The Listening Post
Hosted by Richard Gizbert and Meenakshi Ravi and Nicholas Muirhead · Al Jazeera
4.8from 45 ratings
- 164
- Episodes
- 16
- Transcribed
- 45
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2022
- First episode
- 6B
- YouTube views
About The Listening Post
A weekly programme that examines and dissects the world's media, how they operate and the stories they cover.
- Publisher
- Al Jazeera
- Category
- news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 29 Jan 2022
- Latest episode
- 6 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
16 of 164 episodes have a transcript.
6 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
How Trump’s unconvincing narrative on Iran lost him the US midterms
30 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The narrative war over Israel’s Arab vote | The Listening Post
11 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The scramble to rewrite Biden's record on Gaza | The Listening Post
Inside a recent episode
How Trump’s unconvincing narrative on Iran lost him the US midterms
Published 6 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Now, the conventional wisdom is that foreign policy doesn't usually move elections in the United States. But when the domestic costs are this high at the gas pump, in household bills, in the billions of dollars being spent by the Treasury to run the war effort, then it becomes impossible to ignore. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on The Listening Post
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Alex Shephard
- Rob Arlett
- Maya Berry
- Jonathan Shainin
- Maya Rosen
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 5,896,096,174
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 45 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 73 / 100
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- Quality
- 70
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 96
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Who hosts The Listening Post?
Richard Gizbert and Meenakshi Ravi and Nicholas Muirhead host the show. Published by Al Jazeera.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does The Listening Post take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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