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Congressional Oversight
Episodes · 12 months
25
Nov 2025–Oct 2026peak share, Feb 2026
Share of analysed episodes per month, Nov 2025 to Oct 2026: 4 of 3,584, 3 of 3,862, 4 of 4,115, 5 of 4,226, 1 of 4,731, 4 of 4,438, 1 of 4,230, 2 of 4,319, 1 of 4,515, 0 of 4,419, 0 of 4,624, 0 of 4,594.
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30
+8 via 6 narrower
On record
17
took a position
Where they standLast discussed
3mo ago
Jul 21, 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 camp17 people
65%
35%
- Enforce Executive Branch Accountability11 people · 65%
- Address Congressional Institutional…6 people · 35%
Enforce Executive Branch Accountability
Congress must actively assert its constitutional duty to oversee and check the activities of the executive branch and federal agencies.
11 people · 10 episodes
Military and intelligence agencies are actively obstructing congressional oversight of UAP programs to protect their own interests and secrecy.
“every step of the way they tried to block us and that always just inspired me to push a little harder”
Shawn Ryan Show · Oct 2023 · 1 episode · 839K views on this topic
She advocates for increased congressional oversight of the intelligence community and claims the CIA and other agencies have operated without accountability.
“we're given classified briefings on a regular basis to information, but when you have Congress that's supposed to be the oversight authority being denied access or told that they don't have clearance, that's a problem because then you have that information that's now operating without oversight. Mhm”
Danny Jones Podcast · Oct 2025 · 2 episodes · 615K views on this topic
Congress must reassert its authority over federal bureaucracies to ensure accountability for the American people.
“I do think Congress needs to reassert its Authority against these these bureaucrats who run Our Lives who never put their name on the ballot maybe if we did that maybe the country would we'd go from 16% approval rating at least up to 17”
PBD Podcast · Oct 2024 · 1 episode · 399K views on this topicAddress Congressional Institutional…
Congress is failing its responsibilities due to partisan corruption, legislative inaction, or a preference for political theater.
6 people · 6 episodes
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Ben Meiselas claims that Pete Hegseth perjured himself multiple times during his testimony before the House of Representatives.
“He previously testified before the House of Representatives where in my opinion he perjured himself over and over again under cross-examination.”
MeidasTouch · Apr 2026 · 5 episodes · 5.7M views on this topic
Congress members who avoid subpoenas due to donor concerns are acting in self-interest rather than in the interest of the country.
“So any so if anybody is against that because of going to their donors, they do not have what's best for the country in their heart. They have what's best for them and that is it. That's all they [ __ ] care about is staying in Congress, staying in the Senate, staying wherever they're at.”
Shawn Ryan Show · Feb 2026 · 3 episodes · 2.7M views on this topic
Republican members of Congress are failing to fulfill their oversight duties by refusing to take a definitive stance against granting clemency to Ghislaine Maxwell.
“I'm very disappointed to say the Lisa that they can't they can't even say that Gileain Maxwell should not get a a pardon or clemency. That is completely unacceptable.”
MeidasTouch · Feb 2026 · 1 episode · 1.2M 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 Oct 2023