Luminary Podcasts & Originals

In-app purchases
4.2
1.01K reviews
100K+
Downloads
Content rating
Teen
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About this app

Luminary is a subscription podcast network with award-winning original shows and music, from iconic talents, including Dave Chappelle's The Midnight Miracle, yasiin bey and Talib Kweli's return as Black Star, The C-Word with Lena Dunham and Alissa Bennett, Under The Skin with Russell Brand, Spooked, Masaba Gupta, Konkona Sen Sharma, The Roxane Gay Agenda, and dozens more. Plus a huge catalog of the podcasts shows you already listen to and love.

Download the app and subscribe to Luminary for diverse voices, important stories and conversations, and hear your favorite creators as never before.

Features to enhance your listening experience:

• Personalized recommendations tailored to your tastes and listening habits.

• Our expert in-house editorial curation team program the app with culturally relevant content, keeping you up-to-date on the topics people are talking about.

• Pick up right where you left off on any podcast you've played recently, even across platforms.

• Robust search, with rich results including episodes and shows.

• Download your favorite podcasts offline, to listen on the go, in the air, or underground.

• Collect your favorite shows, get alerts for new episodes, and listen right from your home screen.

• Bookmark individual episodes, with drag and drop sorting to listen how you want.

• Change playback speed to hurry things up or slow them down. Podcasts at your pace.

• Stream podcasts to your favorite Airplay and Bluetooth devices, including smart speakers, wireless headphones, and home theaters.

• Let Luminary and your favorite podcast lull you to sleep. Set a sleep timer for 10 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, or the end of your current episode.

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Information related to in-app purchases, subscriptions, and introductory free trial:
Free trials, if available, are for new subscribers only. Payment will be charged to your Google Play Account at the end of trial period, or at confirmation of purchase if no trial is available. Subscriptions automatically renew, and account will be charged for renewal at your chosen plan’s price, plus applicable taxes, within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited if you cancel or purchase a subscription. You can manage your subscription in your Google Play account settings.

Terms of Service: https://luminarypodcasts.com/terms
Privacy Policy: https://luminarypodcasts.com/privacy
Updated on
Oct 23, 2022

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
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This app may collect these data types
Location, Personal info and 4 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.2
999 reviews
Todd Bewley
July 21, 2022
The content is great, but the app is absolutely terrible. The queue feature is useless. You can add episodes to it, but it doesn't advance through episodes as they are completed. Also, there is not an easy way to actually navigate to the queue from within the app. I really, really wish Luminary had RSS feeda that would let you listen to their content using an app that was created by people that have something resembling a clue.
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Luminary Media
August 3, 2022
Hi Todd, apologies for the inconvenience. Improvements to the queue feature are being released soon - make sure your app updates are enabled so you always have the most recent version of Luminary! Please contact support@luminarypodcasts.com with any further questions or issues we can assist you with.
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March 14, 2023
Terrible app for a great show. The app is such a pain I consider canceling every time I use it. Riddled with bugs. It doesn't accuracy track what I've already listened to. I'm literally considering making a spreadsheet so I can know what I've already heard. Ridiculous. Fast forward and rewind often crash the app. Super frustrating. I love the show but hate this app experience and dread opening it.
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Jessie Saisi
February 11, 2023
As others have said, annoying interface. It restarted the same played episodes over and over (would not go down the list for a given show despite how I toggled the list by oldest/newest). Would not replay from my notifications, had to go back into the app to press play. The queuing works so far but I have to scroll through and line up a bunch all at once. This process is annoying as the app is hard to navigate in general. I'm subscribed for a specific show but will go back to Spotify soon.
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What's new

New logo, who dis?! :) Luminary has a brand new look, just in time for new seasons of Spooked, The C-Word, The Midnight Miracle, plus a slate of a great new shows you wont want to miss. And stay tuned later this year for a brand new product to match! We can't wait to share all we've been working on with you. The best is yet to come, kids. In the meantime, keep an eye (and ear) out for more ways to hear in a new light.