Six Minutes (podcast)

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Six Minutes
Presentation
Starring
  • Shahadi Wright Joseph
  • Zeph Maffei
  • Lily Brooks O’Briant
  • Amy Hutchins
  • Michael Crane
  • Isabella Denissen
  • Ava DeMary
  • Ryan Shanahan
  • Dennis Connors
  • Sam Oz Stone
  • Isabella Ferreira
  • Graham Stevens
  • Aaliyah Habeeb
  • Rob Bogue
  • Presley Ryan
Genre
Format Audio drama
Production
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes275
Publication
Original releaseMarch 1, 2018
Related
Related shows
Website gzmshows.com/shows/listing/six-minutes/ gzmshows.com/shows/listing/six-minutes-out-of-time/

Six Minutes is a children's podcast by Gen-Z Media and Public Radio Exchange. The podcast consists of 205 episodes and 2 seasons. The third season is a sequel of the show, titled Six Minutes: Out of Time. It was released in early March 2023. A fourth season of the show has been confirmed, and will be released sometime in 2024.

Contents

Both the original podcast and the sequel were co-created by Gen-Z Media founders David Kreizman, Benjamin Strouse, and Chris Tarry. Tom Casiello is the head writer, and the scripts are written by Nidhi Mehta and Marla Kanelos. The original podcast was directed by Michelle Tattenbaum, while the sequel is directed by David Kreizman.

History

Gen-Z Media was founded in 2016 by David Kreizman, Benjamin Strouse, and Chris Tarry. The company launched Six Minutes in March 2018. [1]

Premise

The protagonist is a 12-year-old girl named Holiday who was found stranded in the ocean off the coast of Alaska by the Anders family. [2] Six Minutes: Out of Time is set three years after the finale of Six Minutes. The protagonist is Holiday's former classmate and frenemy named Brynleigh, who sets out to Florida to uncover the mystery about her missing mother. [3]

Production of the Show

The podcast was produced by Gen-Z Media in partnership with PRX. [4] The podcast was later added to Wondery. [1] The podcast was also translated into Spanish. [5] Each episode is six minutes long. [6]

Main cast and characters

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Additional main characters from Six Minutes: Out of Time [8]

Reception

Wil Williams wrote in Polygon that the show has "music that absolutely slaps." [9]

Adaptation

A deal has been made to create a three-book adaptation of the podcast with Razorbill of Penguin Random House. [10]

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