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Current Affairs
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A podcast of politics and culture, from the editors of Current Affairs magazine.
Top 96.3% by pitch volume (Rank #48148 of 50,000)Data updated Feb 10, 2026

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Weekly
Episodes
600
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Category
News
Number of listeners
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Cadence: Active weekly
Reply rate: Under 2%

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Abigail Thorn is an actor, writer, and the creator of the widely acclaimed YouTube channel Philosophy Tube, where she explores politics, culture, and philosophy through performance and storytelling. She is currently starring in BLINK, a London stage play about livestreaming, voyeurism, and parasocial intimacy written years before those concepts entered mainstream discourse. 🎭 Subscribe to Philosophy Tube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ0HX-m_eSY 🎭 Get tickets to BLINK: https://kingsheadtheatre.com/whats-on/blink-df19 0:00-3:21 BLINK and Parasocial Intimacy 3:21-7:39 Parasocial Relationships and Boundaries 7:39-11:08 Building Philosophy Tube 11:08-13:51 Aesthetics, Performance, and Ideas 13:51-22:36 Theatre vs. YouTube as Mediums 22:36-30:01 Performance in Politics Without Sacrificing Substance 🦩SUBSCRIBE TO CURRENT AFFAIRS MAGAZINE: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership 🦩 PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/c/CurrentAffairs 🦩THE MYTH OF AMERICAN IDEALISM: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/738224/the-myth-of-american-idealism-by-noam-chomsky-and-nathan-j-robinson/

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Abigail Thorn is an actor, writer, and the creator of the widely acclaimed YouTube channel Philosophy Tube, where she explores politics, culture, and philosophy through performance and storytelling. She is currently starring in BLINK, a London stage play about livestreaming, voyeurism, and parasocial intimacy written years before those concepts entered mainstream discourse. 🎭 Subscribe to Philosophy Tube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ0HX-m_eSY 🎭 Get tickets to BLINK: https://kingsheadtheatre.com/whats-on/blink-df19 0:00-3:21 BLINK and Parasocial Intimacy 3:21-7:39 Parasocial Relationships and Boundaries 7:39-11:08 Building Philosophy Tube 11:08-13:51 Aesthetics, Performance, and Ideas 13:51-22:36 Theatre vs. YouTube as Mediums 22:36-30:01 Performance in Politics Without Sacrificing Substance 🦩SUBSCRIBE TO CURRENT AFFAIRS MAGAZINE: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership 🦩 PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/c/CurrentAffairs 🦩THE MYTH OF AMERICAN IDEALISM: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/738224/the-myth-of-american-idealism-by-noam-chomsky-and-nathan-j-robinson/

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5
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Rank
#48148
Top 96.3% by pitch volume (Rank #48148 of 50,000)
Average rating
4.6
From 573 ratings
Reviews
51
Written reviews (when available)
Publish cadence
Weekly
Active weekly
Episode count
600
Data updated
Feb 10, 2026
Social followers
744.2K

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NewsPodcastsGovernment
Country
United States
Language
English
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Release cadence
Weekly
Latest episode date
Fri Feb 06 2026

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Reply rate band
Under 2%
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Response time band
30+ days
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Replies received
21–50
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744.2K
Contact available
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Yes
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