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A daily news brief with Jalon, just to help you keep in the know. Nothing in-depth, and under 2 minutes (usually). Think NPR first thing in the morning -- but with some sassy. getpodlocal.substack.com

  1. Sep 10

    Grindin’

    Here is the GPL News Brief for September 10th 2026: Here Is Today’s Stories: As the midterms loom, Trump returns to his happy place: on stage in the theatre of the absurd Empty seats at the GOP midterm convention? Blame it on small bladders. Gay hookup app Grindr experiences Dallas outages during Republicans’ Trump-a-Palooza Did Grindr go down during the RNC convention in Dallas? “We failed”: Gay Republicans who fought for acceptance in Texas GOP see little progress (From 2022) Democratic Sen. Fetterman speaks at a GOP midterm convention, fueling party-switch fears Hasan Piker’s ‘meat pic’ was on full display at the Republican National Convention Trump’s promise to give Americans $5,000 if Republicans win draws criticism Pleading for Votes, Trump Tries a New Spin on an Old Promise: Free Money Iran war won’t end until after crucial November elections, says Trump Trump promised $2,000 tariff ‘dividends,’ but they still haven’t materialized 10 months later The U.S. national debt now stands at $40 trillion Trump Says to Vote for Ken Paxton Even Though He’s Dumb and Ugly Donald Trump Urges Texans to Elect Sloppily Dressed Schlub Ken Paxton Those are your headlines for today. We release a recap of all the news of the week on Fridays, so if you haven’t yet, please like, subscribe, and restack on Substack so these and all our newsletters get delivered to your mailbox! For Free! We keep up with all the news for you, so you don’t have to. Aren’t we sweet? Talk to y’all tomorrow! 🚫🤴 Get Pod Local: Where we start Locally while thinking Globally xx Jalon 👉🏽 This daily podcast is free, but if you’d like, please buy Jalon some coffee. She can’t do these newsletters and podcasts without it! (Seriously). Good News! We are now everywhere you get your podcasts! So you can take me on your commute, in the gym, or when I like to listen to podcast, while you’re washing dishes. Subscribe and leave a review for us! Listen on SpotifyListen on Apple Reminder for everyone: Please check your voter’s registration every month until the election this November. 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽 *ALSO!* There is a fake voter registration site floating around. Your best bet is to use your state’s Sec of State website. Vote Safe Dot Org is fake and from Elon (apparently). All these immigration sweeps and he still here. SMH The Latest GPL Podcast Episode Is Up! Watch it anywhere you listen / watch this podcast. 👇🏽We’re Also On Youtube! We also post these on our Youtube Channel! Get full access to Get Pod Local at getpodlocal.substack.com/subscribe

  2. Sep 9

    Blow The Whistle

    Here is the GPL News Brief for September 9th 2026: Here Is Today’s Stories: Anthropic Researcher Jacob Coxon Resigns, Warns AI Industry Is “Gambling With Our Lives” Paxton’s former top law enforcement official endorses Talarico Trump’s Midterm Convention Will Yield a Bounce All Right—for Democrats Mamdani Accuses Former N.Y.C. Leaders of Lying About 9/11 Air Quality Mamdani Launches Public Portal With 170,000 Pages of 9/11 Records Giuliani says Mamdani should skip 9/11 ceremony during rant against Islam Ben Shelton edges out Carlos Alcaraz in thrilling latest U.S. Open finish in history Frances Tiafoe breaks Alex Michelsen’s heart as hug produces enduring image of U.S. Open Those are your headlines for today. We release a recap of all the news of the week on Fridays, so if you haven’t yet, please like, subscribe, and restack on Substack so these and all our newsletters get delivered to your mailbox! For Free! We keep up with all the news for you, so you don’t have to. Aren’t we sweet? Talk to y’all tomorrow! 🚫🤴 Get Pod Local: Where we start Locally while thinking Globally xx Jalon 👉🏽 This daily podcast is free, but if you’d like, please buy Jalon some coffee. She can’t do these newsletters and podcasts without it! (Seriously). Good News! We are now everywhere you get your podcasts! So you can take me on your commute, in the gym, or when I like to listen to podcast, while you’re washing dishes. Subscribe and leave a review for us! Listen on SpotifyListen on Apple Reminder for everyone: Please check your voter’s registration every month until the election this November. 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽 The Latest GPL Podcast Episode Is Up! Watch it anywhere you listen / watch this podcast. 👇🏽We’re Also On Youtube! We also post these on our Youtube Channel! Get full access to Get Pod Local at getpodlocal.substack.com/subscribe

  3. Sep 8

    A New Mexican’s Stand

    Here is the GPL News Brief for September 8th 2026: Here Is Today’s Stories: Ex-Trump Labor Secretary Went to Strip Club on Taxpayers’ Dime UN votes to adopt new world map to reflect Africa’s true size US only country to oppose UN resolution correcting Africa’s size on world maps Noem’s Rumored Lover Used His Power for Unprecedented Corruption WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert retiring at end of 2026 Who should be the next WNBA commissioner? Potential candidates to replace Cathy Engelbert Germany’s ‘Firewall’ Against the Far Right Is Being Tested as Never Before Trump Floats Renaming New Mexico as ‘New America,’ Prompting Pushback Don’t get distracted Those are your headlines for today. We release a recap of all the news of the week on Fridays, so if you haven’t yet, please like, subscribe, and restack on Substack so these and all our newsletters get delivered to your mailbox! For Free! We keep up with all the news for you, so you don’t have to. Aren’t we sweet? Talk to y’all tomorrow! 🚫🤴 Get Pod Local: Where we start Locally while thinking Globally xx Jalon 👉🏽 This daily podcast is free, but if you’d like, please buy Jalon some coffee. She can’t do these newsletters and podcasts without it! (Seriously). Good News! We are now everywhere you get your podcasts! So you can take me on your commute, in the gym, or when I like to listen to podcast, while you’re washing dishes. Subscribe and leave a review for us! Listen on Spotify Listen on Apple Reminder for everyone: Please check your voter’s registration every month until the election this November. 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽 New Episode Dropped Today! Watch it anywhere you listen / watch this podcast. 👇🏽We’re Also On Youtube (And Growing)! We also post these on our Youtube Channel! Get full access to Get Pod Local at getpodlocal.substack.com/subscribe

  4. Sep 3

    I Am Woman

    Here is the GPL News Brief for September 3rd 2026: Here Is Today’s Stories: 2 killed and suspect dead after apartment block shooting in downtown Minneapolis List of Americans Killed in Iran War After Lutnick ‘Misspoke’ on Deaths Lutnick apologizes for saying no Americans have died in Iran war Bessent Blames Ukraine for High Energy Prices JD Vance took over the White House press briefing — and took it in a very unexpected direction “In a surprisingly long briefing, the vice president managed to claim that there is no war in Iran, that sauerkraut from RFK Jr made him rapidly lose weight, and that Americans should build nuclear reactors in their backyards next to data centers.”Holly Baxter from The Independent writes about a briefing that slowly but surely turned strange After 5-Week Vacation, House Suddenly Takes Off the Rest of September What a Johnson. Fox News abruptly parts ways with scandal-tarred star Maria Bartiromo Gloria Steinem, Journalist and Activist, Left Behind a Trailblazing Legacy ‘At Last, We Know We Are Not Alone’: Gloria Steinem on Ms., the Feminist Movement and the Work Still Ahead But also: The Feminist Was a Spy Those are your headlines for today. We release a recap of all the news of the week on Fridays, so if you haven’t yet, please like, subscribe, and restack on Substack so these and all our newsletters get delivered to your mailbox! For Free! We keep up with all the news for you, so you don’t have to. Aren’t we sweet? Talk to y’all tomorrow! 🚫🤴 Get Pod Local: Where we start Locally while thinking Globally xx Jalon 👉🏽 This daily podcast is free, but if you’d like, please buy Jalon some coffee. She can’t do these newsletters and podcasts without it! (Seriously). Good News! We are now everywhere you get your podcasts! So you can take me on your commute, in the gym, or when I like to listen to podcast, while you’re washing dishes. Subscribe and leave a review for us! Listen on Spotify Listen on Apple The Latest GPL Podcast Episode Is Up! Watch it anywhere you listen / watch this podcast. 👇🏽We’re Also On Youtube! We also post these on our Youtube Channel! Get full access to Get Pod Local at getpodlocal.substack.com/subscribe

  5. Sep 3

    Touch

    Here is the GPL News Brief for September 2nd 2026: Here Is Today’s Stories: House censures Rep. Chuck Edwards for conduct toward former female staffers Trump suggests renaming Strait of Hormuz as Trump Strait amid Iran war Trump Now Splurging on White House Bowling Alley—With Taxpayer Money He accidentally just made the best ad for Democratic Socialists. 👇🏽 In Thailand, Weary U.S. Warship Crew Gets First Break in Months Why Republicans are snubbing Trump’s GOP midterm convention: ‘I didn’t want to go anyways’ Senator Ed Markey, 80, Turns Back Younger Challenger in Massachusetts Those are your headlines for today. We release a recap of all the news of the week on Fridays, so if you haven’t yet, please like, subscribe, and restack on Substack so these and all our newsletters get delivered to your mailbox! For Free! We keep up with all the news for you, so you don’t have to. Aren’t we sweet? Talk to y’all tomorrow! 🚫🤴 Get Pod Local: Where we start Locally while thinking Globally xx Jalon 👉🏽 This daily podcast is free, but if you’d like, please buy Jalon some coffee. She can’t do these newsletters and podcasts without it! (Seriously). Good News! We are now everywhere you get your podcasts! So you can take me on your commute, in the gym, or when I like to listen to podcast, while you’re washing dishes. Subscribe and leave a review for us! Listen on Spotify Listen on Apple The Latest GPL Podcast Episode Is Up! Watch it anywhere you listen / watch this podcast. 👇🏽We’re Also On Youtube! We also post these on our Youtube Channel! Get full access to Get Pod Local at getpodlocal.substack.com/subscribe

  6. Sep 1

    The Call

    Here is the GPL News Brief for September 1st, 2026: Here Is Today’s Stories: 163 missing kids, including dozens in Miami, found during Operation Statewide Shield Army secretary resigns after tension with Hegseth Cubans living in Florida are being deported to Africa This whole song and production is insane. I hope they had fun. USPS whistleblower warns new ballot system could fail Whistle-Blower Says Trump Officials Are Defying Court Orders on Voting by Mail Joey and Elaine Campbell talked about the possibility of an insane mail-in voting situation in this week’s podcast episode. Trump ally Laura Loomer faces fresh criticism over racist comments Thomas Massie Names 14 People He Says Should Be Investigated Over Epstein MapQuest app reaches No 1 on US Apple list after defying Trump’s Lake Ontario order Those are your headlines for today. We release a recap of all the news of the week on Fridays, so if you haven’t yet, please like, subscribe, and restack on Substack so these and all our newsletters get delivered to your mailbox! For Free! We keep up with all the news for you, so you don’t have to. Aren’t we sweet? Talk to y’all tomorrow! 🚫🤴 Get Pod Local: Where we start Locally while thinking Globally xx Jalon 👉🏽 This daily podcast is free, but if you’d like, please buy Jalon some coffee. She can’t do these newsletters and podcasts without it! (Seriously). Good News! We are now everywhere you get your podcasts! So you can take me on your commute, in the gym, or when I like to listen to podcast, while you’re washing dishes. Subscribe and leave a review for us! Listen on Spotify Listen on Apple The Latest GPL Podcast Episode Is Up! Watch it anywhere you listen / watch this podcast. 👇🏽We’re Also On Youtube! We also post these on our Youtube Channel! Get full access to Get Pod Local at getpodlocal.substack.com/subscribe

  7. Sep 1

    The Stars (At Night)

    Here is the GPL News Brief for August 31st 2026: Here Is Today’s Stories: One Dead and 15 May Be Missing at the Grand Canyon After Flash Flood Nepal floods death toll tops 900, as number of missing nearly doubles to more than 4,200 Pentagon Erupts Over Report on Classified Warnings Against Iran War BREAKING NEWS: Army Secretary Dan Driscoll resigns on short notice amid reported friction with Hegseth Federal government allows return of U.S. citizen deported after traffic stop in Central Texas Google Maps Changes ‘Lake Ontario’ to ‘Lake America’ for U.S. Users Trump has asked Apple to change Lake Ontario name to ‘Lake America’ on its maps, interior chief says Supreme Court OKs Trump’s ballroom construction, but Roberts says project is ‘likely unlawful’ Palestinian woman and NBC News team attacked by masked Israeli settlers in West Bank Texas Has Suspended More Than 1 Million Voters Ahead of Senate Race Dallas Stars won’t host a Pride Night for the first time in years Those are your headlines for today. We release a recap of all the news of the week on Fridays, so if you haven’t yet, please like, subscribe, and restack on Substack so these and all our newsletters get delivered to your mailbox! For Free! We keep up with all the news for you, so you don’t have to. Aren’t we sweet? Talk to y’all tomorrow! 🚫🤴 Get Pod Local: Where we start Locally while thinking Globally xx Jalon 👉🏽 This daily podcast is free, but if you’d like, please buy Jalon some coffee. She can’t do these newsletters and podcasts without it! (Seriously). Good News! We are now everywhere you get your podcasts! So you can take me on your commute, in the gym, or when I like to listen to podcast, while you’re washing dishes. Subscribe and leave a review for us! Listen on SpotifyListen on Apple The Latest GPL Podcast Episode Is Up! Watch it anywhere you listen / watch this podcast. 👇🏽We’re Also On Youtube! We also post these on our Youtube Channel! Get full access to Get Pod Local at getpodlocal.substack.com/subscribe

  8. Aug 28

    Let’s Go Wings

    Here is the GPL News Brief for August 27th 2026: Here Is Today’s Stories: Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario into ‘Lake America’ as his fight with Canada spirals Buc-ee’s may prioritize ‘conservative, business-friendly’ red states for expansion DeSantis Administration Misspent $10 Million, Grand Jury Says UEFA prepares criminal complaint in Swiss courts against FIFA’s Infantino over World Cup sell-off Premier Scott Moe announces retaliatory levy on U.S. booze, won’t pull liquor from shelves Dallas Wings secure final WNBA playoff berth with 23rd win Those are your headlines for today. We release a recap of all the news of the week on Fridays, so if you haven’t yet, please like, subscribe, and restack on Substack so these and all our newsletters get delivered to your mailbox! For Free! We keep up with all the news for you, so you don’t have to. Aren’t we sweet? Talk to y’all tomorrow! 🚫🤴 Get Pod Local: Where we start Locally while thinking Globally xx Jalon 👉🏽 This daily podcast is free, but if you’d like, please buy Jalon some coffee. She can’t do these newsletters and podcasts without it! (Seriously). Good News! We are now everywhere you get your podcasts! So you can take me on your commute, in the gym, or when I like to listen to podcast, while you’re washing dishes. Subscribe and leave a review for us! Listen on Spotify Listen on Apple The Latest GPL Podcast Episode Is Up! Watch it anywhere you listen / watch this podcast. 👇🏽We’re Also On Youtube! We also post these on our Youtube Channel! Get full access to Get Pod Local at getpodlocal.substack.com/subscribe

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A daily news brief with Jalon, just to help you keep in the know. Nothing in-depth, and under 2 minutes (usually). Think NPR first thing in the morning -- but with some sassy. getpodlocal.substack.com

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    2026
  • Episodes
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