Podcast Recommendations for Policy People

If you’re anything like me, then you also need to have a podcast, audiobook, or music playing in the background at all times. 

I use Spotify to listen to access the podcasts, but most of the recommendations below are also available across a variety of other platforms, like Apple Podcasts, YouTube, etc. 

Below are a few of my favorite podcasts that I’ve been listening to recently:

• Morning Brew Daily 
  • Business and Technology 
  • Released every weekday morning, this podcast provides a great comprehensive view of the latest news across a variety of topics, from the economy, to financial markets, to business, to technology 
• The Journal by The Wall Street Journal 
  • Business & Technology News
  • Episodes are usually around 20 minutes, released every weekday morning covering an emerging business or tech news story. 
• The Headlines by The New York Times
  • News and Politics 
  • Usually around 15 minutes, providing a high-level overview of the major news stories from around the world, with a US focus
• The Daily by The New York Times
  • News and Politics 
  • 30-minute long episodes covering breaking news stories from across the US, and sometimes providing coverage for international news stories
• Marketplace
  • Business
  • This podcast is definitely more finance/economy oriented, but provides a great daily overview of the financial markets through daily 30 minute episodes that contextualize the impacts of what is happening in our economy
• Today, Explained by Vox
  • News and Politics
  • This podcast is more oriented toward pop culture topics, but provides an interesting perspective on some major topics talked about in the news 
• Politico Tech by Politico
  • Technology and Policy
  • Episodes are not released as frequently, but provide a great overview of high-level and trending technology news stories from a policy perspective

Heads Up!: Spotify offers subscriptions at a discounted rate for students! More information can be found here.