Between bouts of debauchery, we're always on the lookout for ways to better ourselves. Nothing in modern media is more frustrating than the lack of news media for educated people. Alas, citing time to read it as the major factor, we let our Economist print subscription lapse. What a pleasant surprise it was to find the audio version. It is a complete top to bottom (including the letters section) reading of the magazine. It alternates between male and female voices with lovely British accents.
So, if you need to make your commutes a bit more dry and insightful, head over to the Economist online to download the audio edition. Subscribers can download free. For other news deprived hopefuls it is $8 for the current issue, $10 for previous issues.
But please peruse the rest of the site, as they have a lot of great audio content as well.
Economist.com Audio Edition
or to peruse their Audio content a la carte. Economist Audio.