This is the Daily Tech News for Tuesday, December 16th, 2025.

We tell you what you need to know, give you the important context, and help each other understand.

Today, Dr. Nikki is telling us about a treatment for Huntington's disease and more video podcasts coming to Netflix.

What the heck?

Is this a podcatcher now?

I'm so confused.

I'm Jason Howell.

I'm Tom Merritt.

Let's start with what you need to know with a big story.

There's not an insane amount of detail here.

I just honestly wanted to talk about it because I think it would be an interesting conversation.

Netflix has signed a global exclusive deal to stream video versions of more than 15 IHeartMedia podcasts on its video platform.

So we're talking, you know, the breakfast club, my favorite murder, dear Chelsea, this is important,

a whole bunch of them, that's just a few that are going to become Netflix first,

in the video version anyways, with the new deal. The audio versions of those podcasts will stay

on more traditional podcast platforms, let's say. So obviously, IheartRadio's app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, you know, the audio versions

are going to be out there where you've come to expect them.

It's just these video versions are suddenly going to be exclusive to Netflix.

New episodes are going to start appearing on Netflix starting in early 2026, at least here

in the U.S.

Yes, that's going to open up to more markets down the line.

But, you know, also important to note this isn't the first time.

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