The Batt Signal

About The Batt Signal

The Batt Signal is the weekly news podcast from The Battalion, Texas A&M's independent student newspaper since 1893. Each week our staff features the top stories from news, life & arts and opinions.

Publisher

The Battalion news desk

Category

news · news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

20 Jan 2022

Latest episode

27 Feb 2025

Latest episodes

47 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   27 Feb 2025

   Episode 46: Welcome Back for Season 2 with Dafne Martinez and J.M. Wise

   After a year hiatus, The Batt Signal is back with Battalion news editor J.M. Wise and news writer Dafne Martinez to talk about their new focus to bring news and events on campus and the Bryan-College Station area through Season 2.

2. 

   16 Feb 2024

   Episode 45: Changing the education system, starting with Taylor Swift

   On this week’s episode of The Batt Signal, senior news reporter Justice Jenson sits down with psychology professor Dr. Sara Dowd to talk about incorporating Taylor Swift in her lessons and flaws in the college education system. Produced by Ana Renfroe

3. 

   25 Jan 2024

   Episode 44: Amping up, apprehension and applicants

   On this week’s episode of The Batt Signal, news editor Ana Renfroe discusses Aggie scientists from the Department of Physics and Astronomy planning its flagship outreach festival, Student Senate upholds a veto from the president and senators look to fill 16 vacancies.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

1,229,710

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 50 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

38

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

68