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Episodes · 12 months
33
Nov 2025–Oct 2026peak share, Apr 2026
Share of analysed episodes per month, Nov 2025 to Oct 2026: 5 of 3,584, 2 of 3,862, 2 of 4,115, 1 of 4,226, 5 of 4,731, 7 of 4,438, 5 of 4,230, 3 of 4,319, 1 of 4,515, 0 of 4,419, 0 of 4,624, 2 of 4,594.
All time
91
+23 via 20 narrower
On record
64
took a position
Where they standLast discussed
6d ago
Nov 7, 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): 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0.
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 camp17 people
47%
29%
24%
- Condemn Current Leadership Failures8 people · 47%
- Prioritize Competence and Accountability5 people · 29%
- Challenge Institutional Rigidity4 people · 24%
Condemn Current Leadership Failures
The current political leadership is largely incompetent, corrupt, or detached from the needs and values of the general public.
8 people · 8 episodes
Trump and his administration are incompetent, authoritarian, and dangerous in their approach to leading the country and the military.
“Trump and Pete Hegsth were going to do this meeting with all the top military officials in the country. Uh, and it was happening in Virginia. And, um, we got word that, oh, what's going to happen is you're they're going to give a speech on the warrior ethos”
Secular Talk · Oct 2025 · 1 episode · 911K views on this topic
Governor Gavin Newsom and Mayor Karen Bass have failed to demonstrate the necessary leadership and accountability required for their offices during this crisis.
“I don't give a damn if they do they after what I've seen last few day they gota go they got I'm done I'm done Kevin I'm done”
Stephen A. Smith · Jan 2025 · 2 episodes · 888K views on this topic
Donald Trump does not care about the government shutdown, instead prioritizing personal pastimes and mockery over effective governance.
“Donald Trump doesn't care. You want to shut the government down, he'll laugh, he'll fly around, do whatever he's doing, he doesn't care. He'll look for the next sporting event to go to to see if he can make a mockery of it.”
The Rest Is Politics US · Sep 2025 · 3 episodes · 831K views on this topicPrioritize Competence and Accountability
Effective political leadership is defined by the delivery of tangible results, ethical conduct, and accountability to the public good.
5 people · 5 episodes
Leadership is a complicated responsibility that requires preparation and a focus on serving the public good rather than just pursuing authority.
“it's a very complicated job running a country and I suspect you should prepare for it by knowing some things about how to do it”
Flagrant · Apr 2021 · 5 episodes · 9.0M views on this topicSG
Shantanu GuptaUnrated
The speaker claims that Yogi Adityanath became an effective chief minister because he is cast-agnostic, family-agnostic, and non-corrupt.
“So these three elements that he's cast agnostic he's family agnostic and he's agnostic of the lurman of corruption right I think these three elements went in his favor in N modi's mind and Amish Sha's mind to make his a chief minister”
Think School · May 2024 · 1 episode · 1.1M views on this topic
Angela RaynerUnrated
Effective political leadership requires making firm decisions based on evidence and taking responsibility for the outcomes.
“I like someone who I might not agree with you but make a decision and stick with it and then stick with the principles of why why you why you're making that decision”
The Rest Is Politics · Dec 2023 · 1 episode · 503K views on this topicChallenge Institutional Rigidity
Political systems are hindered by entrenched, aging, or disconnected leaders who prioritize power and ego over needed systemic reform.
4 people · 4 episodes
Andrew Schulz suggests that older politicians should not be making long-term decisions about the world because they will not live long enough to experience the consequences.
“old people should not be making decisions about the world that they won't be here for”
Brilliant Idiots · Apr 2020 · 2 episodes · 2.0M views on this topic
Elected officials are inherently corrupted by ego and power, which makes their inclination toward war unsurprising.
“And anyone who is elected an official is mentally so corrupted and such an egoomaniac by nature. How could they not go to war?”
Whitney Cummings · Jun 2025 · 1 episode · 722K views on this topicMW
Medinah Wilson-AntonUnrated
Democratic Party leadership fails to connect with voters because it consistently pushes boring and inauthentic candidates.
“Unfortunately, Democratic Party leadership tends to push the most boring milk toast. Like, that's not going to do well.”
Breaking Points · Oct 2025 · 1 episode · 218K views on this topicExtracted by a model; may misattribute who said what.
In the transcripts
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 Apr 2020