United States

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#21 trending in Culture & Entertainment this week · most on The Ezra Klein Show

The United States of America, commonly called the United States or America, is a federal republic primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C.; its contiguous states border Canada to the north and Mexico to the south, while Alaska and Hawaii are separated from the contiguous mainland.

Rank this week

#21▲15
#23 over 30 days

Share of the conversation

2.1‰
1.2× usual level

6.3‰ of what listeners heard

Reach this week

3 shows
5 episodes · ~3.9M plays

Tone this week

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Not enough signal yet (fewer than 3 episodes scored).

Share of the conversation

Mentions of United States per 1,000 mentions of anything, 7-day rolling, culture & entertainment.

0.0‰2‰4‰6‰8‰usual level · 1.7‰Jul 11Aug 2Aug 25Sep 16Oct 8
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DayShare (7-day)Mentions
Aug 122.32‰1
Aug 131.24‰1
Aug 141.28‰1
Aug 171.82‰3
Aug 191.94‰1
Aug 202.09‰1
Aug 212.07‰1
Aug 242.15‰3
Aug 252.42‰1
Aug 272.46‰2
Aug 311.46‰2
Sep 31.16‰1
Sep 51.63‰1
Sep 81.76‰2
Sep 142.37‰5
Sep 153.07‰3
Sep 174.09‰4
Sep 195.64‰1
Sep 205.96‰1
Sep 214.82‰2
Sep 232.81‰1
Sep 243.07‰4
Sep 253.03‰1
Sep 263.22‰2
Sep 282.36‰1
Sep 293.13‰2
Oct 22.11‰1
Oct 31.78‰1
Oct 52.03‰1
Oct 71.94‰2

Why is it trending?· Last 30 days

Podcasts debate U.S. identity, power, culture, and its role abroad

The Shawn Ryan Show connects the United States to drone warfare, cartel policy, and the reasons people return to serve or repatriate themselves.[1][2][3]

The Ezra Klein Show frames the United States through competing arguments about AI governance, education, and the meaning of national symbols.[4][5][6]

The Joe Budden Podcast carries a direct patriotic argument, with Damona Love relaying a view of America as home and the greatest country in the world.[7]

Culture shows also discuss the United States through films and music, including how American stories are received abroad and how Rambo-era entertainment represented national confidence.[8][9][10]

Other references are lighter or unrelated, including jokes about America on Watch What Crappens and nostalgia for an earlier version of the country on The Rewatchables.[11][12][13]

Sources · 13 moments

  1. 1.
    The Shawn Ryan Show · #342 Garand Thumb - SERE Specialist on Surviving the Most Dangerous Places on Earth
    Mike Johnson · Sep 24 · Listen at 3:24 ↗
    “No, no, no, no. We, we've interviewed a lot of people who have come from Ukraine, and we've been working very heavily with, um, uh, companies that are drone-related, whether it be, um, you know, Power Us, etc., like working on U.S. drone pr”
  2. 2.
    The Shawn Ryan Show · #342 Garand Thumb - SERE Specialist on Surviving the Most Dangerous Places on Earth
    Mike Johnson · Sep 24 · Listen at 1:20:41 ↗
    “But those 2 are kind of the 2 defining factors that motivate people to come back. And then for a 3rd that I definitely want to mention is country. You know, people believe in the United States. They believe in our mission and what we stand”
  3. 3.
    The Shawn Ryan Show · #341 Katarina Szulc - Cartels Are Recruiting Drone Operators From the Ukraine War
    Katarina Szulc · Sep 21 · Listen at 1:56:48 ↗
    “Okay, there's a couple major things that I think are going to happen. First, I think that the US government is really going to do anything in it— in their power to try to turn everyone against each other, even if that means somehow starting”
  4. 4.
    The Ezra Klein Show · Is the World Getting Uglier?
    Debbie Millman · Oct 2 · Listen at 42:06 ↗
    “the brand. Okay? What did he do? I can't even say this with a straight face. He put a flag pin over the logo. I'm like, Dad, you just exchanged one logo for another. Now you are representing the United States on your shirt, on your polo shi”

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