This month has brought a shower of new podcasts for your playlist. The NPR One team gathered a few returning favorites as ...

Derided as low-brow entertainment for women, these shows have survived industry upheaval, changing taste and the digital streaming revolution.

Stories Without End’ — a new six-episode podcast from WBEZ — explores the origins and real-life plot twists of the ...

Irna Phillips, a scriptwriter and radio actor, led the way with a bold innovation whose impact on world culture everyone underestimated: “These Are My Children,” the first daytime serial ...

Irna Phillips, seen in an undated photo, was a radio and television writer who developed what we know today as soap operas. Sun-Times files Share A Chicago woman created soap operas. And a Chicago ...

Journalist Natalie Moore's new podcast drops its first episode Tuesday. It explores how the daytime drama got its start in ...

Julianne Moore made her As the World Turns debut as Frannie Hughes, Jennifer Horton got engaged to Emilio Ramirez on Days of Our Lives, Vanessa Marcil reprised the role of Brenda Barrett on General ...

These Are My Children was the first soap opera to air on a major television network. Created by Irna Phillips and directed by Norman Felton, the show was based in large part on Phillips' early ...

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