Cement City
5.0/5
Critic Rating
*Named one of The New York Times Best Podcasts of 2024* Two journalists stumble into a dying town with a Smog Museum and a mayor named Piglet… and not a whole lot else. They have one burning question: What’s it like to live here, in a town left for dead? They buy a house and stay – for three years. They get caught up in an election cycle and a web of scandals. It’s democracy in action on the smallest scale. It’s Our Town for our time. And it’s all real.Cement City is an Audacy original in partnership...
Critic Reviews
Score: 4.9
Ana Ribera • Cosas que (me) pasan • Jan 14, 2025
"Cement City se siente a veces como si estuvieras en Doctor en Alaska pero sin encanto, sin fantasía, sin optimismo, es la vida real. Es una muy buena producción, maravillosamente escrita y muy bien llevada. Es una especie de documental de estos que plantan la cámara y te cuentan la vida de alguien sin meterse mucho, algo observacional aunque la injerencia sea inevitable: ellas viven allí y todo el mundo sabe quién son. ////////// Cement City sometimes feels like you're in Doctor in Alaska but without charm, without fantasy, without optimism, it's real life. It's a very good production, wonderfully written and very well done. It's a kind of documentary of those that plant the camera and tell you someone's life without getting too involved, something observational even if interference is inevitable: they live there and everyone knows who they are."
Score: 5
Reggie Ugwu • New York Times • Dec 6, 2024
"...simple in concept but formidable in execution...an extraordinarily immersive portrait of day-to-day life in a troubled but irreducibly vibrant community…"
Score: 5
Lauren Passell • Podcast The Newsletter • Nov 11, 2024
"Everything about Donora is fascinating...The fact that these people’s lives are so intertwined and they end up being recurring characters makes you feel like you’re in a multiplayer video game."
