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The Compendium Podcast is a weekly variety show hosted by Kyle Risi and Adam Cox, covering true crime, forgotten history, and strange-but-true stories for a global audience.
Episodes are designed for listeners who want high-context storytelling in a single session, combining research-led scripting with conversational delivery.
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Meet The Hosts
Both hosts are available for interview requests, written quotes, and background contributions related to episode research, storytelling process, and editorial framing.
HostKyle Risi
The researcher, the narrator, and the reason this whole circus exists. He has spent most of his adult life going down rabbit holes that normal people avoid, and has somehow convinced a podcast network that this is a career.
Co-HostAdam Cox
The Wildcard. Adam is the co-host, the sounding board, and the voice that keeps Kyle honest when the stories get truly unhinged. Funny, quick, and genuinely great company, he is proof that the best podcasts are built on chemistry as much as research.
About The Compendium
Who we are
A weekly documentary podcast hosted by Kyle Risi and Adam Cox
The Compendium: An Assembly of Fascinating Things launched in 2023 and has since built a catalogue of over 150 episodes, accumulating more than 700,000 total downloads and a top 1% global ranking on Listen Notes. It is distributed on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Patreon, and is signed to the LA-based Bleav podcast network.
What we do
One real story, told properly, start to finish, every week
The premise began when Kyle noticed that Adam knew surprisingly little about the wild and fascinating stories Kyle had been captivated by since childhood. Hanging on every word as Kyle recounted them, the two partners in crime and in life decided to bring those stories to the world, and so The Compendium: An Assembly of Fascinating Things was born.
Each episode takes a single story, from true crime, dark history, or the lives of extraordinary people, and delivers it in full in one sitting. No multi-part cliffhangers, no padding. Kyle leads the research and narrative; Adam brings the questions, the reactions, and the occasional attempt at the storytelling himself, roughly one in every four episodes, when he's feeling brave enough to take the wheel.
Together they cover cases, events, and figures from across the world, with documentary-standard research and enough wit to make it genuinely enjoyable rather than just informative.
What makes us different
Genuinely mixed genre in a world of single-lane podcasts
Most true crime shows stay in true crime. Most history shows stay in history. The Compendium moves freely between both, and into the lives of remarkable people that don't fit either category neatly. The aim, as always, is to make you sound interesting at any social gathering.
Kyle and Adam describe The Compendium as the 1970s variety show answer to the modern podcast. Think Sonny and Cher, but with more serial killers and considerably better research. The throughline is always the story itself: if it's worth knowing and can be told well, it belongs in the feed. That breadth is what keeps a 200-episode back catalogue feeling fresh rather than repetitive, and what keeps listeners coming back across genres they wouldn't otherwise seek out.
Showcase Episodes
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Audience Reception
Recent publicly submitted listener feedback.
Fun and informative
Interesting, often little-known tales make this an easy listen. The hosts are funny and friendly, and keep their banter at a level that complements the storytelling, rather than overwhelming it.
Funny, informative, and respectful
I am glad I didn’t find this podcast in its first season because it’s allowed me to have a nice deep collection to binge. I’ve fallen behind on my other podcasts because I’m enjoying this one so much! Kyle and Adam have the perfect balance of banter and seem to truly enjoy each other. There’s no stepping over each oth...
Read More100% recommend!
The compendium never disappoints! These two are so funny and always leave you wondering if they are idiots of genius (I suspect the latter)
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