is a daily news podcast co-produced by the Swedish audio streaming service Spotify and the American business newspaper The Wall Street Journal, hosted by Ryan Knutsen, Kate Linebaugh, and Jessica Mendoza.
[1] Similar in format to other news podcasts like The Daily (produced by The New York Times) The Journal first debuted in June 2019, and describes itself as a show about "money, business, and power."
It has also covered major scandals, including the bankruptcy of cryptocurrency exchange FTX followed by the trial of founder Sam Bankman-Fried, and the various investigations surrounding former and current president Donald Trump prior to his successful 2024 presidential campaign.
[3] Grant Powell of Forbes says the podcast "inevitably crosses over into the realms of politics, news and science.
"[4] Jacob Riederer of Podcast.co said, "Each episode doesn’t stop at the basics—listeners get a curated list of further reading and resources from WSJ, making it easy to dive deeper into the topics that matter most.