Macro analytics
Who owns the mic on each topic — measured across thousands of political podcast episodes, classified left to right and mined for what each side is actually talking about.
How it works
Every episode is transcribed word for word, then classified by AI into one of five stances — Far Left, Left-leaning, Centrist, Right-leaning, or Far Right — based on that episode's own content rather than a fixed label on the show. Episodes are grouped into left (Far Left plus Left-leaning), center, and right; topics are mined from the analyzed quotes. The Index aggregates these across rolling timeframes by air date. Figures update continuously as new episodes are processed and are current as of July 2026.
What the data shows
More on the method in the FAQ.
2025-02-27 — 2026-09-07
How the analyzed corpus splits left to right, and the headlines beneath it.
Share of analyzed quotes by the political stance of the source episode. The corpus tilts right — a reflection of which shows publish most, not an editorial choice.
Coverage asymmetry
84%
32 of 38 topics are covered lopsidedly
Freshness
27 / 255
episodes analyzed in the last 24h / 7d
Most one-sided topic
Religious freedom
Right +87
Most balanced topic
Corporate accountability
Shared
Biggest mover
Criminal justice
+80%
Biggest shifts in topic coverage vs. the prior four weeks.
Surging
Fading
Trends over time · by air date
Topic volume and partisan balance over time, bucketed by episode air date (not processing time).
How much each side of the spectrum talks about each topic. Click a row for the full five-point split.
Bars show each topic's share of quotes by the political stance of the podcast episode. "Left" = Far Left + Left-leaning, "Right" = Right-leaning + Far Right. Lean is the net right-minus-left share of attention. Topics below a minimum volume in the selected window are omitted.
Leaderboards
Every show with 30+ analyzed episodes, placed by its mean episode stance. Bubble size is volume.
Who leads · Political polarization
Lean is the mean of each episode's stance on a −2 (Far Left) … +2 (Far Right) scale. Derived from episode stance because per-show stance is unlabeled in the source data.
Storylines
Topic pairs that keep showing up in the same episode — the threads the discourse ties together.
Demand & voices
Listener demand for briefings, and how each side actually phrases the fight.
What listeners ask for
Topics users request as on-demand briefings. Directional — a small sample.
In their words · by side
Auto-selected sample lines — machine-picked, not editor-curated.
"I need help. My little four-year-old, five-year-old girl. She's very autistic. Just escaped."
Left-leaning · Childcare accessibility
"And so, I think some of the order that came out the other day from the White House was: well, let's just spread the vaccination schedule back out, let parents have an ability to make those decisions for their children with informed consent."
Right-leaning · Childcare accessibility
"You said that gasoline would be below $2 by now. You guaranteed it. That was the 2024 campaign. And you all lied."
Left-leaning · Consumer protection
"The dividend growth investing isn't just a smart strategy. It's the only coherent investment philosophy for people who actually want to own something rather than gamble on it."
Right-leaning · Consumer protection
"The fun in being in corporate media is getting to decide who are the key hires? And more importantly, and more fun for these guys, who are the key fires."
Left-leaning · Corporate accountability
"First up, accountability is finally coming to an agency that spent years leaking, fumbling, and failing the man it is supposed to protect."
Right-leaning · Corporate accountability
"I was a thief. I stole people's lives. And I did someone else's bidding just because they said so. I mean, that is the definition of a monster."
Left-leaning · Criminal justice
"We now have this woman saying that stealing should be legalized. I didn't think I'd hear that in my lifetime, but here we go. That was a new one even for me."
Right-leaning · Criminal justice