[1] Hosted by comedian Gavin Crawford, the program is a panel show, on which three celebrity panellists, often but not always stand-up comedians, compete to answer questions about current news stories.

[1] The program also features brief comedy interludes focused on Crawford's voice impersonations of personalities in the news.

American broadcaster Ira Glass identified Because News as the strongest example of a public radio brand building a large audience on TikTok.

The producers identified keys to their success as cutting content into short clips, targeting hyperlocal audiences, engaging lightheartedly with commenters, and not trying to cater to major TikTok trends of the moment.

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