'NYT' Debuts Political Podcast

The New York Times is taking advantage of the nail-biting last three months of the presidential election and launching "The Run-Up," a new politics podcast hosted by Times national political reporter Michael Barbaro.

"The Run-Up" is the Times’ first podcast to launch since hiring Lisa Tobin as its first executive producer for audio. Previously, she was at Boston public radio station WBUR.

“In what has already proven to be a race unlike any we’ve seen before, this podcast will help Times readers (and listeners) better understand the major issues of this election with the help of some of The Times’ most insightful reporters and analysts,” stated Carolyn Ryan, senior editor for politics at The New York Times.

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The podcast, which will run twice a week on Tuesdays and Fridays, will feature news, analysis and input from NYT politics reporters, columnists, contributors and analysts. It will also include interviews with influential election figures.

The first episode, out yesterday, covers the odds of Hillary Clinton winning in a landslide — and what that would mean for the Republican and Democratic parties.

Guests include Newt Gingrich, the former speaker of the House; Amy Chozick, who covers Clinton for the NYT; and Nate Cohn from The Upshot, the newspaper’ analysis and data Web site.

Tobin helped produce the NYT's most popular podcast, “Modern Love.”

The New York Times isn’t the only media outlet using the election as fodder for a podcast. In July, TV journalist Katie Couric and Brian Goldsmith, a political consultant at Yahoo News, launched the “Katie Couric” podcast, where they interview guests on American life and politics. One of their first guests was Democratic senator Al Franken.

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