I really like The Daily. When I first started listening to it, I found it a bit “showy” and Barbaro’s affectations amused me (they still do), but I persevered —

I really like The Daily. When I first started listening to it, I found it a bit “showy” and Barbaro’s affectations amused me (they still do), but I persevered — largely to learn more about US current affairs — and I’ve found the quality of the journalism, for a podcast, to be pretty high. In my opinion, it’s much better than, for example, Today in Focus, from The Guardian; it has a similar leaning, albeit UK-centric, and while it is often very good, it is sometime a bit full-on with the identity politics. I wouldn’t say The Daily is completely dispassionate, but I think they get the balance right.