The Daily

Been listening to the Daily for years but during the 2020 election I thought they had started leaning too left, so quit listening for about 2-3 years. Now I’ve come back to realise I may have made a big mistake! They are pretty balanced at the NYTimes. Michael B. is an exceptional host, I could listen to him for hours. I was skeptical about Sabrina T. at first but she’s really won me over, very intelligent reporting. This podcast saves me a-lot of time getting to the facts so I can go on with my day.

I would have given a 5 Star review for content and sound. But sadly the hosts voices aren’t typical, they are affectations. They sound like they are the type of person who is utterly out of touch with us the common person. I’m not saying for sure they are or aren’t. But nearly all of them definitely ‘sound’ pompous, pretentious and patronising, Why? This type of talking usually comes from people in very small social groups. i.e. not worldly people, not people who have a diverse group of friends. And or people who haven’t had broad life experience. Almost like they are fresh out of university. Although they are older than this. It’s a voice that’s been institutionalised. I don’t like my news coming from such a narrow band of people. What’s going on at the NYTs for so many of their podcast hosts to have people talking in this way. And here’s the thing, the everyday person will fully understand what I’m saying, but the NYTs won’t. Which is exactly my point.

Yet another previously good podcast to start platforming people with an agenda. Can you stop!

I used to be interested in these stories but would skip as soon as the generic voice actor would start reading. Now that the author reads his/her own story it is so much more engaging!