Update Feb 6th: Several days in a row this podcast has been posted by 9am EST, excellent! I hope this continues. Thanks podcast team! Update 1-30-25: Yesterday AND today this pod was up and available by 9am EST! Great job podcast team! Update 1-21-25: It is Tuesday at 12:52pm and neither Tuesday nor even Mondays show have been uploaded to Apple Podcasts. Seriously? 12/12/24 Update: Still the best AM news podcast. However it is 10:50am EST on a Thursday morning and this mornings show has not been posted. This show airs at 5am est I believe (may be 6am but I’m pretty sure it’s 5am). CNN needs to add more employees to make sure this podcast gets uploaded shortly after it airs. Update: 1-9-25. Show is still my favorite “morning” News show. Once again, however, it’s 12:45 pm EST and it’s not uploaded. Update: 6-13-24 This show has a new, shorter format with a single host. I like the changes, it’s less of a “morning show” and more hard news. So for example, you don’t listen to find out which sandals are trending this summer, but to get election coverage or coverage of the wars in Ukraine and Gaza. Also the shorter format means you can listen to the whole thing in the time it takes to get ready in the morning, or while commuting. Basic coverage of all the major stories of the day. Some stories seem very one-sided though. I feel like their “analysts” are not very good, not actually very informed or analytical. Except the lawyer they have on, he’s pretty knowledgeable about American legal matters. Sometimes I wish instead of having two more neutral/moderate analysts, they would invite guests of two opposing viewpoints to give a contrasting opinion. Example: when they cover the war in Gaza, I’ve heard interviews w politicians, mostly of the same opinion, IDF spokespersons, Israeli citizens personally affected, but I have yet to see even one Arab/Muslim/Palestinian guest talking about this subject on their show. (Columbia prof Rashid Khaleedi for example, or Palestinian doctor and politician Mustafa Barghouti, or really anyone with a contrasting pov). Another option would be a liberal non-Arab American like Bernie Sanders to come on the show to provide an opposing viewpoint. They do this with numerous topics, not just the Middle East. It honestly ends up feeling like you’re being fed a line. However, all that being said, for US morning news, it’s still my favorite podcast. It’s coverage is just way better than other morning news shows like Up First (NPR), Start Here (ABC), Morning Joe (MSNBC I think), etc. The CNN podcast team is evidently still struggling as 7+ hours after this show aired on TV, the podcast is still not available in Apples podcast app. By this late in the day, that news is now old news and we all have moved on to more up-to-date coverage. Podcast team, do better. Early 2024: This podcast is more helpful than most other morning news podcasts I’ve listened to. It basically covers all the major news stories of the day. If you can just listen to the first 30 minutes you’ve gotten a good news summary. If you listen to it for full 90 minutes you’ll have gotten the weather and sports news as well. There is one major flaw in this podcast - it’s the showcast of a show that runs from 5-6:30am EST. Previously, they used to usually post the pod around 11-noon. So the news was already old, but still informative if you hadn’t gotten your news yet. But recently, the podcast won’t get posted until the afternoon or even later in the day- which completely misses the point of listening to a MORNING news podcast. By that time the news is very old, and there is better news coverage of the same stories on other pods. Today, for example, I’m writing this at 1:15pm EST and it still hasn’t been posted. CNN Podcast Team - Do better.

Also not very interesting

Aside from not being objective or unbiased it’s impossible to listen to. Do you all hear yourselves? This is the opposite of informative, it forces opinions on the listener.

This podcast is so good I repeated this podcast for 5 months straight

It’s 1:30 and still no show , is it me or my phone , apple 7-8!

Kasie Hunt is great. I am glad you have found a place for her. She’s smart and insightful, invites other good people and brings out their best. Fast becoming must listen.

Most of this show is worth skipping forward especially when then phony is speaking. I’m so glad the other hosts dropped the friendly banter in the opening. It was very uncomfortable to watch them try to avoid the friendliness the original phony was trying to portray.

I am tired of Rapist Trump. I want to hear about other republican candidates. Can we stop focusing on Trump and start talking about the other candidates please.

Way to go Chris Licht & Katlin Collins. You both managed to take CNN’s ratings, that were already in the toilet, and flushed them into the sewer in one night. Not sure who thought a live Trump town hall filled with nothing but Trump fans was going to give you any credibility but anyone associated with this train wreck should be fired immediately.

Sorry but longevity and talent is airing out of this network fast for skirts and eye candy like Fox News tried for years. Kaitlin Collins soared to the top from being outside for years with not much talent and quickly gets a prime time spot now a morning show, dropping Don and now only women. Brooke was amazing for this network and when she left, so did class and talent. This show will be cancelled soon just like the rest and the ratings will continue to tank. Listen to your few viewers and listeners.

So you get rid of Don Lemon? Well you definitely have lost a viewer. I know it really doesn’t matter to a huge network but your diversity is really lacking. So yeah good luck! You all are going to need it.

Boring. We already heard that.

Love the depth of content and quality of news and reporting on the show. There’s a solid mix of domestic/international headlines and relevant topical content (eg, feel good stories,economic advice etc). Definitely appreciate that there is no filler segments like most morning shows (cooking segments and what not) and that the anchors skip the opinions for straight reporting.

I love the new show!. Smart conversations. I live in Nairobi, Kenya and I see it in the afternoons. CNN, please take into account not only the rating in the USA, but also outside and be patience. I am sure this show will grow fast!