Jane is like a smart, funny, knowledgeable friend who expresses shared concerns, interests and anxieties with humor and intelligence. P.S. Love the Headlines jingle.

I will preface this by saying I love other Crooked Media podcasts like Pod Save America, Lovett or Leave It, Hysteria, and Offline. Jane seems to be an improvement over previous recent hosts of What a Day in that she seems to legitimately have a thorough understanding of what she’s talking about. The problem for me is fully in her delivery. The way she speaks throughout the podcast comes off extremely smug and sarcastic, and almost as if every single sentence is supposed to be the punchline of a joke, or like she’s playing a character, to the point that it’s overwhelming and distracting from the actual content being delivered. I just start to crave a single moment without her condescending overtone. Also, she’s one of those people who pronounces the ‘R’ sound with that tongue-rounding effect like it’s being combined with the letter ‘L’ every time. That last part is just a small pet peeve that I could more easily forgive if not for the bigger issue described above. I can see why people like Jane, but unless she changes or is replaced, I’ll have to stick to the PSA guys and the Hysteria girls.

Really miss some of the other hosts…I feel this hosts voice is the equivalent to an eye roll, I don’t need the emotional undertone, just give me the liberal news…maybe it’s the point of the show so I should find another but didn’t feel like the other hosts were like this

It turns out you can hate the news but love the presentation! This is the best way to start every day.