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Episodes · 12 months
8
Nov 2025–Oct 2026peak share, May 2026
Share of analysed episodes per month, Nov 2025 to Oct 2026: 1 of 3,584, 1 of 3,862, 0 of 4,115, 2 of 4,226, 0 of 4,731, 1 of 4,438, 3 of 4,230, 0 of 4,319, 0 of 4,515, 0 of 4,419, 0 of 4,624, 0 of 4,594.
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28
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28
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Where they standLast discussed
6mo ago
May 17, 2026
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 camp8 people
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- Humor as coping mechanism4 people · 50%
- Promote chaotic content creation2 people · 25%
- Embrace base humor2 people · 25%
Humor as coping mechanism
Humor serves as a functional tool for navigating personal hardship, relieving tension, and discussing difficult or dark subjects.
4 people · 4 episodes
Laughter is a physiological and social mechanism that serves as a tool for connection and relieving tension.
“If you could buy a drug that did what laughter did with the amount of side effects that laughter has, which is literally none, it's it would be the perfect drug.”
Jordan B Peterson · Mar 2022 · 1 episode · 1.2M views on this topic
Roland PowellUnrated
The speaker argues that using humor during difficult personal experiences is a natural way for him to navigate and endure life's challenges.
“I was laying on that ground for about two hours waiting you know that's why I got on my phone people keep anyway while he was on Instagram it wasn't else to do man your mindset though you like I didn't got hit by a car I got two hours I'ma hop on IG is that just just the natural nature”
The Pivot Podcast · Feb 2023 · 1 episode · 588K views on this topic
Humor is a tool for navigating dark subjects, and the ability to laugh in difficult circumstances requires skill and provides relief.
“if you're dealing with a subject that is very emotional or intense and you can make people laugh then that takes skill and that's the relief for them”
Lex Fridman Podcast · Nov 2023 · 1 episode · 514K views on this topicPromote chaotic content creation
Entertainment and podcasts benefit from maintaining a messy, unscripted, and chaotic approach to engage the audience.
2 people · 2 episodes
Ethan Payne demonstrates a preference for chaotic and improvised challenges to create entertainment for the audience.
“I'm gonna lift you up, I'm gonna lift you up. - No. - No, I'm gonna lift you up. Trust. Jump on me, jump.”
Sidemen · Jan 2024 · 5 episodes · 113.4M views on this topicZH
The podcast should remain messy and rambling as that is what listeners enjoy.
“last episode was so messy we're gonna try to keep it on topic like zayn was saying but a lot of people really liked the last episode rambling and just us being us so we're gonna keep it messy”
Zane and Heath: UNFILTERED · Aug 2020 · 3 episodes · 2.5M views on this topicEmbrace base humor
Farting and similar low-brow physical humor are universal experiences that should be celebrated as funny.
2 people · 1 episode
People who do not find farting funny are likely pedophiles.
“Simon we've covered this probably every other episode for the last seven years but you're exactly right people not laughing at farts is they're pedophiles those are pedophiles the only time you don't laugh at a fars you're thinking about trapping a kid”
Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast · Mar 2024 · 16 episodes · 11.3M views on this topic
Farting is a humorous, universal human experience that should be embraced rather than criticized.
“and I think farts are funny because even the person doing it doesn't know what it's going to sound like it's always a pleasure that's true and if they don't stink it's a win-win and mine don't stink for some reason and they're very long so uh I I I met my match you might be the chosen one”
Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast · Mar 2024 · 1 episode · 613K 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 Sep 2019