Membership
TruStory FM has been making podcasts since 2006. Our shows exist because a small, dedicated audience decided they were worth supporting. If you're one of those people — or you'd like to be — here's how that works.
Member benefits vary a little by show. The list below covers what's available across our membership plans. Specific shows may include some, all, or a few of these.
Bonus episodes
Members-only conversations, deep dives, or topical extras
Early access
Episodes a few days before they hit public feeds
Bonus content within episodes
Extended interviews, outtakes, alternate takes
Ad-free versions
Select episodes without sponsor reads
Live recording sessions
Watch episodes get made
Exclusive Discord channels
Members-only conversations in our community
Personal podcast feeds
Private RSS for your podcast app of choice
Stickers in the mail
Periodic, random, occasionally weird
Bundles
Most of our shows belong to a family — a group of related shows that share producers, sensibilities, or both. Subscribing to a bundle is the most efficient way to support several shows at once.
$5 Monthy / $55 Annual
Five film podcasts under one umbrella, each with its own angle on the medium. The Next Reel (the network's longest-running show), The Film Board, Sitting in the Dark, Movies We Like, and Andy Nelson's Cinema Scope. If you watch movies and care how they're made, this is for you.
$5 Monthy / $55 Annual
Original audio drama and conversations about the creative process. The shows in this bundle are about making things — fiction, performance, craft. The Swashbuckling Ladies Debate Society, The Story Well, The Curiosity Codex, Cool Time Dice Hour, and Buckaroos of the Weird West.
$5 Monthy / $55 Annual
Science fiction and fantasy from angles you didn't expect. Superhero Ethics explores comic-book morality. Star Wars Generations tracks the saga's evolution across decades and viewers. Superhero Ethics and Star Wars Generations.
$5 Monthy / $55 Annual
Whatever Lester Ryan Clark and Kynan Dias are obsessed with this month. Three shows in this bundle — bad puns, deep tangents, and obscene amounts of research into questions you didn't think to ask. The Exorcist Minute, The Devil's Details, and Every Minute of Everything Everywhere All At Once.
Individual shows
If you only listen to one show in the network, you can support that one alone. These shows aren't part of any bundle — each is its own subscription.
Season 9 of the sometimes-funny podcast about being human tackles the Seven Deadly Sins and the Seven Heavenly Virtues.
Keep up with the Winchesters and support this long-running drinking game podcast celebrating the show, "Supernatural!"
Support Mandy Kaplan and the Make Me A Nerd team in their effort to explore fandoms and find new things to love.
Enjoy the movies of the Marvel Cinematic Universe five heroic minutes at a time!
Krissy and Nathan take a walk down memory lane with the great movies of the 80s!
Nikki Kinzer & Pete Wright explore ADHD with one of the internet's longest-running ADHD shows.
Common Questions
A few things people ask before subscribing.
Subscriptions go to the people making the show. Each membership pays the host or hosts of the shows you subscribe to, plus the production team behind those shows. We keep a small share to cover hosting, software, and the operations that keep the network running. That’s it.
When you subscribe, you’ll get a private RSS feed for your shows. You can paste that feed URL into any podcast app that supports private feeds — Overcast, Pocket Casts, Apple Podcasts, and most modern players all do. We send setup instructions when you sign up.
Each show or bundle has its own subscription. If you want bonus content from multiple shows that aren’t in the same bundle, you’ll need separate plans for each.
No. Specific perks vary by show — some include bonus episodes, some include ad-free versions, some include live recordings. Check individual show pages for what each one offers.
Our community lives in Discord — public channels for everyone, members-only channels for paid supporters. You can chat with hosts, get behind-the-scenes content, and connect with other listeners. Link your Memberful and Discord accounts after subscribing to unlock the members-only channels.
Anytime. Log into Memberful and turn off auto-renew on your plan. Payments are made in advance, so there are no partial-period refunds — but you’ll keep full access until the end of your current billing cycle.
Log into Memberful, turn off auto-renew on your current plan, then sign up for the new one. You’ll have access to both until your current cycle ends.
Yes. After subscribing, log into Memberful and look for the gift option in your account. Gift memberships are a great way to get someone hooked on a show they’ll thank you for later.
Sometimes shows end. When they do, we keep the member archive intact. If you subscribe to a bundle that included a now-retired show, you’ll still find that show’s complete bonus archive in your member feed. The Next Reel family alone has a number of complete shows in its archive — entire podcast runs preserved.