Sky News Daily
Hosted by Niall Paterson and Niall · Sky News
4.4from 351 ratings
- 2,479
- Episodes
- 663
- Transcribed
- 351
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2017
- First episode
- 5B
- YouTube views
About Sky News Daily
The world’s a pretty confusing place right now – so how do you make sense of it all? This Is Why takes one story every day, explains how we got here and why it matters to you. Sky News’ Niall Paterson speaks to experts and correspondents from around the world, getting simple answers to some complex questions. Available every weekday afternoon. This Is Why is a Sky News podcast – if you have a question, contact us: why@sky.uk
- Publisher
- Sky News
- Category
- news · news · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 30 May 2017
- Latest episode
- 23 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
663 of 2,479 episodes have a transcript.
23 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Three reasons AI could ‘save us all’: This is why
22 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Why is Andy Burnham giving military support to Saudi Arabia?
21 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Why TV’s The Wargame exposes some uncomfortable truths
Inside a recent episode
Three reasons AI could ‘save us all’: This is why
Published 23 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And AI, even I know, is making some ground in that area. I mean, in fact, some of the most significant early advances in AI have been in that whole space. Like, AIs are very good at spotting patterns in data. So for medical imaging, we had quite early advances showing that AI tools, very limited ones, not your big chat GPT, you know, super intelligent brains, but things designed to screen medical images like a breast cancer scan, for example, could be just as good, if not better than humans. And provided you come up with a system that's got a human in the loop, they can sift through a lot more information, a lot more quickly, save a lot of time, get referrals quicker. […]
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Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Tom Clarke
- H A Hellyer
- Baroness Hazarika
- Laura Bundock
- Anand Menon
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 5,209,740,571
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.1 / 5
- 84 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.5 / 5
- 267 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 87 / 100
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- Quality
- 99
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 97
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Who hosts Sky News Daily?
Niall Paterson and Niall host the show. Published by Sky News.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does Sky News Daily take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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