diff --git a/code_tests/integration_tests/test_asknews.py b/code_tests/integration_tests/test_asknews.py
index 91b1e484..a076f084 100644
--- a/code_tests/integration_tests/test_asknews.py
+++ b/code_tests/integration_tests/test_asknews.py
@@ -40,3 +40,19 @@ async def test_formatted_deep_research() -> None:
     assert len(news) > 100, "News is too short"
     assert "<final_answer>" not in news, "<final_answer> is in the final answer"
     assert "<think>" not in news, "<think> is in the news"
+
+
+async def test_deep_research_accepts_podcasts_source() -> None:
+    if not os.getenv("ASKNEWS_CLIENT_ID") or not os.getenv("ASKNEWS_SECRET"):
+        pytest.skip("ASKNEWS_CLIENT_ID or ASKNEWS_SECRET is not set")
+    response = await AskNewsSearcher().run_deep_research(
+        "In one sentence, what is the latest news about the US federal funds rate?",
+        sources=["asknews", "podcasts"],
+        model="open-source-best",
+        search_depth=1,
+        max_depth=1,
+    )
+    content = response.choices[0].message.content
+    logger.info(f"Deep research with podcasts source: {content}")
+    assert content is not None, "Content is None"
+    assert len(content) > 100, "Content is too short"
diff --git a/forecasting_tools/helpers/asknews_searcher.py b/forecasting_tools/helpers/asknews_searcher.py
index 215517e0..a59a5922 100644
--- a/forecasting_tools/helpers/asknews_searcher.py
+++ b/forecasting_tools/helpers/asknews_searcher.py
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ async def call_preconfigured_version(self, preset: str, prompt: str) -> str:
         elif "asknews/deep-research/medium-depth" in preset:
             research = await self.get_formatted_deep_research(
                 prompt,
-                sources=["asknews", "google", "x", "wiki"],
+                sources=["asknews", "google", "x", "wiki", "podcasts"],
                 filter_params={"premium": True},
                 search_depth=2,
                 max_depth=4,
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ async def call_preconfigured_version(self, preset: str, prompt: str) -> str:
         elif "asknews/deep-research/high-depth" in preset:
             research = await self.get_formatted_deep_research(
                 prompt,
-                sources=["asknews", "google", "x", "wiki"],
+                sources=["asknews", "google", "x", "wiki", "podcasts"],
                 filter_params={"premium": True},
                 search_depth=4,
                 max_depth=6,
@@ -187,10 +187,7 @@ async def get_formatted_deep_research(
         self,
         query: str,
         sources: list[str] | None = None,
-        model: (
-            Literal["deepseek", "deepseek-basic", "claude-3-7-sonnet-latest", "o3-mini"]
-            | str
-        ) = _default_model,
+        model: DeepNewsModel | str = _default_model,
         search_depth: int = _default_search_depth,
         max_depth: int = _default_max_depth,
         filter_params: dict[str, bool] | None = None,
@@ -225,7 +222,7 @@ async def run_deep_research(
             from asknews_sdk.dto.deepnews import CreateDeepNewsResponse
         except ImportError:
             raise ImportError(
-                "Most recent version of asknews package not installed, deep research will not work. Run `poetry add asknews@0.11.6`"
+                "Most recent version of asknews package not installed, deep research will not work. Run `poetry add asknews@0.14.2`"
             )
         async with AsyncAskNewsSDK(
             client_id=self.client_id,
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index f741fa95..c544e59b 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -369,13 +369,13 @@ tests = ["mypy (>=1.14.0)", "pytest", "pytest-asyncio"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "asknews"
-version = "0.13.47"
+version = "0.14.2"
 description = "Python SDK for AskNews"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
 groups = ["main"]
 files = [
-    {file = "asknews-0.13.47-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:45865459285f75573ce62af11ad40351090448d0b8ccd923a9e62e7a420b9243"},
+    {file = "asknews-0.14.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:b73db86f4fae9f2fdfeef879db25cc7a4009ff801fda0c4fb1d91fb932130a1a"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
@@ -7902,4 +7902,4 @@ source-archive = ["boto3", "cloakbrowser", "firecrawl-py", "playwright", "pymupd
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.1"
 python-versions = "^3.11"
-content-hash = "d9abd6c9194bdd4769704c8c60f48f438f9d77370b35ee739555d3b9fd3e5e22"
+content-hash = "285646db0f1223467d614fd0440be78f7fb72bde6ac4a94652496f4b94921db1"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c8b322f6..5f3de2c8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ faker = ">=37.0.0,<41.0.0"
 plotly = ">=5.24.1,<7.0.0"
 pandas = ">=2.2.3,<4.0.0"
 streamlit = "^1.20.0"
-asknews = ">=0.9.1,<0.14.0"
+asknews = ">=0.9.1,<0.15.0"
 unidecode = "^1.4.0"
 hyperbrowser = ">=0.53.0,<1.0.0"
 pendulum = "^3.1.0"
diff --git a/run_bots.py b/run_bots.py
index c4f42ab6..4ca8051d 100644
--- a/run_bots.py
+++ b/run_bots.py
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ def get_default_bot_dict() -> dict[str, RunBotConfig]:  # NOSONAR
     sonnet_4_5_name = "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929"
     gemini_2_5_pro = "openrouter/google/gemini-2.5-pro"  # Used to be gemini-2.5-pro-preview (though automatically switched to regular pro when preview was deprecated)
     gemini_default_timeout = 5 * 60
-    deepnews_model = "asknews/deep-research/high-depth/claude-opus-4-6"  # Switched to opus 4.6 Feb 23rd. Switched to high depth Feb 16th 2026. Switched from claude-sonnet-4-20250514 to sonnet 4.5 in Nov 2025. Switched from high to medium depth on Jan 2nd, 2026
+    deepnews_model = "asknews/deep-research/high-depth/claude-fable-5"  # Switched to claude-fable-5 and added podcasts source Sep 5th 2026. Switched to opus 4.6 Feb 23rd. Switched to high depth Feb 16th 2026. Switched from claude-sonnet-4-20250514 to sonnet 4.5 in Nov 2025. Switched from high to medium depth on Jan 2nd, 2026
 
     roughly_sonnet_4_cost = 0.25190
     roughly_gpt_5_high_cost = 0.37868