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Episodes · 12 months
24
Nov 2025–Oct 2026peak share, Mar 2026
Share of analysed episodes per month, Nov 2025 to Oct 2026: 4 of 3,584, 1 of 3,862, 3 of 4,115, 2 of 4,226, 8 of 4,731, 4 of 4,438, 1 of 4,230, 1 of 4,319, 0 of 4,515, 0 of 4,419, 0 of 4,624, 0 of 4,594.
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Where they standLast discussed
4mo ago
Jun 20, 2026
Where they stand
Camps of opinion · 2Positions people took on this topic in transcripts, grouped by school of thought. The bar shows each camp's share of the people sorted into a camp. It is not a poll and not a share of any audience, and people whose position fit no camp are left out of it. Within a camp, people with demonstrated expertise on the topic come first, then those who reached the most listeners on it. Positions are extracted from transcripts by a model and may misattribute who said what. Every quote links to the episode it came from.
Share of people placed in a camp6 people
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- Analyze system over individuals3 people · 50%
- Criticize Democratic party alignment3 people · 50%
Analyze system over individuals
Political dysfunction and policy outcomes are driven by systemic forces, institutional failure, or propaganda rather than individual actors.
3 people · 2 episodes
Authoritarian regimes deliberately target education because it is a source of empowerment for the citizenry.
“and that the nation couldn't survive without an educated populace, which of course is why authoritarians immediately go after education. >> That's a good point. Yeah, first thing. Because it's empowering.”
Heather Cox Richardson · Mar 2026 · 1 episode · 427K views on this topic
The public is largely kind and compassionate, but they are misled by propaganda regarding environmental and economic policies.
“And that's not because they're selfish. It's just because they've been fed propaganda. Literally billions of pounds spent on propaganda telling them they're going to be poorer, colder, less safe as opposed to the complete opposite.”
Bold Politics with Zack Polanski · Feb 2026 · 1 episode · 33K views on this topic
The media's obsession with individual political figures obscures the broader systemic issues that perpetuate political dysfunction.
“they see it as a a story about characters and personalities. It partly is that, but it isn't mostly about that.”
Bold Politics with Zack Polanski · Feb 2026 · 1 episode · 33K views on this topicCriticize Democratic party alignment
The Democratic Party is becoming radicalized or is failing to govern effectively and honestly.
3 people · 3 episodes
Democrats are increasingly aligning themselves with radical policies and moving further to the left.
“The Democratic Party is swiveling out to the Bernie Sanders left.”
The Ben Shapiro Show · Feb 2026 · 6 episodes · 2.4M views on this topic
The Democratic Party's move toward the center is purely rhetorical and they will continue to govern from the left.
“It will be pure rhetoric well they always govern too far for to the left okay just it's very important that that everyone knows that they will they will Veer toward the center you know we really overdid it on X Y and Z and then as soon as they have power they will go back to X Y and Z”
Matt Walsh · Nov 2024 · 4 episodes · 1.5M views on this topic
He believes Barack Obama has been a highly divisive president whose policies fueled social conflict.
“Any Barack Obama has been one of the most divisive president's people in the history of the country period”
PBD Podcast · Nov 2024 · 2 episodes · 6.4M views on this topicExtracted by a model; may misattribute who said what.
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Episodes discussing this topicIncludes episodes tagged with a narrower subject. Each is marked with the subject it came in through.
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Over time
Share of episodesThis topic's episodes as a share of every episode we analysed, in each complete month. We analyse more episodes every month, so a raw count would mostly show that growth. Recent months fill in as transcripts are analysed.
Complete months · first on record May 2023