The Shrink Next Door | |
Hosting: | Joe Nocera |
Genre: | True crime |
Num Seasons: | 1 |
Num Episodes: | 6+8 |
Began: | May 21, 2019 |
Ended: | December 17, 2021 |
Provider: | Wondery |
Adaptations: | The Shrink Next Door (miniseries) |
The Shrink Next Door is a podcast by Wondery that tells the story of Isaac Herschkopf, a psychiatrist who abused his relationship with his patients to exploit them for personal gain.[1] The podcast was written and hosted by Joe Nocera.[2] [3] The podcast premiered on May 21, 2019, and consists of 14 episodes.[4]
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The Shrink Next Door was the number one podcast for three weeks straight on Apple's podcast charts. It won the 2020 Webby Award for Documentary in the category Podcasts.[5]
See main article: The Shrink Next Door (miniseries). On April 23, 2020, it was announced that Apple Inc. had given a straight-to-series order for an 8-episode limited series based on The Shrink Next Door for Apple TV+, and it began airing on November 12, 2021. The adaptation is written by Emmy winning writer Georgia Pritchett and directed by Michael Showalter. Dr. Isaac Herschkopf is played by Paul Rudd, and Martin Markowitz is played by Will Ferrell.[6]