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How could it be both right-leaning and apolitical?
Sounds like OP means right-leaning, topic-wise, but not getting into the politics of it. If I had a good example, I'd have replied with it. lol
As a left-leaning example, NPR is pretty apolitical, but the stories they cover and the words/phrasing they choose to use are designed to appeal to those who lean left. While they're not a podcast, they do have radio shows.
I'm not a podcast person, so I can't really offer any of either bias.
Uh... NPR absolutely gets into the politics of things. Maybe not a deep dive, but 90% of what I hear that isn't music I'd describe 100% as politics.
Sounds like too may only be listening to news shows.
Fresh Air, This American Life, Car Talk, Something Wild are all largely non-political, but many cover liberal topics, but not from a political standpoint.
They also tend to cover factual stories about science and the environment, which— unfortunately for the right—tends to involve topics that the right wing have made political.
How would one ever discover that a given podcaster is right wing if they are apolitical?
Dog whistles? Jokes that punch down?
Wouldn't that count as political?
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.
What's an example of an apolitical dog whistle that cannot be identified as right or left wing?
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.
OK, what's an example of one?
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.
My point was that they could be used in an apolitical podcast to send the signal to the in-group (aka. The right wing). They don't necessarily sound political to someone who doesn't know what they mean.
It can't...
Okay, that's a good question. Tbh I wasn't sure anyone would respond so I tried to keep the post succinct.
I just meant that I'd been listening to podcasts about a neutral topic and then the host would say something to show their leaning. And my only exposure to the right was mostly via the alt right. So I was wondering if there was interesting content out there where the focus is mostly neutral also