Sometimes, the only thing more important than “why” is “how.” News website Axios knows this well and produces the How It Happened podcast. With this, Axios has expanded its platform from a news website to a complete podcast network and media engine. In this show, a team of top journalists from different beats band together. Their collective mission is to create one of the most compelling investigative shows online.
Many of these names should be familiar to fans of good journalism. Dan Bobkoff is the executive producer. Amy Pedulla, Naomi Shavin, and Alice Wilder are producers. Jonathan Swan, Miriam Kramer, Sara Fischer report on their stories. Fact-checking that their stories are straight are Zach Basu and Jacob Knutson. Alex Sugiura handles mixing and sound design. Michael Hanf provides the theme music.
The stories they're following are changing the history of humanity. Those concerned about the world's current state of affairs should listen. How It Happened has focused on both American and international politics. And it covers newsmakers like Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Vladimir Putin, and Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The show has much more expansive coverage than a typical news podcast. Even those who follow the news can learn new things from this program. Each season covers a different big topic.
Whatever happens next in any of these events is anybody's guess. But at least in How It Happened, there can be some light on, well, how they happened. And from there, the why should come easy.
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