Monthly episodes discussing this topic, 2021-03 to 2026-08.
The people on the most episodes about this topic over the trailing three months, excluding their own shows — ordered by VoiceRank, their score across the whole corpus. The chart tracks each one’s episodes month by month.
Positions people took on this topic in transcripts, grouped by school of thought. Within a camp, people with demonstrated expertise on the topic come first, then those who reached the most listeners on it. Every quote links to the episode it came from.
Lockdowns, mandates, and state restrictions were unjustified, harmful, and represented an excessive overreach of government power.
23 people · 21 episodes
Steven Crowder claims that he will not follow future COVID-19 mask mandates or lockdowns.
“It could be a whole new strain. It could be killing babies and women. We're not We're not putting a mask on.”
StevenCrowder · Aug 2023 · 11 episodes · 7.8M views on this topicGerald believes that the lockdowns imposed in China are effectively imprisoning citizens and causing extreme hardship without valid justification.
“If someone welds you in your house it's not cuz they're going to open the door again I think that's an yeah I don't think they're going to come back around and swing around yeah that's a very final move”
StevenCrowder · Apr 2022 · 3 episodes · 2.4M views on this topicGovernment health guidelines should not disregard natural immunity or rely solely on central authority figures like Fauci.
“That's why you're ignoring previous infection cuz it doesn't involve any of the guidelines. >> So, it assaults our sense of justice and our sense of any kind of uh right or wrong to say something that's not true. You cannot say anything to him because you have to trust science.”
PBD Podcast · Jan 2026 · 2 episodes · 1.7M views on this topicHe believes the current social distancing and masking protocols in places like Texas are illogical and inconsistent.
“all these social distancing rules don't make sense i'm sitting at a table put my mask on i get up take it off put it on take it off yeah it doesn't matter i got vaccinated i've had covert why am i wearing a [ __ ] mask right now it feels like i'm wearing a condom having sex with my wife”
The Tim Dillon Show · Apr 2021 · 3 episodes · 1.3M views on this topicCOVID-19 lockdowns and restrictions have caused unnecessary economic harm and prioritize government control over quality of life.
“it's like uh yeah we're defending our democracy mean in the meanwhile you can't go to the gym and apparently you can't buy alcohol before Thanksgiving in Pennsylvania I mean dude it's getting [ __ ] weird”
Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast · Nov 2020 · 2 episodes · 1.3M views on this topicCoordinated public health mandates such as universal masking and vaccination are necessary to protect lives and manage pandemic safety.
3 people · 3 episodes
Bryce Hall emphasizes the importance of taking personal responsibility for COVID-19 safety by regularly testing himself and his team and wearing masks.
“Well, you know, you got to be out here and be responsible and wear your masks. Scary times, kids.”
Impaulsive · Jul 2020 · 1 episode · 2.3M views on this topicShe believes it would be safer to maintain mask mandates until a higher percentage of the population is vaccinated.
“and having government say hey leave the masks on another month until we actually get the vaccines into arms and then take them off which is what um is the much more i think safer thing to do”
Heather Cox Richardson · Mar 2021 · 1 episode · 3K views on this topicGavin Newsom argues that he implemented aggressive COVID-19 restrictions to protect lives and that an objective review of these policies is forthcoming.
“Florida shut down their bars and restaurants before California. Before California. The question was when did we start to unwind some of those restrictions? California was more restrictive, and we were certainly aggressive at scale.”
The Rubin Report · Jul 2025 · 0 episodes · 0 views on this topicPositions are extracted from transcripts by a model and may misattribute who said what. Every quote links to the episode it came from.
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