# Hyperfixed

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{{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](/source/Radiotopia) (PRX)
| website = {{URL|hyperfixedpod.com}}
| began = October 2, 2024
}}
'''''Hyperfixed''''' is a documentary problem-solving [podcast](/source/podcast) created and hosted by journalist and audio producer Alex Goldman. Produced in partnership with [Radiotopia](/source/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](/source/The_Times)'', critic James Marriott called ''Hyperfixed'' "just wonderful," comparing its inquisitive tone to Goldman's earlier work on ''[Reply All](/source/Reply_All_(podcast))'' 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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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)](/source/Reply_All_(podcast))

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website}}

Category:American documentary podcasts
Category:Audio podcasts
Category:2024 podcast debuts
Category:Radiotopia

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