I listen to a lot of NPR, but the longform shows (This American Life, Serial, Planet Money, Freakanomics, Radiolab), and always in podcast form. I don't want to listen to my news - I listen to a decent number of podcasts, and I want to be able to choose what I listen to based on momentary whims. That means that the content had better be relatively timeless, which rules out pure news shows that are made of 4 minute segments.
Maybe this doesn't bode well for the flagship NRP programs, but I don't want to listen to my daily news. I want to read it - I read the NY Times daily. The speed at which I can get an understanding of the daily news is so much faster when reading than listening. When I listen, I want a single story or concept in depth.