Apple News In Conversation

Shumita Basu

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Booking Overview

An interview podcast focused on major news stories, featuring external journalists, authors, historians, and subject-matter experts who provide authoritative context beyond the headlines. Credible pitches include prominent reporters, authors, academics, legal scholars, policy experts, and institutional leaders with original research or timely expertise; booking difficulty is high because the show selects established, nationally relevant voices.

Metrics

Episodes: 246

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.2/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

Contact Information

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Host

Shumita Basu - Journalist and podcast host at Apple News, known for interviewing journalists and experts about major stories and their broader significance.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high
Typical Credentials:  
Established journalists, authors, historians, legal analysts, academics, and policy experts with authoritative subject-matter expertise, original reporting or research, and a strong connection to a major current issue.
Required Achievements:  
Major national journalism or reporting, Published books, Recognized academic or legal expertise, Original research or analysis on consequential public issues

Recent Guest Discussions

Sarah Isgur - The Supreme Court’s Recent Term, Presidential Power, Constitutional Rights, And The Roberts Court.

Jill Lepore - The History Of Constitutional Amendment, Political Polarization, The Courts, And American Democracy.

Jay Caspian Kang - The Crisis In American Higher Education, Tuition, Artificial Intelligence, Institutional Trust, And The Future Of College.

Recent Topics

Journalism, Politics, Law, Democracy, Public Policy

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Apple News In Conversation
:

The surprising ways the Supreme Court curbed Trump’s power

July 09, 2026

The Supreme Court just wrapped one of its most consequential terms in recent memory — issuing major rulings on presidential power, birthright citizenship, and the rights of transgender athletes. But the story playing out in most headlines, legal analyst Sarah Isgur argues, is missing the bigger picture. Isgur is the editor of SCOTUSblog and the author of Last Branch Standing: A Potentially Surprising, Occasionally Witty Journey Inside Today’s Supreme Court. She joined Apple News I...

Why the Constitution is making our politics worse (From the archives)

July 02, 2026

This episode originally aired on Sept 18, 2025. The Constitution has been amended 27 times, but the last meaningful change was over half a century ago. In historian Jill Lepore’s book We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution, she argues that the near impossibility of amendment in recent decades underlies many of today’s political crises, from polarization to battles over the courts. Lepore spoke with Apple News In Conversation host Shumita Basu about the history of c...

The little-known forces quietly killing the college degree

June 25, 2026

When New Yorker staff writer Jay Caspian Kang sat down to do his taxes, one question surfaced: Should he still be saving for his 9-year-old daughter’s college fund? What followed was a deeply reported series about the growing crisis in American higher education and the forces behind it — from AI to soaring tuition to a collapse in public trust in institutions. Kang speaks with Apple News In Conversation guest host David Greene about what colleges are actually for, whether they&rsq...

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