The Today programme

[RuairiDonovan]

Has Today had its day? BBC’s flagship Radio 4 show grapples with podcast age
What do you think?

I know many have strong feelings, but I couldn't find an existing thread.

It had to end at some point. She’s back. 😡

I don’t like Barnett, she is an awful presenter who has ruined Today and I don’t want to hear about her bloody gynaecological problems. I turned the radio off this morning when I heard her ghastly voice.

I love Emma Barnett

I liked EB on Woman's Hour; Ireally don't like her on The Today Programme.
I like Amol Rajan and will miss him a lot. Agree with you @Geckolocation
Oh, and I love Justin Webb.

It feels like the Today Program and PM have been "democratized" as in, dumbed down.

They used to be great - more newsy and meatier interviews.

I do like Justin on Today, and Anna. Nick Robinson is also good in that I suppose he provides "balance" as a conservative, nut as someone said - why dot we know he is a conservative? I don't have a clue about Justin Webb's beliefs, he gives them all a fair shake.

If a politicians starts a filibuster I decide not to vote for them. Just bugger off the air if you are not going to engage.

Evan Davis is 'hail fellow, well met." A reasonable man. Incredibly annoying and superficial.

I really wish they would make those shows more substantive again.

I gave up on Today around about the time of Brexit, because it was so hung up on performative adversarialism and artificial notions of balance - at a time when we were crying out for actual investigative truth seeking.

I still hear snippets of it because DH is addicted. It still has the old Brexit era faults but on top of that it has added the extra annoyance of being a 'sofa show', with long mawkish 'human interest' interviews in place of proper news journalism.

They've absolutely trashed it.

Even a couple of years ago I would have defended the BBC against all comers. But it has become so degraded that I don't think we would lose anything if its enemies had their way and destroyed it. I guess that's because they have already cornered it into destroying itself.

Martha Kearney, Sarah Montague and Jim Naughtie are all so good, and everything you listen to the BBC for - great minds, good writing, up for a challenge.

Diamond's pussyfoot style annoys me so much I don't listen to The World at One on Fridays!

I seem to have lost interest in it. I like Justin and Anna, Nick is OK - I like him interviewing politicians.

I want to feel as if I've missed something if I don't listen and don't want the human interest sections or endless trailers.

This morning I wanted to do some cleaning and sorting in the bedroom but faced with Sideways, something 'lived experience' and Woman's Hour, I left it. I could have re-tuned the radio but it's one of those that doesn't take kindly to it.
Tomorrow doesn't look promising either (I should like the programme that's on at 9 but the presenter strikes me as sneering, as does the one from today's 9 am offering).

I gave up on Today around about the time of Brexit The Neverendum. I was sick of the constant 'you'd have to be stupid to vote Leave' narrative and it made me look into what it might mean to leave.