If I don't want to listen to news over AM, I prefer listening to podcasts. Entertaining and at the same time educational. Depends on the channel you're listening to.
Please do share the channels that interests you.
For a start, I listen to these channels:
1. Ted Talks
2. How I Built This
3. Brain Stuff
4. Freakonomics
5. The Moth
6. Modern Love
7. Death *** and Money
8. 99% Invisible
9. Criminal
10. Crimetown
11. The Kiss Me Quick's Erotica
Good times with mo the podcast - entertaining enough, educational in the sense that its an advise show. They talk about everything under the sun from sports, work, lovelife, ***. If you find mo annoying, this show might change your mind about him or you may find him more annoying after.
Brain Stuff - a short, direct and to the point discussion of a lot of things.
Stuff You Should Know - like brain stuff but more detailed, a lot of sidebar and tangent discussion, some jokes.
criminal - if you like CI cable channel like I do.
crimetown - crime stories, right now it's about mafia vs Rhodes Island mayor. I felt like every episode is like a mission in the game Mafia.
The Nutrition Diva - podcast of a nutritionist.