- 95
- Episodes
- 14
- Transcribed
- 42
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
- 94K
- YouTube views
About Straight To It
The Straight to It podcast hosts conversations with leaders in government, journalism, business, the arts, and beyond. Each episode shares the story of a new guest and provides listeners with an understanding of fascinating people and the work that animates them. Tune in every two weeks for conversations with guests that have included a member of the U.S. Congress, the Editor of Foreign Affairs, and an Emmy-winning film producer.
- Publisher
- Charlie Zeitlin
- Category
- society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 14 Jun 2021
- Latest episode
- 4 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
14 of 95 episodes have a transcript.
4 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Ep. 95: "Ransack the Book" — New York Review of Books Editor Emily Greenhouse on Language, Criticism, and the Essay
19 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Ep. 94: Public History on a Presidential Scale with Dawn Hammatt, Director of the Bush Library and Museum.
10 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Ep. 93: Inside San Francisco’s resurgence and the ideas driving it forward with Missy Narula, CEO of Crankstart
Inside a recent episode
Ep. 95: "Ransack the Book" — New York Review of Books Editor Emily Greenhouse on Language, Criticism, and the Essay
Published 4 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And It's, you know, criticism is the act of being in conversation. So it's, you know, what we publish, I often tell writers, you don't have to diligently say, you know, chapter three is about this and the language sounds like this, although it's always interesting to hear what the language sounds like. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on Straight To It
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Emily Greenhouse
- Dawn Hammatt
- Missy Narula
- Tommy Rosenkranz
- Neeru Khosla
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 93,954
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 25 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 17 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 58 / 100
A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.
- Quality
- 50
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 85
- Engagement
- 77
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How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes bi-weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does Straight To It take guests?
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