Life without the Nikkei

Now that the Nikkei podcast is kept behind the screen of a third rate distribution system and a fee, I am missing a dose of daily Japanese news to fit the ears so much that there is no way around but to bear with the Yomiuri drab. Listening to that podcast is much like drinking your daily spoonful of fish oil. I hate the format, the grunting intro of a blue eyed blond gaijin belching testosterone laden English to get the listener's in the Rambo mood needed to gulp down what follows. What follows in contrast is the best version of robotised news anchormanship after the Nikkei. I much prefer when the lady does the show rather than the wimpy man. As it is indeed fish oil to the ears, it has do be dealt with in medicinal fashion. It's good for shadowing, good to grab the news words of the day, good to keep in touch with what is supposed to matter locally. The after taste in the mouth is fishy but washing out the bad breath should not be difficult, a mouthful of poetry, This American life, or simply music. Am I pretentiously arrogant here? Yes. I would much prefer a daily dose of 世界経済ダイヤル. Not that it is music to the ears but the format is simpler when not redundant but at least, it's less fishy.