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This feed is Light Reading's main podcast feed for "The Light Reading Podcast," "The Divide," "The Light Reading Extra," and "What's the Story?"Light Reading provides daily news, analysis and insight for the global communications networking and services industry. The publication was founded in 2000 ...

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Audience Interest

Estimated Reach: 500 to 3K

Listeners across platforms

Podcast Focus

Categories: technology · news

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Publishing Consistency

Frequency: ~3-4 / Week

900+ episodes since 2018

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Total monthly reach

500 to 3K

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VN · Technology
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500 to 3K

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Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
250 to 1.5K
🎙 ~2x weekly·918 episodes·Last published 1mo ago
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500 to 3K
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150 to 900

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On the show

From 14 eps

Host

Light Reading

6 eps

Recent guests

16 across last 14 eps

Patrick Halley

1 ep

Execs with Brightspeed

1 ep

Execs with Ziply Fiber

1 ep

Execs with CentraCom

1 ep

Blair Levin

1 ep

Carol Mattey

1 ep

Vikash Harlalka

1 ep

David Witkowski

1 ep

Mariam Sorond

1 ep

Shirley Bloomfield

1 ep

Susan Johnson

1 ep

Gigi Sohn

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Lou Borrelli

1 ep

Grant Spellmeyer

1 ep

Joey Wender

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Angela Siefer

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Recent episodes

Policy, tech and convergence to collide at The Independent Show

Jul 21, 2026

50m 50s

The Divide: SHLB's Joey Wender on the fight to save E-Rate

Jul 7, 2026

25m 26s

The Divide: NDIA's Angela Siefer on the fight to restore the Digital Equity Act

Jun 16, 2026

27m 34s

The Divide: Gigi Sohn on how to defeat opponents of public broadband

Jun 2, 2026

28m 42s

The Divide: How permitting problems delay broadband builds

May 8, 2026

31m 27s

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Episodes

monthly

Avg length

33m 25s

25m 26s – 50m 50s

Range

Sep 2020 – Apr 2026

Topics

telecommunications, ai +60

Guests

Lou Borrelli +15 · last 14 eps

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Date	Episode	Topics	Guests	Brands	Places	Keywords	Sponsor	Length
7/21/26	Policy, tech and convergence to collide at The Independent Show✨	policy issuestech trends+3	Lou BorrelliGrant Spellmeyer	NCTCACA Connects	Lake Buena Vista	Independent Showpolicy+5	—	50m 50s
7/7/26	The Divide: SHLB's Joey Wender on the fight to save E-Rate✨	E-Rate programbroadband access+3	Joey Wender	Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband CoalitionFCC+1	—	E-Ratebroadband+5	—	25m 26s
6/16/26	The Divide: NDIA's Angela Siefer on the fight to restore the Digital Equity Act✨	digital inclusionDigital Equity Act+3	Angela Siefer	NDIAPresident Trump	—	digital equityinclusion+3	—	27m 34s
6/2/26	The Divide: Gigi Sohn on how to defeat opponents of public broadband✨	public broadbanddark money+3	Gigi Sohn	—	Longmeadow, Mass.	public broadbanddark money+3	—	28m 42s
5/8/26	The Divide: How permitting problems delay broadband builds✨	broadbandpermitting problems+3	Execs with BrightspeedExecs with Ziply Fiber+1	BrightspeedZiply Fiber+2	—	broadbandpermitting+5	—	31m 27s
4/21/26	Wireless Infrastructure Association CEO braces for the AI and 6G era✨	wireless infrastructureAI+3	Patrick Halley	AI6G+1	—	Wireless Infrastructure AssociationAI+3	—	34m 31s
4/15/26	The Divide: Blair Levin on 30 years of the Telecom Act and what must come next✨	Telecom Actconnectivity+4	Blair Levin	FCCAcast	—	Telecom ActBlair Levin+5	—	34m 59s
3/18/26	The Divide: Carol Mattey on BEAD hope and hysteria, and stalled USF reform✨	BEAD plansUniversal Service Fund+3	Carol Mattey	FCCUniversal Service Fund+1	—	BEADUniversal Service Fund+3	—	38m 34s
3/10/26	Cable shows signs of improvement, but is it out of the woods?✨	cable industryfinancial results+3	Vikash Harlalka	New Street ResearchAcast	—	cablefinancial results+5	—	29m 24s
3/4/26	The Divide: IEEE's David Witkowski on broadband progress and the AI impact✨	broadbandAI+4	David Witkowski	IEEEAcast	—	broadbandAI+5	—	34m 34s
3/3/26	From Risk to Opportunity: How Network Operators Can Leverage Resilient Positioning, Navigation & Timing✨	network operatorsGPS+4	Mariam Sorond	Light Reading	—	GPSnetwork security+5	NextNav	28m 02s
2/25/26	Is cable approaching a tipping point on PON?✨	cable industryfiber optics+3	—	Acast	—	cablePON+5	—	36m 49s
2/3/26	The Divide: Shirley Bloomfield on rural broadband progress, BEAD's 'bargain' and USF✨	rural broadbandtechnology policy+3	Shirley Bloomfield	NTCA–The Rural Broadband AssociationBEAD+1	—	rural broadbandShirley Bloomfield+5	—	28m 27s
1/28/26	AT&T's copper shutdown project takes 'wireless-first' approach✨	copper shutdownwireless connections+3	Susan Johnson	AT&TFCC	—	AT&Tcopper shutdown+3	—	38m 32s