I agree with the two last comments. The change was not great. Could you please consider the proposed alternative? Thanks, MC

Available. Then unavailable. Updated. Then not updated. What gives?!?

While listening to the episode that is most recent on my phone, it can suddenly be unavailable, because NPR has removed it (and it was streaming directly). This can particularly happen if I pause it for a few minutes. Changing my settings to keep multiple shows has only helped some, but even then the most recent hasn’t necessarily been downloaded. I agree with Byron D that keep at least one more than only their latest would make a really BIG difference.

Edit - I recently wrote a negative review because it looked like they were changing formats to human interest storytelling etc - but it hasn’t happened again or changed back. This is again my favorite news podcast - just the facts, in just 5 mins, and continuously updated on the hour - love it. It’s my go to podcast for going on ~5+ years. Never change please!! ❤️❤️❤️

From a world perspective this short news podcast seems conservative but it’s a good place to start for timely updates of national and global events.

My go-to news source. High-quality, balanced reporting of the facts. However, it is very frustrating that it cuts off an episode while I’m listening and replaces it with the newest episode (which does not automatically start playing), which may or may not contain the same story details. Please let us finish listening! Super frustrating and sometimes I don’t even take the time to look up the new episode to play that one. I live overseas and listen to episodes in the middle of the night in the US, so not on US time schedule.

This is a 5 minute news update, there is no time to plug your other shows.

I like the idea of this show, but this has just become the bad news podcast. Hardly anything other than death or economic turmoil is shared here.

The ads are terrible. Why are they in this tiny little podcast?

I recommend keeping more than one episode for the show. Sometimes while listening to the most recent episode before the show is refreshed, it cuts off in the middle because the episode I’m listening to is removed from the list when the show is updated in the background. Keeping 2-5 episodes available would likely fix this issue and allow listeners to finish the episode that they started playing. They could then start the latest episode if they want to.

For a 5 min show it would be nice if it was strictly news without promoting other shows.

I like the quick updates. I feel like I’m in the know with them but OMG 18 episodes daily is overwhelming and most of them repeat the same news! How do I sign up for the 9 episode version?

I enjoy these quick and reliable news updates.

Happy that NPR is here

I love this podcast, straight news, without all the normal news drama and opinions. Thank you for being good journalism, and keeping us updated on every hour

Let’s get some new blood.

I enjoy the format, quick hourly updates on my phone. The content however, leaves some to be desired. I’m a moderate. This show has a strong lean to the left and I’d enjoy some more moderate viewpoints on public radio. Hey, if that’s what you like, this is probably an amazing resource. But for the rest of us it’s not the best.

Thank goodness for NPR for being the one news source I can trust.

Please remember you serve the public. This includes more moderate and conservative points of view too.

ethical journalism in an age when it is in short supply

It’s great but why is it always Jack spear

Is this show dead?

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I agree with a previous comment. Great short update but lacking positive or constructive news.

Does anyone actually take these lairs seriously?

Siempre aprendo algo nuevo e interesante en su programa. Gracias!

I have been a daily listener to npr for almost 24 years. What I have been hearing lately makes me feel like I’m going to have a “rage stroke.” To say the slant to the left has been dramatic would be a dramatic understatement. I’m a conservative as are about half the “p” in npr. Their new target audience seems to be the most liberal 5 percent of the “public.” The agendas they’re pushing make them no better than a leftist version of Fox News (except that Fox does NOT get federal funds) they really do think we are stupid sheep just waiting to lap up their B.S. what’s sad is…… too many of us are.

This is the best newscast available: short, reliable, and to the point. However, I would prefer they included at least some positive news. It seems that, unfortunately, in this culture “news” means “bad news” instead of a mixture of both, and that is highly disappointing.

It’s a sad day for me – having just unsubscribed to Up First and New Now. I’ve been an ardent NPR fan for many years and finally today decided enough was enough. I’m down to only Science Friday as the last NPR show that I feel is worthy of my time and support. The seemingly daily focus on stories with a corona virus, BLM or racial angle and overamplifying any shred of black/white racial conflict. Real news gets no coverage at the cost of these over-represented agenda stories. NPR has always been liberal but its getting out of control now and quality is suffering. It’s too much for me and just not the top news that needs to be reported. This week I’ve been listening to other alternatives like The Daily from NYTimes, which is also suffering from the same problems as NPR but still tolerable for me for now, and many other options from Wall Street Journal and others. I’ll still check Terry Gross’s show– when she has good guests nobody is better than Terry.

I like the information. Hate the fact that every episode disappears every time a new one comes in. I want to hear what I missed.

Insightful and quick plays

I always listen to this show when I wake up in the morning. It’s the perfect bite sized news report to stay informed. Although it doesn’t automatically update so I had to unfollow and then refollow the show

I really enjoy the news but, unlike other podcasts, this podcast feed won’t download when I’m not actually in the application. This means I can’t follow what has happened during the day. Every hour has different information to report - stock as an example doesn’t let me follow the trend. I know this can be changed and don’t understand why one would want it to operate as it does now.

Good podcast but loads unevenly. I get some episodes on my phone and other episodes on my iPad. It also frequently stops after 20-30 seconds whereas my other podcasts play fine. If they can’t work this glitch out then I’m out. Whoever is your IT team they dissappoint.

Progressive Bias is overt.

Unfortunately this is nothing but propaganda, I do miss the days where NPR used to be about bipartisan news.

And they make it. Look easy.

Love getting my news this way.

Leftist propaganda

This News Podcast Has Become Very Repetitive Overtime!!

Succinct and pertinent news that I rely on every morning.

Pretty bias news

I’m appreciative of clear, concise information! I respect more than a single viewpoint of complex issues! Highly recommend.

Great source of facts and real information. No fluff, no b.s. All coming to you in 5 minutes or less!

supposed to update every hour. NOT happening 9-6-2021. Not updating!!! Does anyone read these reviews??? 9-9-21. What is going on with this site ??? Supposed to update every hour. No update from yesterday till now! ! 09/30/21. what is going on with this site again??? No updates since mid morning’s ?? 10/01/21 still no updates!! a waste of time and effort. Going to look someplace else for news!!! 10-08-21. no update f for many hours now!!! where i. no going to s the every hour you. talk about?? ? 10-12. another day with no updates!!! 10/22. HELP. another dAy with no updates. 11/19 Friday and another day with no updates since you installed the new version!!! Help!!! Monday 11/22. STILL NO updates!!!

I think her first name is Douhali but not sure how to spell. She can’t seem to read. And she has some terrible cat hair in her throat. Oh my gosh, this is not a job for her. It was unbearable.

I’ve been listening to this podcast for ten years. In the last two years they started to focus less on true news (information about events of substantial impact to millions of lives in the US and abroad) and instead began focusing on sensational stories. I feel like this show has turned into a rant of “this grinds my gears” and is so narrowly focused that it actually leaves the listeners with a biased and warped perception of reality. I’ve switched over to the BBC World News podcast which actually covers real news and leaves listeners smarter and more informed than this, frankly, poorly produced podcast that is more like entertainment than an informative resource.

My local NPR station was broadcasting live interviews with Trump supporters on election day in 2016. That’s when I stopped being a regular listener and contributor. NPR could have been the sane counter to the horrific right-wing media machine, but they choose to act as if everything is fine. Inexplicable.

Thanks Tavin. Love the show.