4 Things To Know This Afternoon
Hosted by Erick Erickson · Erick Erickson
5.0from 32 ratings
- 285
- Episodes
- 174
- Transcribed
- 32
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2025
- First episode
- 3M
- YouTube views
About 4 Things To Know This Afternoon
Your essential end-of-day rundown of the four most important stories breaking while you were busy. Hosted by nationally syndicated radio host Erick Erickson, 4 Things to Know This Afternoon delivers smart, conservative analysis of the four biggest headlines shaping the nation and the world in less than ten minutes. From national security to culture, economics to politics, Erick distills the noise into clarity—cutting through the spin with conviction, context, and a clear-eyed view of where things stand. Subscribe for daily insight before dinner.
- Publisher
- Erick Erickson
- Category
- news · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 2 Jun 2025
- Latest episode
- 7 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
174 of 285 episodes have a transcript.
7 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
GOP Polling, Bond Yields, Fed Rate Outlook and Christa Pike Update
5 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Inflation, Trump Judges, Plague Reports and GOP Senate Concerns
2 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
G7 Oil Release, Weak Hiring, Pike Update and GOP Spending Shifts
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GOP Polling, Bond Yields, Fed Rate Outlook and Christa Pike Update
Published 7 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] As the public sector grows, it deprives the private sector of the investment needed for private sector growth, and that hurts GDP. Now, today, there happened to be a good auction by treasuries, and that sent the bond yield down. As a result, stocks started to recover with that encouraging news. As the interest rate, though, stays high, that's the yield. Well, that means the government has to spend more money. That means the debt grows. That means that government can prepare and cover less social services. That means the government needs more money. That means the debt spiral grows. Unless Congress gets a handle on this, there's a problem. […]
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- YouTube views
- 3,297,002
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 19 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 13 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 56 / 100
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- Quality
- 62
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 32
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