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Political Discourse
Episodes · 12 months
115
Nov 2025–Oct 2026peak share, Aug 2026
Share of analysed episodes per month, Nov 2025 to Oct 2026: 14 of 3,584, 8 of 3,862, 8 of 4,115, 9 of 4,226, 9 of 4,731, 14 of 4,438, 8 of 4,230, 6 of 4,319, 11 of 4,515, 21 of 4,419, 6 of 4,624, 1 of 4,594.
All time
264
+26 via 21 narrower
On record
107
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.
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All shows
Episodes on this topic per week, weeks starting Aug 17 to Nov 9 (the last still in progress): 5, 4, 2, 0, 0, 4, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0.
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 camp23 people
74%
26%
- Promote civil and nuanced dialogue17 people · 74%
- Reject performative and toxic rhetoric6 people · 26%
Promote civil and nuanced dialogue
Political discourse should prioritize empathy, intellectual humility, and respectful conversation to overcome extreme polarization.
17 people · 17 episodes
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She believes that civil discourse is productive and preferable to yelling or polarization.
“if you can't have a conversation about it nothing going to get done”
StevenCrowder · Nov 2022 · 1 episode · 4.6M views on this topic
Long-form podcasting provides a superior medium for political discussion because it avoids the reductionism of television.
“they produce 30 second TV ads that is what they do literally you have to sit in 30 seconds and the final one of those 30 seconds has to be paid for by you know XYZ so that is already where they begin and even TV hits that are unpaid ad and we haven't been doing very much TV paid ads at all I one of ”
Jordan B Peterson · Aug 2023 · 7 episodes · 2.2M views on this topic
Nick Fuentes believes it is important to hold conversations across ideological divides rather than isolating individuals with controversial views.
“I think it's good to have these conversations.”
StevenCrowder · Dec 2025 · 1 episode · 1.7M views on this topicReject performative and toxic rhetoric
Current political discourse is failing because it relies on performative outrage, dehumanization, and spectacle rather than substance.
6 people · 6 episodes
The current approach of modern media and political movements, characterized by extreme, zero-sum adversarial debates, is failing to improve society.
“This approach, the approach A and approach B which you've just presented is ultimately a zero sum game. you just you don't get anywhere with it. Okay, one person comes out and they're the victor and you go, "Well, great, but where does that actually lead us? It doesn't lead us anywhere."”
Triggernometry · Nov 2025 · 5 episodes · 4.2M views on this topic
Political leaders and pundits intentionally foster rage and dehumanization through tribal rhetoric for the purpose of personal gain and deflection.
“So, I'm guessing when you watch this, you feel rage. No matter what side you're on, if you're on the left, it's designed to make you feel an existential threat, right? You've got to do something. Fascists and Nazis and secret police, the ultimate evil, and you need to act.”
Jillian Michaels · May 2026 · 3 episodes · 965K views on this topic
The host argues that debates are fundamentally about spectacle and performance rather than solely about the exchange of information.
“Viewers crave debates. They love debates. Not really for the information as much as for the drama, the vulnerability, the chance to witness a stumble, maybe a brilliant counter punch, or even a brief flash of authenticity, which feels lost in a lot of media these days.”
Baron Coleman · Aug 2026 · 2 episodes · 604K views on this topicExtracted by a model; may misattribute who said what.
In the transcripts
Episodes discussing this topic
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 Aug 2018