Show overview
The Trial: USA has been publishing since 2024, and across the 2 years since has built a catalogue of 110 episodes, alongside 7 trailers or bonus episodes. That works out to roughly 50 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence, with the show now in its 2nd season.
Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 19 min and 35 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. It is catalogued as a EN-language True Crime show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 1 weeks ago, with 41 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2025, with 52 episodes published. Published by The Crime Desk.
From the publisher
Launched in the UK in 2022, The Trial is an award-winning, chart-topping podcast that goes behind the headlines of some of the biggest trials in the world. We take you into the courtroom, bringing you the detail as the evidence unfolds, examining key moments and carrying out exclusive interviews with detectives, victims, and experts.The Trial series occasionally uses actors and some voices generated by AI. Their words are taken as verbatim from the official court transcript.For ad-free listening to all of our shows, exclusive bonus episodes of The Trial every week, and complete access to our show archives, subscribe to The Crime Desk now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.