🎙️ What a show tells
BBC Global News Podcast
- CENTERour grouping of the show
- 47claims in our motif index
- 58motifs 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
🧩 Collective punishment 🧩 Betrayal by trusted figure 🧩 Affordability crisis 🧩 Targeting civilians 🧩 Thirsty data centers 🧩 Staffing shortage 🧩 Punching down 🧩 Proxy warfare
👯 Tells the most alike
the shows whose stories overlap most with its own, whatever their lean
- 🎙️ Up First (NPR) 32% alike · center
- 🎙️ Breaking Points 29% alike · center
- 🎙️ The MeidasTouch Podcast 27% alike · left
- 🎙️ WSJ What's News 25% alike · center
- 🎙️ The Brian Lehrer Show (WNYC) 23% alike · center
🧩 Its repertoire
every motif its claims came up in, the most first
🧩 Betrayal by trusted figure ×2 🧩 Proxy warfare ×2 🧩 Oil market instability ×2 🧩 Data center panic ×2 🧩 Staffing shortage ×2 🧩 Punching down ×2 🧩 Whose side are you on anyway? ×2 🧩 Lawfare ×2 🧩 Targeting civilians ×2 🧩 Thirsty data centers ×2 🧩 Affordability crisis ×2 🧩 Collective punishment ×2 🧩 Corporate exploitation ×1 🧩 Secrets leaked to enemy ×1 🧩 Passing the buck ×1 🧩 Political coercion ×1 🧩 Soft on crime ×1 🧩 Retreat ×1 🧩 Rigged election ×1 🧩 The sleeper agent ×1 🧩 Targeting minorities ×1 🧩 Government counteroffensive ×1 🧩 Housing shortage ×1 🧩 Government collapse triggers election ×1 🧩 Political retaliation ×1 🧩 The spy among us ×1 🧩 Dangerous protests ×1 🧩 Money in politics ×1 🧩 Bribing voters ×1 🧩 Botched execution ×1 🧩 The war is escalating ×1 🧩 Be more French ×1 🧩 Flip-flopper ×1 🧩 Antisemitic left ×1 🧩 This changes everything ×1 🧩 Runoff ×1 🧩 Narcissus ×1 🧩 Enthusiasm gap ×1 🧩 War for votes ×1 🧩 New 9/11 ×1
🎙️ Lately on the show
its latest claims, in our words, with their motifs
- 2026-10-27 “Lula won the previous election through questionable means and a technicality.”
🧩 Rigged election - 2026-10-27 “The Trump DOJ is committing an appalling abuse of the Department of Justice against James Comey.”
🧩 Political retaliation 🧩 Lawfare - 2026-10-26 “Flavio Bolsonaro would have allowed land grabbing and resource extraction in the Amazon.”
🧩 Corporate exploitation 🧩 The Lorax - 2026-10-26 “Trump is upset because he was not awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.”
🧩 Narcissus - 2026-10-26 “Lula da Silva won a historic victory because the first round of voting galvanized more voters to participate.”
🧩 Enthusiasm gap - 2026-10-26 “Flavio Bolsonaro refuses to recognize the election results because of voting irregularities.”
🧩 Sore loser - 2026-10-26 “Trump calls Abdul El-Sayed a jihadist and questions his ties to the Muslim Brotherhood.”
🧩 Brotherhood candidate - 2026-10-25 “Israel is using collective punishment by demolishing Palestinian homes and besieging Hebron.”
🧩 Punching down 🧩 Collective punishment - 2026-10-25 “The Democratic Party has become increasingly anti-Semitic.”
🧩 Antisemitic left - 2026-10-23 “Israel is planning a full-scale assault on the largest city in the West Bank under the pretense of protecting soldiers.”
🧩 Punching down 🧩 Collective punishment - 2026-10-23 “Ukrainians believe the U.S. is siding with Russia.”
🧩 Whose side are you on anyway? 🧩 Abandoning an ally - 2026-10-23 “Benjamin Netanyahu plans to demolish and evacuate a Palestinian neighborhood in the West Bank.”
🧩 Driven off the land - 2026-10-22 “Benjamin Netanyahu uses racism to undermine the legitimacy of Arab parties.”
🧩 Targeting minorities - 2026-10-22 “The Houthis are targeting Saudi oil sites and airports with missiles and drones.”
🧩 Proxy warfare 🧩 Oil market instability - 2026-10-22 “The Houthis have launched attacks on Saudi ships, particularly those transporting crude oil.”
🧩 Proxy warfare - 2026-10-22 “Donald Trump is promising $5,000 to voters while adding strings to the offer.”
🧩 Bribing voters - 2026-10-22 “The Houthi war is escalating following an attack on a Saudi airport.”
🧩 The war is escalating 🧩 Targeting civilians - 2026-10-22 “Benjamin Netanyahu might trigger a major conflict with Iran to stay in power.”
🧩 War for votes - 2026-10-21 “Trump is pressuring Zelenskyy to end the war with Russia.”
🧩 Political coercion - 2026-10-21 “Donald Trump argues that American taxpayers are tired of providing hundreds of billions of dollars to Ukraine without receiving anything back.”
🧩 Where our tax dollars go - 2026-10-21 “Farmers face a cost of living crisis compounded by high diesel, fertilizer, and grain prices.”
🧩 Affordability crisis - 2026-10-21 “Ukraine fears that Donald Trump is willing to make deals with Vladimir Putin that do not account for Ukrainian needs.”
🧩 Bromance 🧩 Sudetenland - 2026-10-18 “French people cannot live properly because the cost of gas and oil is so high.”
🧩 Affordability crisis 🧩 Bread riots - 2026-10-18 “The Second World War was a clearly good war on the side of the Allies.”
🧩 The good war - 2026-10-15 “Ukraine attacked a Russian oil refinery because Russia broke an energy ceasefire declared by President Trump.”
🧩 Peace in our time - 2026-10-13 “Elon Musk has given a record amount of money to Republican groups ahead of the voting.”
🧩 Money in politics - 2026-10-13 “AI technology will significantly increase economic productivity and create wealth and jobs.”
🧩 This changes everything - 2026-10-13 “The investigation into Ilhan Omar is an abuse of power by federal authorities.”
🧩 Lawfare - 2026-10-12 “Data center developments in Arizona make neighborhoods less livable by producing noise, heat, and consuming excessive water.”
🧩 Data center panic 🧩 Thirsty data centers - 2026-10-12 “Data centers have negative impacts on energy usage, water usage, and noise levels.”
🧩 Data center panic 🧩 Thirsty data centers