Politics may be tedious, controversial, full of legalese most regular people can’t understand, and so ripe with screaming opinions that you just want to throw up your hands and cover your ears forever, but in politics as in life, knowledge is power, and it’s important to keep paying attention because politics shape our future and have a direct impact on the quality of our lives. So don’t bury your head in the sand. Instead, let these ten political podcasts keep you up-to-speed, take you on a deep dive, and help you nerd out on the news. Before you know it, you’ll be holding your own in any civics conversation that comes up when you’re drunk at a bar, exactly like the Founding Fathers did. You patriot, you.
The Daily
While morning news brief podcasts are fairly common these days, the forefather of the trend is The Daily: 20-minute episodes of conversational news updates perfect for a quick listen. Michael…