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Celebrity Interviews
Episodes · 12 months
280
Nov 2025–Oct 2026peak share, Oct 2026
Share of analysed episodes per month, Nov 2025 to Oct 2026: 20 of 3,584, 21 of 3,862, 20 of 4,115, 26 of 4,226, 17 of 4,731, 16 of 4,438, 22 of 4,230, 23 of 4,319, 23 of 4,515, 23 of 4,419, 22 of 4,624, 47 of 4,594.
All time
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+18 via 10 narrower
On record
90
took a position
Where they standLast discussed
2d ago
Nov 11, 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): 7, 5, 2, 7, 8, 3, 7, 9, 7, 17, 11, 12, 8.
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 camp15 people
46%
27%
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- Value authentic candid interviews7 people · 46%
- Criticize intrusive media conduct4 people · 27%
- Simplify the press process4 people · 27%
Value authentic candid interviews
Interviews should prioritize genuine, unscripted human connection and candid moments over promotional agendas or formal structures.
7 people · 7 episodes
The show humanizes celebrities by placing them in a situation that is relatable to everyone, regardless of their status.
“celebrity is this thing that by definition is this unobtainable lifestyle status but then there's nothing that every person can relate to more than just dying on hot sauce so it really like knocks everybody down to a real human level”
Cold Ones · Oct 2020 · 9 episodes · 60.8M views on this topic
Interviews with celebrities should aim for genuine conversation rather than just promoting a product.
“If you if if they like you, there's a better chance they want to go see the movie. Your job is to be liked. And it's it's kind of gross because our livelihood depends on it.”
Rick Glassman · Jul 2025 · 15 episodes · 3.3M views on this topic
Seth Meyers prefers interviews or shows that feature authentic, unscripted moments of laughter, such as news bloopers.
“Like if I see people laughing really really hard >> [sighs] >> I'm I'm done.”
Good Hang with Amy Poehler · Mar 2026 · 3 episodes · 1.4M views on this topicCriticize intrusive media conduct
Modern media outlets and journalists often exploit, misrepresent, or inaccurately report on celebrities for profit and clicks.
4 people · 4 episodes
Roman Reigns views negative comments from individuals in the media as a strategy for them to gain views by leveraging his fame.
“But they want to use my name to get views. That's that's the industry right now.”
Club Shay Shay · Oct 2026 · 1 episode · 1.2M views on this topic
Amanda Seales contends that media outlets often report on hearsay and gossip about celebrities without proper journalistic vetting for the sake of clicks.
“and then there's going to be follow-ups so let's not tell the whole story now right let's string this along like a soap opera it's people's lives so I was justified in that people mad at me because I said you know if you got Nikes and Jordans if you got money for Nikes and Jordan”
Club Shay Shay · Apr 2024 · 1 episode · 1.1M views on this topicBE
Barbara EdenUnrated
She holds the view that tabloids often exaggerate or disclose information that should not be shared for the sake of profit.
“and quite often they they exaggerate and they in order to sell what they have uh they say what they shouldn't say. Some things shouldn't be said.”
Club Random Podcast · Aug 2025 · 1 episode · 436K views on this topicSimplify the press process
Standard celebrity press tours, global junkets, and promotional obligations are exhausting, inefficient, or overly burdensome.
4 people · 4 episodes
Appearing on talk shows for interviews can feel like a heavy responsibility that requires being fully prepared.
“I used to be so neurotic about it. I go out to dinner with my wife or my friends. I go, "How did I do? How did I do?" Like looking for approval anywhere I could get it.”
The Howard Stern Show · Aug 2026 · 23 episodes · 12.3M views on this topic
Andy CohenUnrated
Andy Cohen maintains that if a celebrity presents too many stipulations for an interview, he would prefer not to proceed with the interview at all.
“There are people who just have had so many stipulations about the interview and I'm like, you know what? Let's not do this. Like, it's good. We're good. Cuz also the expectation with me is that I'm going to go there much like you. And so I it's like I I'm not doing this,”
Call Her Daddy · Oct 2025 · 1 episode · 839K views on this topic
She does not enjoy participating in press tours and promotional talk shows.
“No. I There's no point lying. I don't.”
SmartLess · Aug 2025 · 2 episodes · 111K views on this topicExtracted by a model; may misattribute who said what.
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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 Jul 2015