Morning Glory: Israel’s war of survival

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!

Do you know what you are talking about when you opine on Israel’s war of survival?

"Give me five minutes with a person's checkbook," the late Billy Graham remarked, "and I will tell you where their heart is."

That famous dictum is no longer true because… who uses checkbooks? But a modern corollary is now applicable: "Show me the podcasts you follow in your feed and actually listen to, and I’ll tell you whether you are genuinely informed about ____."

CAPTURED HAMAS TERRORISTS SAY GROUP IS 'COLLAPSING FROM WITHIN,' SAYS ISRAEL'S DEFENSE MINISTER

Podcasts have become an alternative to news programs—network, cable or on the radio—and to newspapers. Sports pods came first as fans of specific franchises are "super consumers" of news and analysis of the clubs they follow. My feed is full of Cleveland sports for example: "Terry’s Talkin’" with Terry Pluto and David Campbell of Cleveland.com, along with "Orange and Brown Talk" and "Buckeye Talk" from the same platform with different hosts who cover the Cleveland Browns and The Ohio State University Buckeyes football have been in my podcast feed the longest.

Also on the feed is the relatively new "Kings of the North" pod, hosted by Doug Lesmaires and Bill Landis, which has forged a concept that "northern" college football deserved its own pod—as opposed to, say, dreaded SEC pods that don’t understand that the best college football is played north of Tennessee. It’s quite entertaining, as well as my other regular sports pods. That’s what the best sports pods are: entertaining and informative.

Of political and general news pods, there are now thousands competing with sports pods. I enjoy "Getting Hammered" with Mary Katharine Ham and Vic