Initial disclaimer: I’m very much a progressive person.

Recently listening to podcasts like Heavyweight, Reply All, Invisibilia, Underunderstood etc, I noticed that while the episode - or podcast overall - is investigative journalism lite, something incidental but progressive might happen (using the correct pronouns for a trans person, for example.) I also recently rewatched the Some More News episode on why conservative comedy is so awful, which sparked my pondering.

So… while I’m not interested in veering to the right, this did get me wondering what content might be out there that I’ve not been exposed to at all. Are there (relatively) apolitical podcasts out there that mirror those lite journalism examples above?

  • yarr@feddit.nlEnglish
    71·
    8 months ago

    How would one ever discover that a given podcaster is right wing if they are apolitical?

        • otp@sh.itjust.works
          41·
          8 months ago

          Not explicitly. The whole point of dog whistles is that they’re not supposed to sound political so someone can hide their intentions from people who don’t know and signal their beliefs to the in-group.

          • yarr@feddit.nlEnglish
            3·
            8 months ago

            What’s an example of an apolitical dog whistle that cannot be identified as right or left wing?

            • otp@sh.itjust.works
              5·
              8 months ago

              Dog whistles are political, but they don’t sound political. They could be used in apolitical podcasts to signal the host’s political affiliation without explicitly stating it.

                • otp@sh.itjust.works
                  4·
                  8 months ago

                  Using “diversity” or “inclusive” as a bad word.

                  Using 88 without reason (or 1488).

                  There’s also people using the term “Monday” to refer to black people. (So they can say “I hate Mondays” and stuff without it being immediately obvious).

                  “Those [kinds of] people” is another pretty transparent one.

                  In Canada, there was “traditional Anglo-Saxon words”, lol

                  • yarr@feddit.nlEnglish
                    32·
                    8 months ago

                    Using “diversity” or “inclusive” as a bad word.

                    Using 88 without reason (or 1488).

                    There’s also people using the term “Monday” to refer to black people. (So they can say “I hate Mondays” and stuff without it being immediately obvious).

                    “Those [kinds of] people” is another pretty transparent one.

                    In Canada, there was “traditional Anglo-Saxon words”, lol

                    None of these seem apolitical to me. I would associate most of these with right wing philosophies. I was specifically looking for examples of apolitical dog-whistles.