Michael Barbaro and the success of “The Daily”
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#2I've tried a lot of daily pods that talk about current events. The Daily is the only one I still listen to. Yeah, there are times when I don't want to be brought down by the shitty things certain people who dominate the news have done, but even when I'm not enthusiastic about the subject, I always feel like I learned something after it is over. To me, that's the important thing.
EDIT: typo
Re: Michael Barbaro and the success of “The Daily”
#3While I do listen to the daily pretty often, it can be very drawn out and redundant at times. It's also been especially suffering by excessive impeachment coverage these last few weeks. But these are just my few criticisms, it's otherwise one of the few podcasts worth listening to every day. I also recommend checking out 'The Intelligence' by the economist. Also daily, but more concise and covers 2-3 topics.
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#4While I do listen to the daily pretty often, it can be very drawn out and redundant at times. It's also been especially suffering by excessive impeachment coverage these last few weeks. But these are just my few criticisms, it's otherwise one of the few podcasts worth listening to every day. I also recommend checking out 'The Intelligence' by the economist. Also daily, but more concise and covers 2-3 topics.
I felt similarly about The Daily. I started listening to NPR's "Up First" podcast and like it a lot better; it's quite similar but less dramatized and personality-driven.
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#6> He left the NewsGuild of New York, the union that represents the Times, when he started the show
Well that's a bummer, or is that a single-craft union extremely narrowly defined?
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#7This is petty of me, but I can't stand the Daily. Not because the content is bad, but because Michael Barbaro's cadence is grating to my ears. I can't get over it, and I tune off NPR whenever the Daily comes on.
It brings me back to third grade and reading aloud - some kids just couldn't follow the natural rhythm of a passage or breath properly. Inserting pauses where they don't need to be, stretching out words and throwing in meter where it doesn't make sense... I just can't get over it.
I don't know, maybe I'm crazy. You can notice it when he shifts from reading off a script to talking with a guest.
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#9This is petty of me, but I can't stand the Daily. Not because the content is bad, but because Michael Barbaro's cadence is grating to my ears. I can't get over it, and I tune off NPR whenever the Daily comes on. It brings me back to third grade and reading aloud - some kids just couldn't follow the natural rhythm of a passage or breath properly. Inserting pauses where they don't need to be, stretching out words and t…
PocketCasts has a feature where you can trim silence and adjust playback speed without affecting pitch. I found that plus 1.2x speed strikes a balance between efficiency without feeling like a firehouse.
I had been listening to podcasts at 1.5x speed for a while, but that gets overwhelming and difficult to multitask.
Re: Michael Barbaro and the success of “The Daily”
#10This is petty of me, but I can't stand the Daily. Not because the content is bad, but because Michael Barbaro's cadence is grating to my ears. I can't get over it, and I tune off NPR whenever the Daily comes on. It brings me back to third grade and reading aloud - some kids just couldn't follow the natural rhythm of a passage or breath properly. Inserting pauses where they don't need to be, stretching out words and t…
I too have noticed the cadence, and it occurred to me that non-native English speakers probably benefit from his deliberate cadences. I find it to be a well designed podcast.