🎙️ What a show tells
The Intelligence (Economist)
- CENTERour grouping of the show
- 16claims in our motif index
- 21motifs they came up in
⚠️ Stories told, not claims that they're true.
What the show's hosts, guests, callers and the clips they play said, as claims in our words, filed by the shape of the story. "Came up on" the show: told, reported or argued against. We don't yet mark which.
✍️ Its signature
the motifs it tells far more than the other shows we follow do
🧩 Political dynasty 🧩 Bioweapon 🧩 The war is escalating
👯 Tells the most alike
the shows whose stories overlap most with its own, whatever their lean
- 🎙️ Breaking Points 21% alike · center
- 🎙️ The Bulwark Podcast 18% alike · left
- 🎙️ David Pakman Show (podcast) 17% alike · left
- 🎙️ The Kyle Kulinski Show 17% alike · left
- 🎙️ BBC Global News Podcast 16% alike · center
🧩 Its repertoire
every motif its claims came up in, the most first
🧩 Political dynasty ×3 🧩 The war is escalating ×2 🧩 Bioweapon ×2 🧩 Proxy warfare ×1 🧩 Housing shortage ×1 🧩 Government collapse triggers election ×1 🧩 Foot in mouth ×1 🧩 Own goal ×1 🧩 Electability ×1 🧩 Big crowds ×1 🧩 Flailing desperately ×1 🧩 Debt crisis ×1 🧩 Settling scores ×1 🧩 Dead weight president ×1 🧩 Forever war ×1 🧩 Ride the wave ×1 🧩 Big Mo ×1 🧩 Bromance ×1 🧩 Sore loser ×1 🧩 They want the issue, not the solution ×1 🧩 Crooked ×1
🎙️ Lately on the show
its latest claims, in our words, with their motifs
- 2026-10-26 “The midterm convention held by Trump in Dallas was detrimental to Ken Paxton's political standing.”
🧩 Foot in mouth 🧩 Own goal 🧩 Dead weight president - 2026-10-26 “Ken Paxton is a historically terrible candidate because he is corrupt.”
🧩 Electability 🧩 Crooked - 2026-10-26 “Ken Paxton is taking the lead over James Tallarico in the polls.”
🧩 Big Mo - 2026-10-26 “Flavio Bolsonaro has not conceded defeat and is trying to annul the election.”
🧩 Sore loser - 2026-10-21 “Donald Trump is sympathetic to Vladimir Putin and relates to him as a leader.”
🧩 Bromance - 2026-10-20 “Political forces have an interest in keeping the riots politicized ahead of the election.”
🧩 They want the issue, not the solution - 2026-10-12 “The Houthis' military capabilities have improved due to Iranian support.”
🧩 Proxy warfare 🧩 The war is escalating - 2026-10-12 “The war in Yemen has been devastating for the population.”
🧩 The war is escalating 🧩 Forever war - 2026-10-09 “Russia is suspected of maintaining a biological weapons program despite international conventions.”
🧩 Bioweapon - 2026-10-09 “Russia has a history of operating illegal biological weapons programs.”
🧩 Bioweapon - 2026-10-08 “Rising interest payments on debt will squeeze government finances and limit their ability to spend.”
🧩 Debt crisis - 2026-10-07 “Over a quarter of a million people participated in protests across France yesterday.”
🧩 Big crowds - 2026-10-06 “Pedro Sánchez is calling a snap election to use public anger over housing as a way to renew his political mandate.”
🧩 Housing shortage 🧩 Government collapse triggers election 🧩 Flailing desperately 🧩 Ride the wave - 2026-10-05 “The Bolsonaro family is attempting to consolidate power by placing numerous family members in government positions.”
🧩 Political dynasty - 2026-10-05 “The election of several members of the Bolsonaro family to office in Brazil parallels the potential reemergence of the Trump family in the US.”
🧩 Political dynasty - 2026-10-05 “Flavio Bolsonaro's primary political agenda involves pardoning his father and targeting the Supreme Court.”
🧩 Political dynasty 🧩 Settling scores