🎙️ What a show tells
PBD Podcast (podcast)
- RIGHTour grouping of the show
- 64claims in our motif index
- 62motifs 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
🧩 Taking a knee 🧩 Bowling alone 🧩 Social trust erosion 🧩 Equivocator 🧩 Dual loyalty 🧩 Proxy warfare 🧩 Lacks charisma 🧩 Manchurian candidate
👯 Tells the most alike
the shows whose stories overlap most with its own, whatever their lean
- 🎙️ Top Story with Tom Llamas (NBC) 53% alike · center
- 🎙️ The Mark Levin Show 50% alike · right
- 🎙️ Verdict with Ted Cruz 47% alike · right
- 🎙️ Clay Travis & Buck Sexton 45% alike · right
- 🎙️ The Megyn Kelly Show 43% alike · right
🧩 Its repertoire
every motif its claims came up in, the most first
🧩 The impostor ×5 🧩 Taking a knee ×5 🧩 Guilt by association ×4 🧩 Manchurian candidate ×3 🧩 Dual loyalty ×3 🧩 Social trust erosion ×2 🧩 Proxy warfare ×2 🧩 It's the economy, stupid ×2 🧩 Equivocator ×2 🧩 Bowling alone ×2 🧩 Lacks charisma ×2 🧩 Pious hypocrite ×1 🧩 Funding conspiracy ×1 🧩 Sharia takeover ×1 🧩 Double standard ×1 🧩 Rigged election ×1 🧩 In this economy? ×1 🧩 Oil market instability ×1 🧩 Dangerous protests ×1 🧩 Lost golden age ×1 🧩 Misusing public funds ×1 🧩 The war is escalating ×1 🧩 Pain at the pump ×1 🧩 Political infighting ×1 🧩 Losing the base ×1 🧩 Citizen Kane ×1 🧩 Unpopular war ×1 🧩 Defiling the sacred ×1 🧩 Bioweapon ×1 🧩 Unholy alliance ×1 🧩 Flip-flopper ×1 🧩 Captured court ×1 🧩 Protests too much ×1 🧩 Fall of the Republic ×1 🧩 Own goal ×1 🧩 Lawfare ×1 🧩 Sheep's clothing ×1 🧩 Polls are manipulated ×1 🧩 The enemy of all mankind ×1 🧩 Biting the hand that feeds ×1
🎙️ Lately on the show
its latest claims, in our words, with their motifs
- 2026-10-26 “Abdul El-Sayed has taken money from groups associated with the Muslim Brotherhood.”
🧩 Funding conspiracy 🧩 Sharia takeover 🧩 Manchurian candidate - 2026-10-26 “Abdul El-Sayed has connections to the Muslim Brotherhood.”
🧩 Guilt by association - 2026-10-26 “Abdul El-Sayed has troubling connections to the Muslim Brotherhood.”
🧩 Guilt by association - 2026-10-26 “Abdul El-Sayed is a supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood and his family has long been supporters.”
🧩 Guilt by association 🧩 Manchurian candidate 🧩 Dual loyalty - 2026-10-26 “Abdul El-Sayed and his family are affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood.”
🧩 Guilt by association 🧩 Manchurian candidate 🧩 Dual loyalty - 2026-10-26 “Lula won the previous election through questionable means and a technicality.”
🧩 Rigged election - 2026-10-26 “Student-led protests in France morphed into widespread violence and looting.”
🧩 Dangerous protests - 2026-10-26 “Trump is unlikely to attack Iran before the midterm elections because Republicans and voters do not want war.”
🧩 Unpopular war - 2026-10-26 “James Tallarico changes his political positions to match others because he cannot win based on his actual record.”
🧩 Flip-flopper - 2026-10-26 “Lula is a former criminal who benefited from a corrupt Supreme Court in Brazil.”
🧩 Captured court - 2026-10-26 “Tallarico is lying to voters about a trans agenda.”
🧩 Sheep's clothing - 2026-10-26 “Fake polls in primary races manipulate donor behavior and change campaign dynamics.”
🧩 Polls are manipulated - 2026-10-26 “The legal system creates an incentive structure that encourages women to initiate divorce.”
🧩 Structural causes - 2026-10-26 “Lula has achieved a shocking comeback victory in the second round of the Brazilian election.”
🧩 Runoff - 2026-10-26 “Democrats pander to Black people.”
🧩 Pandering - 2026-10-26 “Elon Musk intentionally restricted Starlink access in Ukraine because the military used it for offensive strikes.”
🧩 The backdoor - 2026-10-26 “Republicans are losing because their candidates lack fire and drive.”
🧩 Lacks charisma 🧩 Low energy - 2026-10-26 “The Pentagon is preparing military bases to survive 90 days without outside support.”
🧩 Protect and Survive - 2026-10-26 “Marco Rubio is urging Cubans to send information to the CIA.”
🧩 Bay of Pigs - 2026-10-23 “Americans are increasingly spending time alone and avoiding community spaces.”
🧩 Social trust erosion - 2026-10-23 “Americans have been becoming less socially active for decades.”
🧩 Social trust erosion 🧩 Lost golden age 🧩 Bowling alone - 2026-10-23 “Ilhan Omar's lifestyle and marriages are inconsistent with her claims of being an observant Muslim.”
🧩 Pious hypocrite - 2026-10-23 “Ilhan Omar's campaign allegedly used improper financial practices involving her husband.”
🧩 Misusing public funds - 2026-10-23 “Republicans are more concerned with a controversial advertisement than with Democratic policies.”
🧩 Political infighting - 2026-10-23 “Elon Musk is the most powerful man in the world due to his influence over communication and technology.”
🧩 Citizen Kane - 2026-10-23 “LeBron James disrespects the country by practicing a golf swing during the national anthem.”
🧩 Defiling the sacred 🧩 Taking a knee - 2026-10-23 “Amy Acton's mother claims Acton is a liar who lied about growing up in a tent.”
🧩 The impostor - 2026-10-23 “Amy Acton is a liar who has lied about her past and her upbringing.”
🧩 The impostor - 2026-10-23 “Amy Acton is a liar who has fabricated stories about her childhood.”
🧩 The impostor - 2026-10-23 “Ilhan Omar was married to her brother.”
🧩 The impostor