Begin your day with our new, bite-sized podcasts, Vox Fast Hits


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Vox Fast Hits cowl the large, necessary subjects in information, politics, and popular culture in episodes which might be 10 minutes or much less.

2020 took one have a look at my podcast listening habits, laughed maniacally, and tore them to shreds. My commute disappeared, together with my gymnasium membership and deliberate journey. I now not had time to kill whereas making my option to an appointment, buddy’s place, bar, restaurant, or movie show.

Extra critically, my mind began to short-circuit in March, fried from the deluge of stories and stress and the blurring boundary between work and residential life. I hardly ever had the psychological capability, not to mention the time, for a 30- or 60-minute podcast. Listening began to really feel extra like a chore than a respite, which was an issue. And I’m prepared to guess you’ve felt the identical means.

Fortunately for me (and also you, if this made you suppose “identical”), Vox now has one thing to assist with this precise drawback: Vox Fast Hits.

Vox Fast Hits isn’t a conventional podcast, however slightly a playlist the place you may hear a mixture of quick episodes from Vox podcasts you realize and love, plus some brand-new collection. You’ll get the concise but deep explanations you want on every part from Biden’s first 100 days in workplace to the very best Netflix binge-watch.

Episodes are 10 minutes or much less — excellent for squeezing into these random pockets of free time in your day. Three new episodes arrive within the Vox Fast Hits playlist every morning*, Monday by way of Friday. (*Apart from Tuesdays, which is able to usually have two new episodes.)

Your pursuits range, so the categories and subjects of podcasts in your day-to-day lineup will too. However episodes will at all times arrive on this order:

First, a very powerful information story of the day from At present, Defined.

Subsequent, an replace on politics and coverage.

And the final episode will both cowl popular culture or consumerism …

… or advocate your subsequent ebook or binge-watch.

You’ll find Vox Fast Hits and subscribe in all the standard podcast locations. For those who’re extra of a smart-speaker particular person, you will discover us on Google Nest and House audio system, too. Simply say: “Hey/Okay, YOU KNOW WHO, play the Vox Fast Hits podcast.”)

Need extra bite-sized content material from Vox? Recode Every day, hosted by senior reporter Teddy Schleifer, focuses on a very powerful Silicon Valley individuals, companies, and tales which might be influencing the remainder of the world. Hear a brand new episode every day, at all times 10 minutes or much less, wherever you take heed to podcasts — together with Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Spotify.

Might your mind really feel much less fried and extra knowledgeable in 2021.

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