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Hidden Brain
Center national news. Over-indexes on Culture War & Social Issues (9.6×).
As described by the publisher
Why do I feel stuck? How can I become more creative? What can I do to improve my relationships? If you’ve ever asked yourself these questions, you’re not alone. On Hidden Brain, we help you understand your own mind — and the minds of the people around you. (We're routinely rated the #1 science podcast in the United States.) Hosted by veteran science journalist Shankar Vedantam.
43
Episodes transcribed
Sep 2025–Jul 2026 covered
7
Episodes analyzed
8 tone reads — one per figure per episode
Mixed
No clear favorite or target
thin read
What This Tone Is Based On
The tone scores on this page come from analyzing how this show covers each political figure it mentions. Below is the breakdown of how many of those reads were positive, neutral, or negative.
Positive00%
Neutral675%
Negative225%
Net media tone Negative across 8 figure-in-episode tone reads (not audience/impressions).
How Hidden Brain Differs from Other Shows
Overall this show runs more critical than the rest of the media — mean tone -0.30 vs the media's -0.11.
Coverage Volume
Transcribed episodes per week — last 26 weeks
Sentiment Trajectory
Average weekly tone toward figures — green favorable, red critical
Show organizations & places →Organizations & Places They Focus On
Organizations
Hidden Brain39
Hidden Brain Media37
Stanford21
Harvard11
University of Chicago8
Places
United States11
New York11
New York City11
Earth10
China9
Germany9
England9
France8