{{Short description|Documentary podcast by Alex Goldman}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2025}} {{Infobox podcast | title = Hyperfixed | image = Hyperfixed podcast cover.png | host = Alex Goldman | genre = Documentary | language = English | updates = Biweekly | provider = Radiotopia (PRX) | website = {{URL|hyperfixedpod.com}} | began = October 2, 2024 }} '''''Hyperfixed''''' is a documentary problem-solving podcast created and hosted by journalist and audio producer Alex Goldman. Produced in partnership with Radiotopia from PRX, the show debuted on October 2, 2024.<ref name="PBJ">{{cite web |last=Umbro |first=Jeff |title=Alex Goldman |website=Podcast Business Journal |date=November 1, 2024 |url=https://podcastbusinessjournal.com/interviews/alex-goldman/ |quote=Jeff spoke to Alex on October 2, the launch date of the show. |access-date=August 20, 2025}}</ref><ref name="Radio">{{cite web |title=Hyperfixed — Radiotopia |website=Radiotopia |url=https://www.radiotopia.fm/podcasts/hyperfixed |access-date=August 20, 2025}}</ref>
== Format == Listeners submit dilemmas ranging from minor annoyances to life decisions. Goldman investigates each submission, interviewing experts and participants, tracing the systems behind the problem, and working toward a resolution or explanation.<ref name="Radio"/> Episodes typically run 30–60 minutes and release biweekly. <ref name="Apple">{{cite web |title=Hyperfixed |website=Apple Podcasts |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hyperfixed/id1762447440 |access-date=August 20, 2025 |quote=Documentary Podcast · Updated Biweekly}}</ref>
== Production == Goldman independently owns ''Hyperfixed'' and distributes it through a partnership with Radiotopia from PRX.<ref name="Radio"/> Emma Courtland and Amor Yates produced the show's early episodes.<ref name="PRXPress">{{cite web |title=Alex Goldman Introduces "Hyperfixed" Podcast |website=Podnews (press release) |publisher=PRX |date=September 12, 2024 |url=https://podnews.net/press-release/hyperfixed-alex-goldman |access-date=August 20, 2025}}</ref> A premium tier via Supporting Cast offers ad-free and bonus episodes.<ref name="Site">{{cite web |title=Hyperfixed |website=hyperfixedpod.com |url=https://www.hyperfixedpod.com/ |access-date=August 20, 2025}}</ref>
== Reception and notable coverage == Writing in ''The Times'', critic James Marriott called ''Hyperfixed'' "just wonderful," comparing its inquisitive tone to Goldman's earlier work on ''Reply All'' and singling out episodes on supermarket fridges and measurement systems for their humor.<ref name="Times">{{cite news |last=Marriott |first=James |title=Hyperfixed review — Alex Goldman's post-scandal project is just wonderful |work=The Times |date=December 5, 2024 |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/hyperfixed-podcast-review-alex-goldman-02cmzxxl6 |access-date=August 20, 2025}}</ref> The ''Financial Times'' praised Goldman's solo hosting and the show's investigative format, highlighting episodes on supermarket energy efficiency and whether to have children.<ref name="FT">{{cite news |title=Hyperfixed podcast review — in search of answers to life's problems |work=Financial Times |date=January 2025 |url=https://www.ft.com/content/7827efaa-f5f1-4a29-b4a7-efee4621dbcb |access-date=August 20, 2025}}</ref> Radio New Zealand also reviewed the show, describing it as Goldman's new listener-problem format.<ref name="RNZ">{{cite web |title=Podcast Critic: Hyperfixed and The Good Ol' Grateful Deadcast |website=RNZ |date=February 2025 |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018974734/podcast-critic-hyperfixed-and-the-good-ol-grateful-deadcast |access-date=August 20, 2025}}</ref> TechCrunch profiled Goldman's production setup as part of its "How I Podcast" series.<ref name="TC">{{cite web |last=Heater |first=Brian |date=September 29, 2024 |title=How I Podcast: Hyperfixed's Alex Goldman |url=https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/29/how-i-podcast-hyperfixeds-alex-goldman/ |access-date=August 20, 2025 |website=TechCrunch}}</ref>
== See also == * Reply All (podcast)
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == * {{Official website}}
Category:American documentary podcasts Category:Audio podcasts Category:2024 podcast debuts Category:Radiotopia