PodSubs / Podcasting News / iHeartPodcasts Launches The Survivor Files With Elizabeth Smart News briefiHeartPodcasts Launches The Survivor Files With Elizabeth SmartThe 48-episode weekly anthology centers conversations with survivors, with Elizabeth Smart hosting and Marwar Junction Productions co-producing. By iHeartPodcasts — · Published September 22, 2026 at 6:55 PM UTC · Announcement date 2026-08-10 Original source date: August 10, 2026 announcement; August 17 premiereOlder catch-up: iHeartPodcasts and Marwar Junction Productions launched The Survivor Files with Elizabeth Smart in August. The weekly true-crime anthology is hosted by Elizabeth Smart and was announced as a 48-episode series focused on people who survived extreme circumstances and the aftermath that followed.The series is built around survivor perspective rather than treating the crime itself as the only narrative center. That positioning matters in a genre where producers can easily allow perpetrators, police procedure or sensational detail to dominate the story. The publisher’s announcement frames Smart’s own experience and advocacy as part of the context she brings to those conversations.For creators working with traumatic material, the show’s premise raises an important production standard: decide whose experience the episode is designed to illuminate before the interview begins. Consent, language, pacing and the amount of graphic detail should serve that purpose rather than simply intensifying the episode.SourcesiHeartPodcasts — Report a correction · Have podcast news? Submit it free for review