Some of the best news-focused podcasts trade breadth for depth, and this one from NPR is a great example of that - it’s tailor-made for listeners who prefer to go deep on a topic, rather than get a surface-level overview of what’s happening from one day to the next. He talks with experts and runs through the latest COVID headlines, which includes everything from the details surrounding school reopenings to frequently asked questions about vaccines. Fiction, hosted by the network’s chief medical correspondent Dr. For a podcast that takes a deep dive into this single issue, check out CNN’s Coronavirus Fact vs. FictionĮarlier this week, the US finally surpassed 500,000 coronavirus deaths - yet another sign that the COVID-19 pandemic remains a deadly force to be reckoned with and a once-in-a-generation crisis whose effects will be felt for years to come. The short-form busts of news sprinkled throughout come from outlets like The Wall Street Journal, NPR, and PRI. This being Spotify, music that’s personalized to you is sprinkled throughout The Daily Drive, which also features audio snippets of the day’s news from reputable sources. The Daily Drive - which, of course, is exclusive to Spotify, the same way Apple News Today is to Apple - is sort of like a mashup of a typical morning radio show with a podcast as well as a playlist. Spotify, meanwhile, has its own twist on a high-level, daily newscast offering that’s a bit different from Apple’s. There’s both a free as well as a paid version of the Apple News app, but the audio briefing hosted every Monday through Friday by Shumita Basu and Duarte Geraldino is free and available via the Apple Podcasts app that comes standard on iPhones and iPads, and which is also accessible on Macs.
As a complement to the Apple News app, the company produces a roughly 10-minute daily podcast running through some of the biggest news stories of the day. This Peabody Award-winning podcast bills itself as pulling back the curtain on the fractured, increasingly digital news business to examine “how the sausage is made.” Hosts Brooke Gladstone and Bob Garfield discuss media coverage of the big stories of the week.Īpple stopped being a hardware company a long time ago, now that the iPhone maker has its hands in everything from the development of original TV shows to Apple News+, its news aggregation app that’s something of a Flipboard rival. First, listeners who crave inside baseball and meta-analysis about the journalism profession will definitely want to check out WNYC Studios’ On The Media, if they aren’t already.
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