First Things Podcast

Mark Bauerline does a great job. Interesting and lively interviews about serious topics.

I’ve been a print subscriber for years. I’ve listened to the podcast for at least 5 yrs. Based on the content alone, I would give 4 or 5 stars. But the audio quality has become so bad that recently I have stopped listening to several interviews partway through. Interviews I was interested in. I just couldn’t hear it easily. FT podcast wasn’t always this bad. Need to find a solution.

Interesting podcast, but I have to struggle in order to listen to it because the audio is not balanced. The quiet parts get way too quiet that I can’t hear them in the car and then when someone speaks at normal volume again it begins blasting because I had to crank the volume a ton. I’m willing to listen to all kinds of philosophy podcasts where tech comes second, ideas first, but this is bad. Sorry for the poor review but it’s actually preventing me from listening. If things change I’ll gladly revisit this.

I personally really enjoy the book-based podcasts and have read many of the authors interviewed with much interest. I am not Catholic but really appreciate the faith that underlies these discussions, it is so life-affirming. Thank you.