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SunSeeker

(56,227 posts)
Wed Feb 19, 2025, 06:20 AM Feb 2025

Anti-Trump Podcast Dethrones Joe Rogan at Top of the Charts

Source: Daily Beast

An anti-Trump podcast outpaced The Joe Rogan Experience by a large number of downloads and views over the past month, according to podcast ranker Podscribe.

The MeidasTouch Podcast grew its reach by 101 percent in the past month, raking in 56 million downloads and views across audio platforms and YouTube, data as of Feb. 18 showed.

Joe Rogan’s show came in second place with 48.6 million downloads and views, down by 32 percent over the past month.The MeidasTouch Podcast is hosted by brothers Ben, Brett, and Jordan Meiselas, who regularly scorch President Donald Trump in episodes that mix news and banter.

Before joining forces, Ben was the lead lawyer for NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick and co-owns the Los Angeles Magazine with celebrity attorney Mark Geragos. Brett won two Emmys for his video editing work for The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Jordan, meanwhile, was an award-winning advertising executive in New York.

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/anti-trump-podcast-dethrones-joe-rogan-at-top-of-the-charts/



Podcasts are major sources of news and drivers of public opinion these days, so this is good news.
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Anti-Trump Podcast Dethrones Joe Rogan at Top of the Charts (Original Post) SunSeeker Feb 2025 OP
meidas is regularly posted on our video forum (thanks, rhiannon and others) rampartd Feb 2025 #1

rampartd

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1. meidas is regularly posted on our video forum (thanks, rhiannon and others)
Wed Feb 19, 2025, 07:28 AM
Feb 2025

hyperbolic headlines but great information and analysis.

i've never watched the other guy so "no comment."

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