour, calm and unhurried, and holds its subject up to four different lights so you always know what kind of ground you're standing on.
Where to listen
New stories arrive regularly. Follow along wherever you listen:
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The promise is simple: a story you can fall asleep to, or lose yourself in on a long drive, and never be jolted awake or interrupted. Lantern & Ledger carries no advertising of any kind — not now, not later. The show is supported directly by listeners on Patreon and by the platforms' own ad-free listener programs.
How it's made
Every episode begins with original human research — reading the primary texts and the peer-reviewed scholarship behind each story, then sorting it into the four angles above. The scripts are written and edited by a person. The narration is produced with a synthetic (AI) voice, clearly disclosed as such on every platform that asks. Lantern & Ledger uses a small in-house tool that publishes each finished episode to its own channels — read more about the data it touches in our Privacy Policy.