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Episodes · 12 months
123
Nov 2025–Oct 2026peak share, Mar 2026
Share of analysed episodes per month, Nov 2025 to Oct 2026: 0 of 3,584, 0 of 3,862, 2 of 4,115, 4 of 4,226, 86 of 4,731, 14 of 4,438, 4 of 4,230, 4 of 4,319, 5 of 4,515, 1 of 4,419, 2 of 4,624, 1 of 4,594.
All time
133
+17 via 7 narrower
On record
73
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Where they standLast discussed
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Oct 5, 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 camp16 people
63%
37%
- Geopolitical disruption drives prices10 people · 63%
- Financial markets manipulate prices6 people · 37%
Geopolitical disruption drives prices
Energy prices are currently rising and remain volatile primarily due to geopolitical conflicts and supply chain disruptions in the Middle…
10 people · 10 episodes
The closure of the Straits of Hormuz is causing a severe escalation in energy costs, particularly for refined fuel products.
“So, three more weeks of closure of the straight is not just an oil problem. It's a jet fuel problem. It's a gasoline problem. Diesel $6 a gallon looking very, very likely.”
Breaking Points · Apr 2026 · 3 episodes · 1.4M views on this topic
The disruption in the Strait of Hormuz will continue to drive up oil prices as long as supply issues persist.
“This is getting a little nervous on a na on a international scale because this is taking time and the longer time it takes, the longer the straits are closed, the more you're going to have supply issues and supply issues drives price and then fear drives price.”
PBD Podcast · Mar 2026 · 2 episodes · 955K views on this topicRG
The blocking of the Strait of Hormuz by Iran is causing a significant disruption to global energy markets, leading to higher oil prices and refinery output cuts.
“10 to 15% of global oil supply is sitting behind a 54 kmter channel. The straight of Hormuz. You might have been hearing about this on the news and that isn't reopening anytime soon.”
MeidasTouch · Mar 2026 · 1 episode · 107K views on this topicFinancial markets manipulate prices
Oil and energy prices are not driven by supply and demand but by financial speculation, paper markets, and artificial manipulation.
6 people · 5 episodes
BM
There is artificial manipulation in the crude market caused by short bets that inflate prices and disregard supply realities.
“And when you look at what's happening with the crude market, you can see the market manipulation taking place, especially [snorts] uh in the early hours where you see heavy heavy shorts, heavy heavy short bets that you can literally see happen”
MeidasTouch · Jul 2026 · 4 episodes · 2.2M views on this topicA
US gas prices are being artificially kept high through gouging, despite the fact that global oil prices have fallen.
“Now, to Jim's point again, oil is down under around that area, but but gas prices in America are still hovering around four. So, that's a whole dollar plus difference. because of that gouging which Trump called out the other day.”
Rich Does Politics · Jun 2026 · 1 episode · 24K views on this topicTL
Tom LuongoUnrated
The official price of oil is a convenient fiction influenced by the City of London, while the actual market is determined by physically settled futures trading where supply control is the key driver.
“The idea that there's a benchmark rate for oil is, you know, price for oil is cute and all, but that's just a that's just a convenient fiction for everybody to set their to to to set their real world bids and offers against.”
Rich Does Politics · Jun 2026 · 2 episodes · 90K 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 2019