Death of an Artist
Pushkin Industries
Topics: True Crime · Arts · Society & Culture
In February 2024, celebrated children’s book author and illustrator Petra Mathers and her husband, photographer Michael Mathers, mailed letters to dozens of friends and family members to let them know they had died by suicide. Petra and Michael were by all accounts healthy, happy, and in love. Why did they choose to die together? And what did that decision do to the people left to mourn them? In season 3 of Death of an Artist, journalists Leon Neyfakh and Alice Gregory set out to interview everyone who got one of Petra and Michael’s letters—as one married couple trying to understand another. Through intimate conversations with Petra and Michael’s friends and family about their own...
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- Episode 6: By the Time You Get This Letter
- Episode 5: We Are Without Fear
- Episode 4: Bird on a Wire
- Episode 3: The Train Has Left the Station
- Episode 2: It’s Lonely Without You, Friends
- Episode 1: Dear Honeys
- Introducing Death of an Artist Season 3: Petra Mathers and Her Michael
- Bonus: The Women on the Scene with Audrey Flack
- Bonus: Krasner's Way with Eleanor Nairne
Death of an Artist is No. 113 in the US, No. 43 in Canada, No. 93 in Australia and No. 87 in New Zealand on Apple Podcasts today. On Apple Podcasts' topic charts: No. 14 in True Crime. The latest episode came out on October 20, 2026. A new episode comes out about once a week.
Its place on the chart, day by day
US No. 113
UK Not on today's chart
Canada No. 43
Australia No. 93
New Zealand No. 87
Ireland Not on today's chartAll the numbers, day by day
Its place on the chart, day by day
| Day | US | UK | Canada | Australia | New Zealand | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2, 2026 | 113 | – | 43 | 93 | 87 | – |
| November 1, 2026 | 98 | 192 | 48 | 99 | 64 | 198 |
| October 31, 2026 | 99 | 186 | 49 | 103 | 56 | 182 |
Today's places
| Chart | Place | Since yesterday |
|---|---|---|
| US: All podcasts | 113 | ▼15 |
| US: True Crime | 22 | ▼3 |
| UK: True Crime | 28 | ▼7 |
| Canada: All podcasts | 43 | ▲5 |
| Canada: True Crime | 14 | = |
| Australia: All podcasts | 93 | ▲6 |
| Australia: True Crime | 25 | ▼1 |
| New Zealand: All podcasts | 87 | ▼23 |
| New Zealand: True Crime | 14 | ▼1 |
| Ireland: True Crime | 29 | ▼4 |
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