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The Narrative Networks Podcast
Using AI we explore the concept of modeling influence pathways. We'll be transcribing and analyzing over 50,000 podcasts and sharing our findings along the way.
Episodes
The Narrative Networks PodcastA racial fertility ranking on Timcast IRL, checked against CDC data
Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. A guest-side voice on Timcast IRL ranked American racial groups by birth rate. The 2024 CDC numbers…
The Narrative Networks PodcastThirty-Eight Days After the Ruling: Shapiro on Birthright Citizenship
Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. Ben Shapiro: birthright citizenship is "not mandated by the Constitution." Verdict: mostly-false…
The Narrative Networks PodcastBen Shapiro on the 14th Amendment: ‘One or Two Weeks After the Civil War’
Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. Ben Shapiro said the Fourteenth Amendment came "one week or two weeks after the Civil War ended."…
The Narrative Networks Podcast“Fauci’s Disease”: How a Conspiracy Theory Retired Into a Punchline
Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. On Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast Ep 628, at 54:24.84 "He was looking for a cure to Fauci's…
The Narrative Networks PodcastSeven Million, Wrong Denominator: Benny Johnson on Islam and Slavery
Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. Benny Johnson said seven million people are enslaved worldwide, all of them in Africa, all in…
The Narrative Networks PodcastSharia at 44:36: How a 2013 Satire Article Became a Sitting Senator’s Fact
Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. A guest identified on-air as Sen. Tim Sheehy said the United States "now has Sharia law," naming…
The Narrative Networks PodcastRFK Jr.’s “Show me one study” on child COVID vaccines
Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. RFK Jr. asked CNN's Dana Bash to show him one study showing children were protected by the COVID…
The Narrative Networks PodcastThe Commissary Problem: “It’s Failed Everywhere” vs. 235 Government-Owned Grocery Stores
Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. USA TODAY says government-owned grocery stores have "failed everywhere else it's been tried." The…
The Narrative Networks PodcastThe Statute Nobody Mentioned: How a State Law Became One Mayor’s Choice
Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. The New York Post says Bill de Blasio "allowed" NYC schools to stop using test scores to decide…
The Narrative Networks PodcastWhy “30 or 40 Million” Border Crossers Is False - Cato, CIS and Heritage All Say 5-7M
Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. A claim on The Benny Show put 30 to 40 million "unvetted, unvaccinated" border crossers under Biden…
The Narrative Networks PodcastBenny Johnson’s Fauci Body Count Went From 7 Million to ‘Tens of Millions’ in 8 Days
Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. Benny Johnson opened his July 30, 2026 episode by calling Anthony Fauci "the single greatest mass…
The Narrative Networks Podcast“A Few Communists”: The Helicopter Joke and the Arithmetic It Erases
Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. On July 28, 2026, at 56:34 in the episode "Jon Stewart's Kaitlin Collins Interview Will Piss You…
The Narrative Networks PodcastZero and Certainty: The Cheapest Claim You Can Make Is a Claim About the Record
Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. We analyze a rhetorical phenomenon called record-rounding, where media figures misrepresent partial…
The Narrative Networks PodcastMinnesota’s Real Autism Fraud and the Missing Word | Matt Walsh Ep. 1811 Fact-Check
Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. Examines the evolution of a political narrative in Minnesota that characterizes Somali-run autism…
The Narrative Networks PodcastTwo Words in Athens: How “In Greece” Went Missing and a Foreign Statistic Became an American One
Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. A recent fact-check examines how a speech by Secretary of State Marco Rubio was edited to create a…
The Narrative Networks PodcastBlaming H-1B Visas for IBM’s 25% Crash: Fact-Checking PBD Podcast #833
Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. On PBD Podcast #833, published July 16, 2026, a co-host opens at the eighteen-second mark by tying…
The Narrative Networks PodcastBallast and Payload: How a Mostly-True Podcast Moved “China Incited BLM”
Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. This report analyzes a specific instance of misinformation on the PBD Podcast, where speakers used…
The Narrative Networks PodcastThe Smithsonian Warning Label: State Intervention in National History
Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. In July 2026, an executive order was issued mandating the installation of warning signs outside the…
The Narrative Networks PodcastIt Must Have Been Aliens: Why a Continent That Exports a Million Cars a Year “Never Built One”
Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. The provided text refutes a viral claim made by James David Manning and amplified on a modern…
The Narrative Networks PodcastThe Erased Threat: Debunking the Myth of Right-Wing Nonexistence
Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. These sources examine a controversial assertion by commentator Benny Johnson that right-wing…
The Narrative Networks PodcastThe One-in-10,000 Gambit: Vaccine Myths and Autism Statistics
Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. Recent media reports and fact-checks examine the persistent, though scientifically discredited…
The Narrative Networks PodcastThe 16-Bit Moon: How India’s Real Lunar Landing Got Rebranded as a Video Game
Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. Examine the misinformation campaign surrounding India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission, which falsely claims…
The Narrative Networks PodcastMumbai, We Have a Problem: The Week the Burden of Proof Flipped
Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. The Narrative Networks Podcast — Week in Review briefing for the week of July 13–19, 2026. Source…
The Narrative Networks PodcastCase of the Missing Millionaires: Fact Checking Dave Rubin’s Take on Zohran Mamdani
Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. We fact check whether changes to a tax law are causing the the impact that Dave Rubin claims.
The Narrative Networks PodcastWeaponizing the Neurobiology of Storytelling
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