Luminary Podcasts & Originals

Luminary Podcasts & Originals

Hear in a new light.

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category
price
Free (IAP)
Reviews
4.9 (11.5K)
United States United States
Description
Hear in a new light.
Luminary is a subscription podcast network with original shows, music, and audio experiences from your favorite creators.

Access Luminary Original Podcasts you won't find anywhere else, like The Midnight Miracle with Dave Chappelle, yasiin bey, and Talib Kweli, The C-Word with Lena Dunham and Alissa Bennett, Spooked, Under The Skin with Russell Brand, The Roxane Gay Agenda, Til This Day with Radio Rahim, and many more. Plus special music experiences like the long-awaited return of Black Star, exclusive releases, and millions of the free podcasts and shows you already listen to and love.

Download the app and subscribe to Luminary for diverse voices, important stories and conversations, and to hear your favorite creators like you've never heard them 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 iTunes 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 account settings in the App Store.

Terms of Service: https://luminarypodcasts.com/terms
Privacy Policy: https://luminarypodcasts.com/privacy
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Reviews

Frustrated with customer service

I signed up for this service a few years ago (not through Apple). I stopped listening to it about a year ago because I didn’t find enough value as compared to other services. My credit card is continually being charged. I have tried contacting customer service and have zero response.

M0mmaJSat, Feb 3, 2024
United StatesUnited States

Next to impossible to cancel your subscription

Tried to cancel my subscription when they dropped history on fire. I literally am not able to - tried the app, it said to go to the website. tried the website, logged in and it said I wasn’t subscribed. Then they charged me a few weeks later for a yearly subscription. No contact email address that I could find. I decided to let it go and mess with it before the next yearly subscription charge. Here I am a year later trying to do the same thing, still can’t find a way to cancel my subscription. It’s pretty rotten when companies use tactics like this….making it next to impossible to cancel your subscription. Zero stars.

WA9876Sat, Jan 20, 2024
United StatesUnited States

Russell Brand

I originally joined to listen to Russell Brand’s show and I have found a cornucopia of shows to entertain and challenge my world views. I hope that if you decide to try Luminary that you take up the challenge and subscribe to ONE podcast that runs counter to what you believe. You might be pleasantly surprised by your choice.

TrippPlylerSat, Sep 23, 2023
United StatesUnited States

Bonkers content but buggy app

I love the content these folks have but the app is plagued by issues. It's overall difficult to navigate, it's not particularly customizable (if you're used to selecting playback options from apps like e.g. Overcast), it NEVER resumes from being paused successfully (pro tip: rewind 10 seconds and most of the time that's enough to encourage it to resume playing), the car controls skip the entire episode instead of forward or backward by seek times (defeating the purpose of hands free), it constantly tries to play literally anything other than the series I'm listening to, and so on. It's enough that I may not renew my subscription. I REALLY hope they invest some time and energy in this thing

Flip SasserTue, Aug 29, 2023
United StatesUnited States

Poor load time, removed content

Even if I wanted to give these idiots money for a couple 30 min episodes (that might not load properly or be available in a year or two), it’s not worth the headache to get this set up. Guess they will probably sell my info tho since I had to sign up for an account to find out it’s garbage

Alex p.Tue, Aug 29, 2023
United StatesUnited States

How do I cancel?

App says to go to website, website redirects to Apple Podcast. Finally through dumb luck got to website and it’s a ghost town. I’m signed in, go to Account, Manage Subscription and there’s precisely zero information. Big goose egg. Like no acknowledgement that I even have an account, other than the fact that I have a username. Am I missing something? Is the site still in service? Help! Just floating around the ether taking money.

bruh1981Mon, Aug 21, 2023
United StatesUnited States

What customer support?

Came for Black Star left because Talib is very disrespectful. Zero customer support when trying to get a refund for the rest of my subscription

CurtdragonFri, Aug 18, 2023
United StatesUnited States
Download & Revenue
DOWNLOAD N/AMar 2024Worldwide
REVENUE$16.6KMar 2024Worldwide
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About
Bundle Id
media.luminary.iphone.Luminary
Min Os. Version
13.0
Release Date
Mon, Apr 22, 2019
Update Date
Sat, Nov 12, 2022
Content Rating
12+
Has IMessage
No
Support Watch
No
Support Siri
No
File Size
50.58MB
Has Game Center
No
Family Sharing
No
Support Passbook
No
Supported Languages
English
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What's New
version
61.5
updated
1 year ago
Minor bugs and artwork updates. But far more importantly... The Midnight Miracle is back! Season 2 of the award-winning show with Dave Chappelle, Talib Kweli, and yasiin bey is now available. And it's still like nothing you've heard before. Only on Luminary.
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