The Political Orphanage
Hosted by Andrew Heaton and Heaton · Andrew Heaton
4.9from 1,006 ratings
- 651
- Episodes
- 177
- Transcribed
- 1,006
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2018
- First episode
- 112K
- YouTube views
About The Political Orphanage
Politics minus bile plus jokes. Comedian and avowed independent Andrew Heaton interviews authors and thought leaders about policy and big thinky stuff.
- Publisher
- Andrew Heaton
- Category
- comedy · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 13 Nov 2018
- Latest episode
- 17 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
177 of 651 episodes have a transcript.
17 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
The A.I. Civil War
15 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Upwingers Fighting Downwingers (Rebroadcast)
10 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
How Do Other Countries do Healthcare?
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The A.I. Civil War
Published 17 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] They cost a lot of money. And I can tell you that I know from everybody in the industry, the industry pays extraordinarily close attention. to every like and retweet of every AI engineer in the industry because their opinions and their values are taken into account Because they are so rare and they are fought over. You want the biggest brains that understand this technology at this level because that is the actual rocket fuel that powers your lab to go forward. So when I say these things in broad strokes, I am talking about them very, very, very generally. Sure, sure. People within the safety community, people within the AI engineering community, people within the AI research community, they all take these things very seriously and they all have very nuanced opinions about it. […]
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- Justin Robert Young
- Steve Fuller
- Sally Primus
- Lewis Bollard
- Isabella Reinhardt
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 112,230
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 993 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 13 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 80 / 100
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- Quality
- 99
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 67
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Who hosts The Political Orphanage?
Andrew Heaton and Heaton host the show. Published by Andrew Heaton.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
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