Fela Kuti: Fear No Man Earns 2026 Peabody Nomination

Praise For Fela Kuti: Fear No Man

"Deeply reported and sonically glorious…a stunning eight-hour immersion into Fela's life and music-and into volatile post-colonial Nigeria, in which we glimpse flashes of our own precarious time"

- The New Yorker, #1 Best Podcast of 2025

"Fela Kuti: Fear No Man does what the best biographies do: make the legacy of an outsized life feel tangible"

- The New York Times, 9 Podcasts That Made Us Stop and Really Listen in 2025

"Abumrad and his team manage to encompass the full spectrum of Kuti's music-its blending of sonic traditions and narrative lyricism-through expressive sound design. At a moment when ambitious podcasts are hard to come by, the zealous fluidity of Fear No Man stands out"

- The Atlantic, Best Podcasts of 2025

"Jad Abumrad's in-depth interviews and passionate explanation of the power of Kuti's music created not just an immersive account of why Kuti's name should be writ large in international history books, but quite probably the best music podcast of 2025"

- The Guardian, Best Podcasts of 2025

"Jad Abumrad's return to podcasting finds him in characteristically compelling form. The Radiolab creator reprises the approach he honed in Dolly Parton's America, melding his distinct flavor of expansive sound design with a deep historical and musicological curiosity"

- Vulture, 10 Narrative Podcasts We Loved This Year

"The bio-pod from Radiolab creator Jad Abumrad asks big questions about a larger-than-life character and delivers on an equal scale...emotional insights and astounding anecdotes to fill out the life of a superstar who invented his own genre and used it to stand up to an oppressive government. The reporting is first-rate, and the music is undeniably funky"

- Washington Post

" It's a measure of the rich storytelling, the wonderful music and the wild anecdotes that run through Fear No Man that, even after 12 episodes, I didn't want it to end "

- Financial Times

"It is an invigorating show, fizzing with ideas, colour and wayward craziness - all of it driven by propulsive beats"

- The Times

" Thoroughly researched, an expansive effort that walks through the nuances that made Kuti who he became, the encounter that radicalized him, his passion for afrocentric intellect, his complex relationship with women, and as a father "

- OkayAfrica

"The podcast has all the high quality production value and on-location original audio that listeners would expect from a veteran like Abumrad, but there is also a great deal of nuance...It has something in common with Kuti's music: there is a strong sense of discovery"

- Podcast Review, 10 Best Podcasts of 2025