The Voice of the Podcast Generation

Michael Barbaro made the New York Times’ The Daily a raging success. Or is it the other way around?

Michael Barbaro during an interview with host Seth Meyers on May 18, 2017. Photo: Lloyd Bishop/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images

By Matthew Schneier

Dana,” says the voice you know by now, in audible all caps. “WHEN DID THE UNITED STATES START TO FEEL A SENSE OF ANXIETY …” A pregnant pause. “Too much,” he says. And so Michael Barbaro, the…