How Podcasts Ruined America ^56.9%

Compact - By Michael Tracey - 6/24/2026, 6:06 AM

Hasty Generalization 26.7% - Biased Writer Voice 10.5% - Confirmation Bias 5.8%

I was just speculating for a podcast. I had no personal information. I was just speculating for a podcast.” This was the testimony of Howard Lutnick, the sitting Secretary of Commerce, to the House Oversight Committee on May 6, 2026. For Lutnick, the word “podcast” seems to describe a media format in which aimless speculation is both... more