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Episodes · 12 months
135
Nov 2025–Oct 2026peak share, Dec 2025
Share of analysed episodes per month, Nov 2025 to Oct 2026: 7 of 3,584, 18 of 3,862, 15 of 4,115, 10 of 4,226, 17 of 4,731, 6 of 4,438, 10 of 4,230, 11 of 4,319, 13 of 4,515, 7 of 4,419, 11 of 4,624, 10 of 4,594.
All time
438
+48 via 31 narrower
On record
245
took a position
Where they standLast discussed
6d ago
Nov 9, 2026
Who's talking
Top voices on this topicThe eight guests on the most episodes about this topic in the last 13 weeks, not counting their own shows or clips they were only heard in, most episodes first. VoiceRank (their score across the whole corpus) is shown for context and only breaks a tie. Each strip is that guest's episodes week by week, and the newest week is still in progress.
#Guest · last 13 weeksEpisodes, sorted, most firstVoiceRank
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Episodes on this topic, by weekEvery analysed episode tagged with this topic in each of the last 13 weeks, across all shows and whoever was on them. The newest week is still in progress, and recent weeks fill in as transcripts are analysed. Point at a name, or tab to it, to highlight the weeks that guest was on an episode.
All shows
Episodes on this topic per week, weeks starting Aug 17 to Nov 9 (the last still in progress): 1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 4, 1, 1.
Where they stand
Camps of opinion · 3Positions 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 camp99 people
55%
27%
18%
- Prioritize risk and originality54 people · 55%
- Limit corporate and ideological…27 people · 27%
- Support theatrical communal experiences18 people · 18%
Prioritize risk and originality
The film industry should favor taking creative risks and producing original content over relying on sequels, franchises, and IP.
54 people · 50 episodes
The film industry is currently too risk-averse, relying too heavily on sequels and remakes instead of taking chances.
“I wish people did it more because then we have you know knockoffs and sequels and it's like it's kind of missing that risk”
Flagrant · Aug 2024 · 1 episode · 2.5M views on this topic
Zachary Levi believes the modern film industry is controlled by an executive class that prioritizes agendas and profits over artistic vision, leading to a reliance on sequels and IP.
“I think that a lot of executives in Hollywood Yeah. When the lawyers and and and accountants started to kind of take over when when when capitalism run amok kind of started really being like, "Oh, let's just monetize the heck out of these things." Well, then of course they're going to start hiring a”
Matt Walsh · Feb 2025 · 1 episode · 192K views on this topicTD
Modern movie franchises are increasingly failing because they are being exploited by corporations to produce derivative spin-offs rather than focusing on the core character.
“There's a reason that Bond has endured uh as a franchise and as a character for the past what 60 years now. Uh and it's not because he was milked dry uh by a big money hungry money hungry corporation.”
Chris Williamson · Mar 2025 · 3 episodes · 4.1M views on this topicLimit corporate and ideological…
Film production is suffering because corporate agendas, ideology, and gatekeeping prioritize profit or messaging over authentic…
27 people · 25 episodes
He claims that modern Hollywood has alienated audiences by producing movies that lack truth and intentionally insult the public.
“We were talking about why people have stopped going to the theaters. And you don't make anything that we love. You go after movies like ridicule movies like The Passion of the Christ.”
Michael Knowles · Nov 2026 · 1 episode · 254K views on this topic
Modern audiences are becoming exhausted by mainstream entertainment that relies on agendas, crude content, and nihilistic themes instead of authentic storytelling.
“I'm bored and I'm tired of the agenda that they're putting in these movies entertainment junk food yeah and it's just like there's not a single Project without you know I was telling you guys ear substance there everything is just wrapped and drowned in just like sexuality or just everything”
George Janko · Jul 2024 · 3 episodes · 2.8M views on this topic
Esther KrakueUnrated
Audiences should not pedestalize celebrities, as they do not live the same lives or have the same concerns as the general public.
“celebrities don't live the same lives as the rest of us they don't pay the same taxes they don't have the same worries they don't know the average the average sort of worries of the of a normal person so we need to stop treating these people like mini deities”
Piers Morgan Uncensored · Sep 2024 · 2 episodes · 2.1M views on this topicSupport theatrical communal experiences
Theatrical releases are essential for fostering community and connection, and they should be actively supported by creators and audiences.
18 people · 17 episodes
Andrew Santino claims that comedy creators need to support theatrical movie releases because movie theaters are currently dying.
“we need those people to support us in theaters and because movie theaters are dying oh yeah don't let them die because that is here's where the real money's made is when you make the studios money that's when they [ __ ] double down”
Bad Friends · May 2023 · 5 episodes · 8.8M views on this topic
A theatrical release provides a communal experience that is essential for connection in an increasingly isolated world.
“there's nothing like the communal theater experience, you know, it's so much fun and it feels different when you're in a room full of people than when you're sitting at home and watching it yourself. And now more than ever we are so isolated.”
Chicks in the Office · Dec 2025 · 5 episodes · 3.7M views on this topic
Dax expresses skepticism about whether the industry will return to making mid-budget comedies that succeed in theaters.
“I don't know if we're ever going to get back to making $25 million doll comedies that make a hundred million yeah I don't know if that's going to happen in theaters”
2 Bears, 1 Cave · Dec 2024 · 6 episodes · 2.3M views on this topicExtracted by a model; may misattribute who said what.
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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 Jun 2013