Sunday, September 13, 2026

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  • You chooseOnly the newsletters you want to hear. Pick your own or select one of Hark's recommended bundles.
  • We distillHark finds the most important insights in each newsletter. We drop marketing, dedupe stories and give you the differing points of view to bring you the best 5-minute briefing.
  • You listenOne 5-minute audio briefing each morning with a simple link in your text at the time you set. Listen while you make coffee, walk your dog or commute to work.
  • You stay informedWithout the inbox overload or endless scrolling. You start the day informed, ready for any conversation from the carpool to the boardroom.

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Curated bundles for your career, job search and curiosity.

  • The Software Engineers bundle

    Stay ahead of the tools, frameworks, and AI shifts reshaping the job, without spending your evenings scrolling through ten different feeds to find what actually matters.

    TLDR, The Download, TechCrunch Daily News and 7 more · 10 newsletters

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  • The Product Managers bundle

    Stay ahead on product strategy, design craft, engineering reality, and the AI shifts reshaping your roadmap, all in one daily listen instead of ten unread newsletters.

    Lenny's Newsletter, TLDR Product, Product Growth and 7 more · 10 newsletters

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  • The Startup Founders bundle

    Product, fundraising, AI, and growth, from the operators and investors who have actually built companies. We bundle the ten best into one five-minute morning briefing.

    TLDR Founders, The Hustle, Lenny's Newsletter and 7 more · 10 newsletters

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  • The Venture Capitalists bundle

    Ten expert newsletters on deal flow, market data, and startup strategy, delivered as one five-minute daily briefing so you never miss the round everyone else is already talking about.

    StrictlyVC, Axios Pro Rata, Term Sheet and 7 more · 10 newsletters

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  • The Investment Bankers bundle

    Walk into every pitch, comp call, and client dinner already knowing the deal, the market move, and the macro story behind it, without spending your few free hours scrolling for it.

    DealBook, Money Stuff, Snacks and 7 more · 10 newsletters

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  • The Marketers bundle

    Stay ahead of algorithm changes, new channels, and the AI tools reshaping campaigns, in about five minutes a day, instead of losing an afternoon to scattered tabs and LinkedIn threads.

    Marketing Brew, Marketing Dive: Daily Dive, TLDR Marketing and 7 more · 10 newsletters

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  • The Lawyers bundle

    A daily briefing that keeps you fluent in the cases, filings, and Capitol Hill moves that shape your practice, without spending your billable hours scrolling five different sites.

    The Morning Minute, Above the Law Daily, ABA Journal Weekly Newsletter and 7 more · 10 newsletters

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  • The Medical Students & Doctors bundle

    One daily audio briefing pulls together the clinical news, drug-pipeline shifts, and health policy moves that actually change how you practice, so you can stay current without losing an hour to your inbox.

    Axios Vitals, STAT Morning Rounds, Healthcare Dive Daily Dive and 7 more · 10 newsletters

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  • UX starter kit

    Designers who want one fast daily digest plus the field's most trusted weekly reads

    TLDR Design, Nielsen Norman Group Newsletter, UX Collective Newsletter · 3 newsletters

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  • The AI Professionals bundle

    Keep pace with the models, papers, tooling, and lab moves that reset your field every few weeks, without living inside a dozen feeds and an open arXiv tab all day.

    The Rundown AI, Superhuman AI, TLDR AI and 7 more · 10 newsletters

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  • The Cybersecurity Professionals bundle

    Track every breach, vulnerability, and policy shift that matters to your stack, without living inside ten feeds and a hundred browser tabs.

    Dark Reading Daily, SecurityWeek Daily Briefing, The Hacker News Newsletter and 7 more · 10 newsletters

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Listen to our founder’s newscast from his newsletters, updated daily

Today’s Breaking NewsSunday, September 13, 2026From our founder’s personal newsletters5:13Total runtime

Today’s Major Headlines (tap to listen)

  1. Chokepoints tighten on Middle East oilThe New York Times · POLITICO Playbook
  2. Presidents mark 25 years since 9/11The New York Times · 1440 Daily Digest
  3. August inflation cements expectations for a rate hikeMorning Brew · 1440 Daily Digest
  4. Ben Shelton and Aryna Sabalenka chase historic titlesThe New York Times · Morning Brew
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Which newsletters make my newscast?

The best in journalism. We constantly scour for the sharpest, most informed independent journalists writing today and hand-pick the top newsletters for every topic. Pick your topics and you get our editors' picks instantly, no research required. Love particular newsletters already, maybe even pay for a subscription? Add or autoforward them yourself, and truly curate and personalize the news that readies you for life. Not generic AI news, not RSS feeds, not aggregator slop.

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