Fans of The Athletic’s sports journalism now have a new bite-sized podcast to look forward to: the Daily Football Briefing. This 10-minute morning digest is ideal for busy fans who want to keep up with the latest football (soccer, for Americans) news without losing too much time. It summarizes the events of the previous night, current developments, and upcoming televised matches.
Macintosh said, “I’ve wanted to make this show since 2015, but it’s always been such a tricky proposition. For starters, it can only be recorded after 10pm because we need to tell people the night’s results…And we can’t just stop there, can we? We need to give people some insight too. We need some news-getters to cut through the background chatter and baseless bobbins online and tell us what’s really occurring out there.”
Elaborating on the necessity for a short podcast, Macintosh mentioned, “Podcasts used to have an average run time of 45 minutes because the average commute was 45 minutes. But the world has changed. People have more choice now too…We have to make shows that fit into people’s lives, we can’t expect people to adjust their lives to fit in our shows.”
Daily Football Briefing is now available on all podcasting platforms.
