Facing perhaps his toughest foe to date, the Dark Knight has beaten Joe Rogan. Batman Unburied, a brand new podcast from David S. Goyer, has overtaken The Joe Rogan Experience as the No. 1 podcast on Spotify. The first two episodes of Batman Unburied were released on May 3, and according to Spotify's The Podcast Charts, it now sits at the top spot in many of the countries around the world.
Written by Executive Producer David S. Goyer (Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, Batman v Superman), Batman Unburied takes us on a journey deep into the mind of Bruce Wayne, currently working as a forensic pathologist in the bowels of Gotham Hospital. Tasked with examining the victims of The Harvester, a gruesome serial killer preying on Gotham's citizens, Bruce Wayne is forced to face his own mental demons and overcome them in order to save the citizens of Gotham. The podcast introduces a slew of dark twists and turns with a number of classic Batman supervillains.
The U.S. version of Batman Unburied features a tremendous voice cast led by Winston Duke as Bruce Wayne. He's joined by fellow stars Hasan Minhaj as the Riddler, Gina Rodriguez as Barbara Gordon, Jason Isaacs as Alfred, and Lance Reddick as Thomas Wayne.
A serial killer terrorizes Gotham City, but Batman is not coming to the rescue. In fact, Bruce Wayne has no memory of being the Caped Crusader at all. To find out why, Barbara Gordon seeks help from Gotham's second smartest detective: The Riddler.
The Joe Rogan Experience, an incredibly popular but sometimes controversial "long-form conversation" hosted by comedian Joe Rogan, was Spotify's No. 1 podcast in 2021 so to see it dethroned by the Dark Knight is quite a feat and a promising start to Spotify's partnership with Warner Bros. and DC.
The first two episodes of Batman Unburied are currently streaming exclusively on Spotify with new episodes releasing each Tuesday on the platform. Each episode is released in nine different languages (English, Portuguese, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish).