WSJ What’s News
What's News brings you the biggest news of the day, from business and finance to global and political developments that move markets. Get caught up in minutes twice a day on weekdays, then take a step back with our What’...
AI overview.The Wall Street Journal is a leading financial and business news organization, renowned for its in-depth reporting and analysis of market trends, economic devel…
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On the show
- Damian Paletta3 eps
- Alison Sider2 eps
- Ben Glickman2 eps
Also: Spencer Jakab, Jack Pitcher, Hannah Erin Lang, Harriet Torry, Theo Francis, Ben Fritz, Kristen Shearin, Nick Timiraos, Drew FitzGerald, Katherine Sayre, Frederic Neumann, Corrie Driebusch, Paul Kiernan, Ben Kumar, Matt Grossman, James Romoser, Brian Niccol
Audience Interest
- business news updates
- finance market trends
Podcast Focus
- daily news summaries
- market impact analysis
Publishing Consistency
- 20 episodes total
- active for 1 year
Insights are generated by CastFox AI using publicly available data, episode content, and proprietary models.
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- 🇺🇸United States · Daily NewsHOME#9293K to 1.5M
- 🇮🇳India · Daily News#166.8K to 36K
- 🇨🇦Canada · Daily News#166.1K to 32K
- 🇰🇷South Korea · Daily News#95.9K to 31K
- 🇯🇵Japan · Daily News#115.7K to 30K
- Per-Episode Audience
Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
369K to 2.0M🎙 Daily cadence·600 episodes·Last published today - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
1.2M to 6.5M🇺🇸79%🇮🇳2%🇨🇦2%+13 more - Active Followers
Loyal subscribers who consistently listen
677K to 3.6M27K real followers tracked across platforms
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 10/28/26 | Can Netanyahu Hold On? | No description provided. | 14m 13s | ||||||
| 10/27/26 | Why Nurses Are Quitting in Droves | No description provided. | 12m 10s | ||||||
| 10/27/26 | The Chip Giant Helping Anthropic Buy More Chips | No description provided. | 16m 13s | ||||||
| 10/26/26 | Jumping Revenue, Big Losses and Many Risks: Inside Anthropic’s IPO Filing | No description provided. | 12m 57s | ||||||
| 10/26/26 | The Internet Isn’t Buying Trump’s Economic Claims | No description provided. | 14m 29s | ||||||
| 10/25/26 | Social Security Is Breaking and Congress Doesn’t Have a Plan | No description provided. | 11m 19s | ||||||
| 10/24/26 | What’s News in Markets: Meta’s AI Bill, IBM’s Comeback, Musk Explores Merger | No description provided. | 5m 12s | ||||||
| 10/23/26 | Why Calling a Democrat a Socialist Isn’t the Insult It Once Was | No description provided. | 13m 26s | ||||||
| 10/23/26 | AI Rout Finds a Floor. For Now. | No description provided. | 13m 37s | ||||||
| 10/22/26 | AI Fears Rise Again on Wall Street | No description provided. | 12m 13s | ||||||
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| 10/22/26 | Can Meta Turn Muse’s Popularity Into Profits? | No description provided. | 15m 07s | ||||||
| 10/21/26 | Why It’s So Hard to Buy One of the Country’s Top-Selling Cars Right Now | No description provided. | 13m 08s | ||||||
| 10/21/26 | Tesla and SpaceX Weigh a Mega Merger | No description provided. | 15m 38s | ||||||
| 10/20/26 | Elon Musk Ordered Last Week’s Starlink Slowdown | No description provided. | 11m 23s | ||||||
| 10/20/26 | Are Americans’ Finances Better or Worse Under Trump? | No description provided. | 13m 05s | ||||||
| 10/19/26 | Saudi Arabia Postpones ‘Davos in the Desert’ After Houthi Attacks | No description provided. | 12m 45s | ||||||
| 10/19/26 | Violent Rioting Sweeps France | No description provided. | 17m 42s | ||||||
| 10/18/26 |  Will Gen Z Hand Democrats a ‘Blue Wave’ in the Midterms? | No description provided. | 18m 06s | ||||||
| 10/17/26 | What’s News in Markets: CoreWeave Selloff, Apple Milestone, Borrowing Boom | No description provided. | 5m 33s | ||||||
| 10/16/26 | Katie Zacharia Is Out as White House Press Secretary | No description provided. | 13m 19s | ||||||
| 10/16/26 | AI Has an Insurance Problem | No description provided. | 15m 41s | ||||||
| 10/15/26 | What We Know About the Engineer Accused of Bugging OpenAI Conference Room | No description provided. | 12m 08s | ||||||
| 10/15/26 | Big Banks Ride the AI Boom | No description provided. | 6m 35s | ||||||
| 10/15/26 | The Tech Selloff Deepens | No description provided. | 15m 22s | ||||||
| 10/14/26 | Gas Prices Fuel Higher Inflation in September | No description provided. | 11m 40s | ||||||
| 9/10/26 | AI apocalypsetechnology concerns+5 | Sam SchechnerAlex Ward+1 | AnthropicWSJ+1 | Iran | AIapocalypse+7 | — | 12m 13s | ||
| 9/10/26 | midterm electionsTrump speech+3 | Damian Paletta | GOPIran+3 | — | Trumpmidterm elections+5 | — | 11m 34s | ||
| 9/9/26 | Applefoldable iPhone+4 | Dave MichaelsAmrith Ramkumar | AppleJustice Department+1 | New York City | Applefoldable iPhone+5 | — | 10m 03s | ||
| 9/9/26 | FordChinese technology+3 | Jason Gay | FordTrump Administration+1 | — | FordTrump Administration+6 | — | 13m 31s | ||
| 9/8/26 | OpenAINavier-Stokes problem+4 | Ben Cohen | OpenAI | IsraelWest Bank | OpenAINavier-Stokes+5 | — | 9m 57s | ||
| 9/8/26 | fuel pricesfood costs+4 | — | WSJCanada+2 | Germany | fuel pricesgasoline+6 | — | 11m 07s | ||
| 9/5/26 | bond yieldsNvidia+3 | — | NvidiaApple+1 | — | bond selloffNvidia deals+3 | — | 4m 51s | ||
| 9/4/26 | jobs reporteconomy+4 | Jack PitcherSiobhan Hughes | TeslaThe Wall Street Journal | Austin | jobs reporteconomy+6 | — | 13m 22s | ||
| 9/4/26 | bond marketinvestment strategies+3 | Ludovic Subran | AllianzVolkswagen | U.S. | bond hedgegovernment bonds+5 | — | 13m 37s | ||
| 9/3/26 | NvidiaHugging Face+4 | Robbie WhelanNatalie Andrews | NvidiaHugging Face | — | NvidiaHugging Face+6 | — | 11m 11s | ||
| 7/21/26 | trade tariffsKraft Heinz+3 | Lindsay Ellis | winehockey sticks+4 | Canada | trade discriminationtariffs+5 | — | 12m 51s | ||
| 7/20/26 | retail tradingmegacap tech companies+4 | Hannah Erin Lang | American Heart AssociationParamount+1 | — | retail tradersMagnificent Seven+3 | — | 12m 49s | ||
| 7/20/26 | U.S.-Iran relationsWorld Cup economic impact+3 | — | — | U.S.Iran+2 | U.S.-Iran ceasefireMarco Rubio+3 | — | 12m 09s | ||
| 7/19/26 | AI regulationdata centers+3 | Will ParkerYusuf Khan | The Wall Street Journal | U.S.Europe | AI buildoutgovernment regulation+3 | — | 12m 37s | ||
| 7/18/26 | AIstock market+3 | — | IBMApple+1 | — | IBMApple+5 | — | 4m 55s | ||
| 7/17/26 | Taco Bellfood safety+3 | Heather HaddonChristopher Mims+1 | Taco Bell | ChinaSilicon Valley+2 | Taco Belllettuce crisis+5 | — | 12m 15s | ||
| 7/17/26 | election fraudfact-checking+3 | Damian Paletta | SECWSJ | — | Trumpelection fraud+4 | — | 13m 31s | ||
| 7/16/26 | immigration policystudent visas+3 | Michelle HackmanDan Frosch | ChevronPew Charitable Trusts+1 | IraqStrait of Hormuz | Trump administrationstudent visas+5 | — | 12m 01s | ||
| 7/16/26 | stock marketIPOs+3 | Gregory Zuckerman | The Wall Street Journal | IranStrait of Hormuz+1 | stock rallyIPOs+4 | — | 12m 41s | ||
| 7/15/26 | U.S. labor marketjob seekers+3 | Harriet TorryBen Glickman | WSJICE | U.S. | job marketlong-term unemployment+3 | — | 11m 39s | ||
| 6/12/26 | SpaceXElon Musk+4 | Rebecca FengBenoit Faucon | SpaceX | ChinaIran+1 | SpaceXElon Musk+5 | — | 13m 29s | ||
| 6/12/26 | SpaceX IPOoil market+3 | Alistair MacDonald | SpaceXU.S.+1 | — | SpaceXIPO+6 | — | 15m 39s | ||
| 6/11/26 | U.S. politicsnational security+3 | Yoko Kubota | SpaceXBlackRock | — | TrumpIran+6 | — | 12m 11s | ||
| 6/11/26 | OpenAIprice cuts+4 | K.R. Sridhar | OpenAIAnthropic+2 | Canada | OpenAIprice cuts+7 | — | 15m 07s | ||
| 6/10/26 | retail investorsSpaceX IPO+4 | Hannah Erin LangHarriet Torry | SpaceXU.S. Attorney’s Office+1 | Washington, D.C. | Elon MuskSpaceX+5 | — | 14m 16s | ||
| 6/10/26 | prediction marketsregulation+3 | Alexander Osipovich | Commodity Futures Trading CommissionGM+1 | Maine | prediction marketsCFTC+6 | — | 11m 38s | ||
| 6/9/26 | Social SecurityAI models+3 | Anne TergesenBob McMillan | AnthropicThe Wall Street Journal | IranStrait of Hormuz | Social SecurityAI model+7 | — | 12m 56s | ||
| 6/9/26 | OpenAI IPOinvestor appetite+4 | Mati Staniszewski | OpenAIChatGPT+7 | London | OpenAIIPO+7 | — | 13m 53s | ||
| 6/8/26 | driverless trucksPepsiCo+4 | Esther FungKate King | CheetosDoritos+2 | Arizona | PepsiCodriverless trucks+7 | — | 12m 31s | ||
| 6/8/26 | global marketsAI growth+3 | — | AppleSiri | South KoreaIsrael+1 | global stocksAI jitters+6 | — | 14m 54s | ||
| 5/8/26 | labor marketU.S. economy+5 | Chao DengKen Thomas | IntelApple | Virginia | labor marketjob growth+6 | — | 12m 03s | ||
| 5/8/26 | pharmaceutical earningsweight-loss drugs+3 | Peter Loftus | Eli LillyNovo Nordisk+3 | — | pharmaceutical companiesEli Lilly+5 | — | 6m 34s | ||
| 5/8/26 | populismU.K. elections+5 | Max ColchesterTe-Ping Chen | Labour partyWSJ+1 | — | populismU.K. elections+5 | — | 15m 15s | ||
| 5/7/26 | U.S. government investmentcorporate stakes+4 | Maggie Severns | U.S. SteelIntel | RomeItaly | U.S. governmentinvestment stakes+5 | — | 11m 25s | ||
| 5/7/26 | airfaresIran conflict+3 | Gunjan Banerji | U.S. airlines | Iran | ChatGPTinvestment advice+3 | — | 14m 44s | ||
| 5/6/26 | hantavirus outbreakhealth officials+3 | Xavier Martinez | CNNWSJ | SwitzerlandSouth America | hantavirusTed Turner+3 | — | 13m 30s | ||
| 5/6/26 | AI demanddrone factories+4 | Josh Chin | SamsungChina+4 | — | SamsungAI memory chips+8 | — | 14m 21s | ||
| 5/5/26 | Iran attacksU.S. foreign policy+3 | Yaroslav TrofimovLingling Wei | PentagonTrump administration+5 | IranUnited Arab Emirates | IranUAE+5 | — | 11m 10s | ||
| 5/5/26 | earnings reportsoil industry+4 | Collin Eaton | Exxon MobilChevron+1 | — | oil companiesearnings+5 | — | 6m 14s | ||
| 5/5/26 | AI cybersecurityoil prices+3 | — | Trump administrationAnthropic+1 | U.S.Iran | airline pricesAI tools+3 | — | 12m 55s | ||
| 5/4/26 | Middle East conflictIran cease-fire+3 | Shelby HollidayLiz Young+1 | Amazon | U.A.E. | Middle EastIran cease-fire+5 | — | 11m 57s | ||
| 5/4/26 | prediction marketsoil prices+5 | Neil Mehta | GameStopEbay+2 | Strait of Hormuz | prediction marketsoil prices+6 | — | 14m 36s | ||
| 5/3/26 | tariffsmanufacturing+4 | Sabrina Siddiqui | President TrumpWSJ+1 | Cleveland, Ohio | tariffsmanufacturing jobs+4 | — | 22m 08s | ||
| 5/2/26 | AI profitsoil markets+4 | — | AIOPEC+2 | — | AIOPEC+5 | — | 5m 41s | ||
| 5/1/26 | Spirit Airlinestravel industry+4 | Alison SiderBen Glickman+1 | Spirit AirlinesIllinois+1 | — | Spirit Airlinestravel industry+8 | — | 12m 14s | ||
| 5/1/26 | Scotch industryVenezuela relations+3 | — | President TrumpScotch industry | VenezuelaAustralia+1 | ScotchPresident Trump+5 | — | 15m 14s | ||
| 4/30/26 | GDP growthAI impact+3 | Greg DacoSpencer Jakab | EY-ParthenonApple+1 | — | GDPAI Boom+3 | — | 12m 22s | ||
| 4/30/26 | airline earningsoil prices+3 | Alison Sider | American AirlinesJetBlue+3 | — | airlinesoil shock+3 | — | 6m 17s | ||
| 4/30/26 | AI revenueBig Tech+5 | Bradley Olson | Mythos AIWhite House+3 | — | AIBig Tech+6 | — | 13m 52s | ||
| 4/29/26 | Federal Reserveinterest rates+3 | Matt GrossmanJames Romoser | Federal ReserveSupreme Court+1 | Iran | Federal ReserveJerome Powell+6 | — | 12m 06s | ||
| 4/29/26 | Starbucksconsumer sentiment+5 | Brian Niccol | StarbucksThe Wall Street Journal+2 | — | Starbucksconsumer sentiment+5 | — | 14m 41s | ||
| 4/28/26 | UAE OPEC exitenergy markets+3 | Georgi KantchevRebecca Picciotto | OPEC | United Arab Emirates | UAEOPEC+6 | — | 14m 49s | ||
| 4/28/26 | OpenAIIPO+5 | Ed Ballard | OpenAITrump administration | offshore wind projects | OpenAIIPO+6 | — | 13m 42s | ||
| 4/27/26 | assassination attemptearnings season+3 | Theo FrancisBen Fritz | President TrumpWall Street Journal | — | assassinationTrump+4 | — | 12m 51s | ||
| 4/27/26 | Chinaelectric vehicles+4 | Damian Paletta | electric carsSUVs+3 | — | Chinaelectric SUVs+3 | — | 14m 56s | ||
| 4/26/26 | divorcefinancial planning+4 | Kristen Shearin | The Wall Street Journal | — | divorcefinancial analyst+3 | — | 14m 38s | ||
| 4/25/26 | oil marketdefense stocks+3 | — | The Wall Street Journaldefense companies+1 | Persian Gulf | oil shockdefense stocks+3 | — | 4m 35s | ||
| 4/24/26 | DOJ InvestigationFederal Reserve+4 | Nick TimiraosDrew FitzGerald+1 | The Wall Street JournalJustice Department | Las Vegas | DOJJerome Powell+5 | — | 13m 13s | ||
| 4/24/26 | consumer confidencefood prices+5 | Frederic Neumann | HSBCIntel | AsiaU.S. | consumer confidencefood prices+5 | — | 14m 09s | ||
| 4/23/26 | Elon MuskSpaceX IPO+5 | Corrie Driebusch | SpaceXMeta+3 | — | Elon MuskSpaceX+5 | — | 13m 37s | ||
| 4/23/26 | TeslaAI spending+4 | — | TeslaPentagon+3 | — | TeslaAI+6 | — | 13m 35s | ||
| 4/22/26 | immigrationwages+4 | Paul Kiernan | Trump administrationSpirit Airlines+1 | — | Trumpimmigration+5 | — | 12m 20s | ||
| 4/22/26 | ChatGPTcriminal investigation+5 | Ben Kumar | ChatGPTOpenAI+2 | FloridaFlorida State University | OpenAIChatGPT+6 | — | 13m 37s | ||
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Distribution & Reach
About the show, platforms, and key insights.
Distribution & Reach
About the show, platforms, and key insights.
The Wall Street Journal is a leading financial and business news organization, renowned for its in-depth reporting and analysis of market trends, economic developments, and political events. With a commitment to providing accurate and timely news, it has established itself as a trusted source for professionals and the general public alike. The podcast "WSJ What’s News" stands out for its concise delivery of the most significant news stories. Covering a broad range of topics, including business, finance, and global events, it offers listeners quick updates twice daily on weekdays, supplemented by a Saturday market wrap-up and a Sunday deep dive. This format caters to busy individuals seeking to stay informed without investing extensive time. The show's audience primarily consists of professionals and news enthusiasts who value timely insights into current events and market movements. By condensing complex information into digestible segments, "WSJ What’s News" provides listeners with the essential knowledge needed to navigate their personal and professional lives effectively.
By the numbers
- Total followers: 181K
- Total plays: 32M
- Total reviews: 4.1K
Platforms
TuneIn
- Followers: 22K
Castbox
- Followers: 829
- Plays: 112K
- Reviews: 1
YouTube
- Subscribers: 154K
- Views: 32M
- Videos: 770
Podcast App
- Followers: 4.4K
- Reviews: 4.1K
Find them online
Audience
kids, general
Key insights
What the show covers
- daily news summaries
- market impact analysis
- weekday updates
- weekly deep dives
Audience interests
- business news updates
- finance market trends
- political developments
- global news insights
Platform reach
- available on major platforms
- no specific platforms detected
- potential for broad distribution
- unknown follower count
Publishing consistency
- 20 episodes total
- active for 1 year
- weekly or more cadence
- consistent weekday releases
Chart history for WSJ What’s News
Peaked at #4 in HK, top 10 in 13 of 50 tracked markets, currently #4 in HK.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HK | — | #4 | #4 | — |
| PH | — | #4 | #4 | — |
| MY | — | #4 | #4 | — |
| SG | — | #5 | #5 | — |
| HK | — | #6 | #6 | — |
| PH | — | #6 | #6 | — |
| TW | — | #7 | #7 | — |
| MY | — | #8 | #8 | — |
| PE | — | #8 | #8 | — |
| United States | — | #9 | #9 | — |
| South Korea | — | #9 | #9 | — |
| SG | — | #10 | #10 | — |
| ID | — | #10 | #10 | — |
| Japan | — | #11 | #11 | — |
| TR | — | #12 | #12 | — |
| SA | — | #15 | #15 | — |
| TH | — | #15 | #15 | — |
| Canada | — | #16 | #16 | — |
| RO | — | #16 | #16 | — |
| India | — | #16 | #16 | — |
Chart Positions
50 placements across 37 markets.
Chart Positions
50 placements across 37 markets.