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Top News/Talk Media Stories This Past Week (November 2-6, 2026)

Here are the most talked about stories of the past week (11/2-6) on news/talk radio and related talk media according to TALKERS:

Stories

  1. Midterm Blue Wave
  2. Future of MAGA Movement
  3. Iran War
  4. The Economy / Markets Sell-Off
  5. Jeffries Moves to Become Speaker
  6. Israel Leadership Battle
  7. Pete Hegseth’s Future
  8. European Protests
  9. California Billionaire Tax
  10. Russia-Ukraine War

People

  1. Donald Trump
  2. JD Vance
  3. James Talarico
  4. Abdul El-Sayed
  5. Jon Ossoff
  6. Roy Cooper
  7. Hakeem Jeffries
  8. Benjamin Netanyahu
  9. Pete Hegseth
  10. Vladimir Putin / Volodymyr Zelensky

To see the full TALKERS Stories, Topics, and People Charts, please click HERE.

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Top News/Talk Media Stories This Past Week (October 25-29)

Here are the most talked about stories of the past week (10/25-29) on news/talk radio and related talk media according to TALKERS:

Stories

  1. Midterms / Trump on Campaign Trail
  2. Peltola Campaign Allegations
  3. U.S. Economy Grows / Affordability
  4. Trump Teases New Iran Strikes / Hegseth Fires Lt. General
  5. Israeli Elections / Bolsonaro Settles in Miami
  6. New Comey Prosecution / Maurene Comey Firing Overturned
  7. Anthropic IPO / AI Concerns
  8. DHS Hacked
  9. Trump’s Potomac Golf Project
  10. U.S.-Canada Trade Talks

People

  1. Donald Trump
  2. JD Vance
  3. Abdul El-Sayed / Mike Rogers
  4. Ken Paxton / James Talarico
  5. Vivek Ramaswamy / Amy Acton
  6. Barack Obama
  7. Mary Peltola
  8. Pete Hegseth / Brett Sylvia
  9. James Comey / Maurene Comey
  10. Flavio Bolsonaro

To see the full TALKERS Stories, Topics, and People Charts, please click HERE.

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Harrisons Take a Shot at the Fermi Paradox with The ALIEN

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TALKERS publisher Michael Harrison is a longtime advocate of talk radio and associated talk media expanding the scope of their spoken-word content to include a wider spectrum of popular subject matter. One such realm that has fascinated the iconic broadcasting figure since childhood is space exploration, and the search for extra-terrestrial life. According to Harrison, “One of the hottest non-partisan topics in social and digital media today is ‘The Fermi Paradox’ – a discussion that centers around a simple burning question, considering the extremely high odds of life existing throughout the universe, where is everybody?”  

Harrison and his son, TALKERS associate publisher, media attorney, and digital content producer, Matthew B. Harrison –

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The ALIEN as portrayed by Michael Harrison

whose online vignettes, commercials, and Gunhill Road music videos have attracted well over a million views on the internet – have teamed up to produce a 4:30 “digital film” titled, The ALIEN which tackles the Fermi Paradox from a perspective that is extremely contrary to popular science community sensibilities.  Regarding that, Michael Harrison boldly proclaims, “Our message – delivered by an extremely advanced alien individual played by me – borders on blasphemy by YouTube standards.  I hope I’m not banished from the galaxy.” To view The ALIEN in its entirety, please click here.  To arrange an interview with Michael Harrison to discuss this far out topic, please email info@talkers.com or phone 413-565-5413.        

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Top News/Talk Media Stories This Past Week (October 19-23)

Here are the most talked about stories of the past week (10/19-23) on news/talk radio and related talk media according to TALKERS:

Stories

  1. Midterms / Trump on the Campaign Trail
  2. Russia-Ukraine War Peace Negotiations / Stephen Hubbard Freed
  3. Starshield Controversy
  4. Violent Protests in France
  5. The Economy / AI and Data Centers
  6. U.S.-Iran War
  7. Trump Approval Numbers
  8. SCOTUS Trans Prison Care Ruling / Border Wall Request
  9. Mississippi Toddler Slaying Ruling
  10. Oregon School Shooting

People

  1. Donald Trump
  2. Vivek Ramaswamy / Amy Acton
  3. Abdul El-Sayed / Mike Rogers
  4. JD Vance
  5. Vladimir Putin / Volodymyr Zelensky
  6. Steve Witkoff
  7. Elon Musk
  8. Scott Bessent
  9. Emannuel Macron
  10. Ilhan Omar

To see the full TALKERS Stories, Topics, and People Charts, please click HERE.

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Top News/Talk Media Stories This Past Week (October 12-16)

Here are the most talked about stories of the past week (10/12-16) on news/talk radio and related talk media according to TALKERS:

Stories

  1. Midterms / Trump on the Campaign Trail
  2. The Economy / Inflation
  3. Russian Diesel Deal
  4. Russia-Ukraine War / Starlink Issue
  5. Ilhan Omar Investigation
  6. Katie Zacharia Controversy / Guilfoyle-Deters Case
  7. China-Houthis Connection
  8. AI / Data Centers Controversies
  9. Cornell Rape Case
  10. Hasan Execution

People

  1. Donald Trump
  2. James Talarico / Ken Paxton
  3. JD Vance
  4. Vladimir Putin
  5. Volodymyr Zelensky
  6. Scott Bessent
  7. Ilhan Omar
  8. Kimberly Guilfoyle / Eric Deters
  9. Katie Zacharia
  10. Pete Hegseth / Nidal Hasan

To see the full TALKERS Stories, Topics, and People Charts, please click HERE.

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Top News/Talk Media Stories This Past Week (October 5-9)

Here are the most talked about stories of the past week (10/5-9) on news/talk radio and related talk media according to TALKERS:

Stories

  1. Midterm Elections / Trump on Campaign Trail
  2. The Economy / Gas Prices
  3. Iran War / B1s Leave UK Air Base
  4. AI Concerns / Data Center Controversies
  5. Cornell Protests / France Protests
  6. New SCOTUS Term
  7. Russian Pneumonic Plague Case
  8. CNN Absorbed by Skydance
  9. Christa Pike Case
  10. Hurricane Isaias

People

  1. Donald Trump
  2. Ken Paxton / James Talarico
  3. Abdul El-Sayed / Mike Rogers
  4. Scott Bessent
  5. Dario Amodei
  6. Sam Altman
  7. Jensen Huang
  8. Xi Jinping
  9. Vladimir Putin
  10. Christa Pike

To see the full TALKERS Stories, Topics, and People Charts, please click HERE.