--- title: Serial: Season 2 of Sarah Koenig Hit Podcast Confirmed description: Thanks to listener donations and sponsorships, Serial says it will return for a second season canonical: https://time.com/3608144/serial-podcast-season-2/ author: Nolan Feeney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-11-26T19:57:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T02:25:05.272Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Serial Set for Season 2 og:description: Thanks to listener donations and sponsorships og:url: https://time.com/3608144/serial-podcast-season-2/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2b8889fad45fcd5e/6987635935ba6f8fb3c04b90/sarah-koeinig.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Sarah Koenig og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Serial Set for Season 2 twitter:description: Thanks to listener donations and sponsorships twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2b8889fad45fcd5e/6987635935ba6f8fb3c04b90/sarah-koeinig.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Serial Podcast Gets Season 2 > Sponsored content. 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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account.  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Nov 26, 2014 7:57 PM UTC  Sarah Koenig, host and executive producer of Serial Sarah Koenig, host and executive producer of SerialMeredith Heuer  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Nov 26, 2014 7:57 PM UTC Serial, the most popular podcast [in the history of podcasts](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/24/business/media/serial-podcastings-first-breakout-hit-sets-stage-for-more.html), will return to give listeners one story, told week-by-week, with its [just-announced second season](http://serialpodcast.org/posts/2014/11/there-will-be-a-season-two-of-serial-thanks-to-everyone-who-donated). “This American Life funded the bulk of Season One, but for Serial to continue, it needs to pay for itself,” [staffers wrote on their website](http://serialpodcast.org/posts/2014/11/there-will-be-a-season-two-of-serial-thanks-to-everyone-who-donated) Wednesday, about one week after first asking listeners to donate. “Today, we have good news: between the money you donated and sponsorship, we’ll be able to make a second season.” Reporter and executive producer [Sarah Koenig told TIME earlier this year](http://time.com/3541264/serial-this-american-life-sarah-koenig/) that her team “want\[s\] to keep it going and the idea is that we will, if people seem interested in it.” The producers don’t know when the season will air, nor what that story will be, probably because they still don’t know how their _first_ story will end. The inaugural and current season of Serial is investigating the 15-year-old murder of Maryland teenager Hae Min Lee. “I’m still reporting,” Koenig [recently told the New York _Times_](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/30/magazine/sarah-koenig-cant-promise-a-perfect-ending-to-serial.html?smid=pl-share&%5Fr=0). “I said it’s not my responsibility to make a perfect ending. I do want a solid ending that is based in my reporting. 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