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Offline Neon Genesis

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International News Podcasts?
« on: Feb 27, 2013, 09:51:57 PM »
I always keep meaning to catch up on what's happening in the news on the international scale but it seems like mainstream media mostly focuses on American politics and even when they do cover foreign news, it always seems to be about Israel and the Middle East.  Does anyone know of any good English speaking podcasts that cover news in other countries that the mainstream media typically doesn't focus on?  Like news about European countries or news about Asia and Africa?   
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Re: International News Podcasts?
« Reply #1 on: Mar 19, 2013, 09:44:21 AM »
The Bugle.
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Re: International News Podcasts?
« Reply #2 on: Mar 19, 2013, 10:12:53 AM »
The BBC must make a podcast or two.
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« Reply #3 on: Apr 17, 2013, 03:56:04 PM »
I know it's a month later but there are a few here (filtered by BBC World Service and News)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/genre/news

Global News (30 mins) and Newshour (60mins) seem good, and the tone is generally neutral with no agenda of their own.

There are also region-specific news podcasts.

I also really like More Or Less podcasts (both on BBC Radio 4 and the version on the World Service) for a statistical and skeptical analysis of both World and UK numbers in the news.
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Re: International News Podcasts?
« Reply #4 on: Apr 17, 2013, 04:03:52 PM »
As everyone has said The BBC is the place to go.  Al Jazeera has a few as well. 
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Re: International News Podcasts?
« Reply #5 on: May 07, 2013, 12:48:46 AM »
Thanks for the recommendations everyone!  I've really been enjoying listening to The Bugle.  I love the way they make fun of all the news stories the rest of the media treats like uber seriously.  I especially loved their coverage of Pope Francis. 
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« Reply #6 on: May 07, 2013, 12:26:20 PM »
I'm glad you've been enjoying it! The Bugle is the only podcast that consistently makes me burst out laughing, which can be awkward when you're on a run with headphones in. I've had a few dog walkers stare pretty hard. But yeah, I love the "tell it like it is" approach to many news items it has, along with being pretty damn hilarious. The recent "penis on Mars" segment was great.
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Re: International News Podcasts?
« Reply #7 on: May 07, 2013, 02:42:00 PM »
I love The Bugle as well.

There are also a few podcasts from The Guardian that cover the weekly politics (and just and audio version of their paper). The Guardian Science podcast with Alok Jar is fantastic.

As far as health goes, BBC Inside Health and Health Check are fantastic, and if you want some insight into how the NHS functions, these are quite good.



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