NPR's Planet Money podcast #2 on iTunes

Thanks to Jeff Jarvis for the well-deserved nod (link: BuzzMachine) to the journalistic innovation of NPR's Planet Money podcast from  Alex Blumberg, Laura Conaway, Adam Davidson and David Kestenbaum.  It's become must-listening for me and, apparently, for thousands of others because it's now #2 on iTunes podcasting hit parade.  This is particularly significant, because it's doing so without the broadcasting horsepower of Chicago Public Radio/Public Radio International's This American Life (#3) or NPR's Fresh Air (#8), Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me (#11), Talk of the Nation (#16) or Car Talk (#23).  The Planet Money crew is doing a great job of doing what NPR does best -- explaining important but complex things.  I'm grateful both as someone who is vitally interested in their topic and as one of the people they make look good every day.  Thanks to Rob Paterson for the heads up on Jeff's post.  --Dennis

Comments

[Grant Barrett]

It is indeed a good podcast, but there is, in part, the power of TAL behind it, since TAL has repeatedly (and justifiably) promoted the podcast in its own podcast.