Eric Schmidt
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Eric Schmidt is an American technology executive, investor, and former Google chief executive and executive chairman. He has also advised governments and organizations on artificial intelligence, technology, and national security.
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0.4‰ of what listeners heard
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Mentions of Eric Schmidt per 1,000 mentions of anything, 7-day rolling, all podcasts.
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| Day | Share (7-day) | Mentions |
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| Aug 11 | 0.04‰ | 1 |
| Aug 13 | 0.07‰ | 1 |
| Aug 14 | 0.15‰ | 3 |
| Aug 17 | 0.19‰ | 1 |
| Aug 20 | 0.17‰ | 1 |
| Aug 22 | 0.10‰ | 1 |
| Sep 3 | 0.03‰ | 1 |
| Sep 6 | 0.06‰ | 1 |
| Sep 15 | 0.03‰ | 1 |
| Sep 22 | 0.03‰ | 1 |
| Sep 28 | 0.11‰ | 3 |
| Sep 29 | 0.11‰ | 1 |
| Sep 30 | 0.29‰ | 7 |
| Oct 1 | 0.46‰ | 6 |
| Oct 2 | 0.57‰ | 4 |
| Oct 5 | 0.52‰ | 1 |
| Oct 7 | 0.37‰ | 2 |
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Eric Schmidt’s Senate hearing became a widely mocked Jack Smith confrontation
Panel shows focused on Senator Eric Schmidt’s Senate questioning of former special counsel Jack Smith, including an allegation that Smith attended an Atlanta Hawks game as part of a conspiracy involving Fani Willis.[1][2]
Breaking News from Pod Save America said Schmidt arrived believing he had found a smoking gun, but his chart and questioning went disastrously wrong.[3]
Other shows treated the hearing as a joke, with Breaking Points comparing Schmidt’s performance unfavorably with Hank Johnson’s Guam remark and Pardon My Take joking about inviting him to the Hawks game.[4][5]
Separate discussions mentioned Schmidt’s earlier technology and business roles, including Apple and Google, boardroom management at a search company, and the San Francisco Consensus in AI values.[6][7][8]
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- 1.All the Wrong Moves: How America Made Trump · 226. The Secret Message in Hegseth’s Unhinged SpeechKatty Kay · Oct 1 · Listen at 21:53 ↗
“criminally, and this sounded a lot like Republican senators trying to build the case to get some kind of charges against him. The only problem for the senators was that they made a screw-up. Enter one Senator Eric Schmidt of Missouri, who w”
- 2.Letters from an American · A Scene before the Senate Judiciary CommitteeHeather Cox Richardson · Sep 30 · Listen at 4:37 ↗
“when the midterms are less than 40 days away. Some of them, though, clearly intended to appeal either to Trump or to the MAGA base by using their protected speech to insult and abuse Smith. Senator Eric Schmidt, a Republican of Missouri, la”
- 3.Breaking News from Pod Save America · Trump Just Made The Midterms Even Harder for RepublicansBrian Tyler Cohen · Oct 1 · Listen at 12:35 ↗
“The shitter at Mar-a-Lago. Senator Eric Schmidt, not the Google guy. It turns out— I'm just kidding. I knew that. Senator Eric Schmidt, Republican from Missouri, came into the hearing thinking that he was about to be a hero. That he had fou”
- 4.Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar · 9/30/26: Trump Sham AI Deal, Nvidia Stock Buyback, Flight To Israel Hijacked, Minab School Bombing HorrorsEmily Jashinsky · Sep 30 · Listen at 5:15 ↗
“They are mad. So, and so we'll hear from some of those folks. And Jack Smith. So Emily's got some actual news on what Jack Smith has been up to. Which she'll get into, and we'll have a lot of fun at the expense of Eric Schmidt, who— oh my G”
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