Like to Listen to the News Rather Than Read It? This Chart is for You
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02/19/2025
The February version of the Podcast/Audio Media Bias Chart® includes 50 of the more than 775 podcasts our analyst team has rated. If you prefer to listen to the news rather than read it, this chart is for you.
The chart is divided into different colored sections, and as we explained last month, the sources in the green box (top middle) of the chart are recommended by our team to provide minimally biased and reliable, fact-based information.
You’ll find 10 sources within the green “recommended” box on the February edition of the Podcast/Audio Media Bias Chart®, including two that are featured on the chart for the first time. This is only a sample of the 775 podcasts we’ve rated (that’s more than 3,100 episodes!). More podcasts fall within the green box, and we’ll feature those on charts in the future.
- Amarica’s Constitution – new!
- Conversations with Tyler
- Diane Rehm: On My Mind
- NPR: Morning Edition
- Pekingology
- The Editors
- The Pour Over Today
- Thirst Gap: Learning to live with less on the Colorado River
- WSJ: Minute Briefing – new!
- WSJ: The Journal.
We choose a selection of podcasts to include on each month’s static media bias chart because it’s impossible to show all of them in one image (see the list of all 50 shows on the February chart here). In order to make the logos as large and readable as possible, we have magnified the chart and removed portions around the edges that contain no sources.
In addition to Amarica’s Constitution and WSJ: Minute Briefing, four podcasts are included on the chart this month for the first time:
- Conversations With Coleman
- Culture Gabfest
- The Derek Hunter Podcast
- The Thom Hartmann Program
Don’t see your favorite podcast on the February chart? You can look up ratings on all sources we’ve analyzed and create custom chart images using our free mobile app available for Apple and Android. You also can access the free version of the interactive chart on the website, which allows access to data on 250 of our top sources. Daily search limits apply.
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Beth Heldebrandt is a Media Research Specialist at Ad Fontes Media. She has more than 30 years of experience in the fields of journalism and public relations, and was an adjunct instructor of journalism for 17 years at Eastern Illinois University. Beth has a B.A. in journalism from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale and an M.A. in English from Eastern Illinois University. She’s a mom and grandma, and enjoys traveling, puzzles and reading.
