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Christianity
Episodes · 12 months
472
Nov 2025–Oct 2026peak share, Apr 2026
Share of analysed episodes per month, Nov 2025 to Oct 2026: 26 of 3,584, 44 of 3,862, 31 of 4,115, 39 of 4,226, 42 of 4,731, 54 of 4,438, 37 of 4,230, 31 of 4,319, 44 of 4,515, 40 of 4,419, 31 of 4,624, 53 of 4,594.
All time
1,054
+37 via 29 narrower
On record
409
took a position
Where they standLast discussed
1d ago
Nov 12, 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.
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All shows
Episodes on this topic per week, weeks starting Aug 17 to Nov 9 (the last still in progress): 9, 10, 7, 8, 7, 7, 12, 3, 9, 16, 17, 16, 7.
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 camp257 people
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- Defend institutional and historic faith133 people · 52%
- View faith as active transformation103 people · 40%
- Prioritize direct personal relationship21 people · 8%
Defend institutional and historic faith
The Christian faith is rooted in the authority, tradition, and established structures of the historic church and its sacraments.
133 people · 123 episodes
JD
The Orthodox Church is the true church because it has remained synonymous with the church of the first thousand years, while Rome has departed from that tradition.
“we would argue that the first thousand years of Christianity as you look at it from the council's perspective and the canon law and the church father's teachings that the orthodox church is absolutely synonymous with that church. So it's it's exactly the same as the first thousand years of Christian”
Tim Pool · Jun 2025 · 3 episodes · 412K views on this topic
Christianity requires the truth of the Eucharist to be lived out, as the church is Christ's body and unity matters.
“Jesus doesn't exist without the body. He says my, you know, you are my body, right? You are my hands and feet. We are part of his church. We are part of his body in that way in this mystical way. But we need each other.”
George Janko · Oct 2026 · 2 episodes · 523K views on this topicVR
The Bible is inherently a Catholic book because it was written by Catholic apostles and compiled by the Catholic Church.
“my position and with no offense the Bible is a Catholic book.”
Ryan Pineda · Jan 2026 · 1 episode · 138K views on this topicView faith as active transformation
Being a Christian requires the active, daily work of self-discipline, sacrifice, and the practical application of Christ's teachings.
103 people · 102 episodes
Salvation is a lifelong process of becoming more like Christ known as theosis rather than a singular state of mind.
“The view is that from the Orthodox perspective, salvation is a lifetime process called theosis. It's not an action or a mind state. And this this is one of my biggest problems with Protestantism in general is the idea of the mind state of salvation.”
StevenCrowder · May 2025 · 1 episode · 208K views on this topicBB
A disciple is defined as someone who is fully following Jesus in every area of life.
“a disciple is someone who's full fully following Jesus in every area of life.”
Cross Examined · Nov 2026 · 2 episodes · 76K views on this topicSH
The Book of Mormon is a vital testament of Jesus Christ that clarifies the meaning and significance of the atonement.
“there isn't a better book anywhere on the meaning and significance of the atonement of jesus christ so to me the book of mormon is the most important book there is”
Church History Matters Podcast · Feb 2021 · 2 episodes · 26K views on this topicPrioritize direct personal relationship
True Christianity is defined by a personal, direct connection with Jesus Christ rather than through rigid institutions or rituals.
21 people · 20 episodes
SR
A deep and genuine connection with Jesus is a powerful, transformative experience that can bring profound peace and change one's life walk.
“it was after that prayer and that night that George and I got into a conversation got into a personal conversation that you know I I was feeling guilty about a certain person in my life that I felt like I wasn't forgiving and so we kind of had that conversation and and then I went upstairs and I had”
George Janko · Apr 2024 · 6 episodes · 9.5M views on this topic
He claims that Christianity offers a meaningful relationship with God through Jesus, distinguishing it from Islamic worship which he describes as servitude to a distant master.
“The Islamic way of worshiping Allah is very different in Christianity You become children of God as you have faith in him. You are lost children and you go back to your father and you become children of God. Children of the father. Whereas in Islam you become slaves. Slaves to a tyrannical slave mas”
Apostate Prophet · Sep 2026 · 19 episodes · 820K views on this topicCL
Christianity is defined by a personal relationship with Jesus rather than by adhering to a strict set of religious rules.
“religion is a construct right things that you have to do I believe in a relationship with that”
Impaulsive · Jul 2020 · 1 episode · 752K 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 Apr 2018