About Mic Check

Welcome to Paparazzi Politics.

WHAT IT IS

Mic Check is a free, daily radio prep service. Politics. News. Entertainment. Audio. Radio prep has never been this fast or this much fun.

WHY YOU SHOULD READ IT

Become an instant authority:

Our Insta-Expert toolkit strips away the clutter on today’s top stories and arms you with the important facts.

Read everything you need to know to sound brilliant:

Our Necessary News collects the day’s headlines, important stories, obscure news clips and fast facts, and hands them to you in one neat package.

Gain instant popularity:

Our Watercooler Sensation tracks celebs, finds the wacky news, keeps up with music, movies and sports. Basically, this is what everyone else will be forwarding around later today. With Mic Check, you can read it first.

Become an insider, or just sound like one:

Listen to public figures with our new audio clips. Track public figures with our calendars and schedules.

WHO CAN READ IT

Anyone can become a Mic Check Radio VIP member. Radio hosts, producers, researchers, teachers, politicians, news junkies, wonks, Paris Hilton and my mom can all sign up for free access to their daily dose of paparazzi politics.

WHEN YOU CAN READ IT

We set our alarm clocks so you don’t have to! Monday through Friday, the newest issue of Mic Check is hot from the oven at 4:30 a.m.

WHO WRITES IT?

Mic Check springs from the beautiful minds of Editor Christy Harvey, Special Assistant Sara Langhinrichs, and Research Assistant Nicole Murphy. It’s a product of the Center for American Progress Action Fund.