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Apple’s Pluribus Debuts Friday on Apple TV+ as Official Companion Podcast Launches

Apple is launching an official companion podcast hosted by editor Chris McCaleb to deepen engagement during the weekly rollout.

Overview

  • Season 1 premieres with two episodes on November 7, followed by weekly Friday releases through December 26 for a nine-episode run.
  • Pluribus: The Official Podcast is produced by Apple and will publish each Friday after new episodes with behind-the-scenes conversations featuring Vince Gilligan, Rhea Seehorn, writers, directors, and crew.
  • Rolling Stone’s Alan Sepinwall praised the series as “a dazzling piece of entertainment” and suggested it is the big TV event of the rest of the year.
  • Industry reporting pegs the budget at roughly $13.5–$15 million per episode, and Apple ordered two seasons upfront.
  • Created and showrun by Vince Gilligan and led by Rhea Seehorn as Carol Sturka, the series is a standalone sci‑fi set in Albuquerque about a lone holdout in a world overtaken by enforced happiness.