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News podcasts are a great way to stay up to date on current events. Listen to episodes at home, on your way to work, in the gym, or while traveling. Here are the top news podcasts to subscribe to.
60 Minutes podcast.
Winner of dozens of Emmys, 60 Minutes is available as a podcast, with each episode containing the complete audio from the TV episodes. New episodes come out each Sunday.
BBC
World Business Report is an official BBC podcast that covers breaking news from around the world relating to politics, finance, business, and relationships between different countries.
One episode may cover a breaking news story about immigration, while another may dive into trade relationships between countries.
Vox Today Explained news podcast.
Voz
Each episode of Today, Explained focuses on a specific topic relating to a current news story and breaks it down so the average person can understand all aspects of it.
Apple, Inc
With a Monday through Friday cadence, this short podcast (around 10 minutes) gives you a synopsis of the news in the United States and around the world.
While “Apple News Today” typically relies on the news outlets that are part of Apple News, you don’t need to subscribe to Apple News to get a short, daily overview of the state of the world.
IGN Spoken Edition news podcast.
IGN
What We Like
Releases a new episode every weekday.
Covers TV, movies, comics, anime, and video games.
The IGN podcast makes keeping up with breaking pop culture news easy. Each episode consists of the professional narration of that day’s trending news story, with subjects ranging from the reveal of a cool new anime series to a release date announcement for a major video game title or movie.
Kinda Funny Games Daily video game news podcast.
Kinda Funny
What We Like
A fresh style that’s professional and fun.
High-quality guests: developers, journalists.
Hosted by a group of experienced video game journalists who know how to separate speculation from fact, Kinda Funny Games offers a reliable and entertaining source of video game news that covers Nintendo, PlayStation, Xbox, PC, and the industry as a whole.
New episodes drop every weekday.
English News – NHK World Radio Japan news podcast.
NHK World
The English News podcast from NHK World begins each episode with a quick breakdown of the latest stories before elaborating with more detail and nuance.
The podcast feed, which is the audio version of the news articles on their website, can update several times a day with the latest breaking news, which is something very few, if any, podcasts ever attempt to do.
Monocle’s The Globalist.
Monocle
What We Like
Five episodes weekly; great part of a daily routine.
The regular hosts come from a variety of countries.
Diverse insights you wouldn’t usually get.
With thousands of episodes under its belt,The Globalist is one of the longest-running news podcasts available for free online.
The show is hosted by a mix of Monocle Magazine‘s editors who are frequently joined by respectable experts who can offer insight into the day’s breaking news.
PRX
The World is an American news podcast that covers domestic issues and news from around the globe.
Each episode runs for around 50 minutes and covers several breaking news stories, taking time to dive deep into several with analysis and interviews.
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