EXCLUSIVE: USG Audio, the podcast division of Universal Studio Group, is ramping up its slate with two new series.The company, which was previously known as UCP Audio, is launching Close to Death hosted by comedian Utkarsh Ambudkar, and a second season of The Followers.The shows form part of the nascent division’s audio slate, which has included Alligator Candy, Loot: Scandalous Stories of the Art World, The Greatness with Kareem Maddox and The Lost Kids.
The idea is to use its audio stories as a development tool across its TV units, a move that has already seen UCP developing a docuseries around Josh Bloch’s The Lost Kids.The Followers: Madness of Two, which will be released on September 15, asks how did a perfect suburban mom get wrapped
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