Two days ago, Apple placed “The Boy In The Plastic Bag” on your list of “new and exciting” podcasts to listen to.
Internationally, this list is considered the road to success for a new podcast, and there’s a huge struggle to end up there.
It gives a quick effect. Apple’s list is updated several times a day, and in recent days podcasts have taken solid strides up the list.
The podcast doesn’t just top Apple’s Norwegian and international podcast lists documentaries in Norway.
It also sits at the top of Apple’s list culture and society podcastsahead, among others, 198 Land with Einar Tørnqvist, Hele Historien til NRK, Svarttrost Dok, Should be the curriculum for NRK and the world of Shabana for Aftenposten.
This is the largest category on Apple’s podcast list.
Helping babies found in plastic bags
Overall, the podcast is active 6th place of all Apple podcasts in Norwayonly behind a canon of podcasts like Seb & Niki, Explained to Aftenposten, Updated to NRK, Henlagt and Ida with heart in hand.
– It’s very satisfying. We hope the podcast will get hearts racing ahead of Christmas. This seems to work. It’s a very good start for the podcast, says producer Petter Leknes at Aller Social Club, who has collaborated with Dagbladet on the podcast.
This podcast is based on the true story of a living baby who was found in a plastic bag at a cemetery in Oslo in 1991.
– The mother howled and cried
The producers of Leknes believe the podcast will have a long life in the coming weeks and months.
Dagbladet and Aller podcasts also have good standing on Spotify.
The final three episodes – out of a total of ten – will be released this weekend. Episodes 8 and 9 will be released tomorrow, while the final will be released on Sunday.
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