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Top News/Talk Media Stories This Past Week (January 5-9, 2026)

By TALKERS | by TALKERS

Here are the most talked about stories of the past week (1/5-9) on news/talk radio and related talk media according to TALKERS:

Stories

  1. Maduro Captured and Arraigned
  2. Venezuelan Oil / “Donroe” Doctrine
  3. Fatal Minneapolis ICE Shooting
  4. Trump Greenland Ambitions
  5. Iran Protests-Instability
  6. U.S. Exits 66 Treaties
  7. Social Services Money to Blue States Frozen
  8. RFK Jr’s Dietary Recommendations / CDC Vaccination Guidelines
  9. Dokoupil’s CBS News Debut
  10. U.S. Rep LaMalfa Dies

People

  1. Donald Trump
  2. Nicolás Maduro 
  3. Marco Rubio
  4. Mike Johnson
  5. JD Vance
  6. Renee Nicole Good / Jonathan Ross
  7. Pele Broberg
  8. Masoud Pezeshkian
  9. RFK Jr.
  10. Doug LaMalfa

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

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Dan Bongino Teases Return to Media

By TALKERS | by TALKERS

Dan Bongino, who left his Westwood One radio show and podcast to take on the deputy director position with the FBI, is teasing a return to media. Bongino, a veteran and former Secret Service agent before getting into talk media, announced late last year that he would be leaving the FBI, is expected to get back into media, posted the following to X: “Thanks forimg everything while we worked on cleaning up. Working in the administration was the experience of a lifetime. I’ll have some announcements coming up but I’m taking a couple of days to spend with the family. A couple of things: Thank you for your interest in the show and its return date. We will have something for you soon. The Trump team is not kidding around. It’s an otherworldly experience from the other side. He’s determined and focused. And having been around quite a few Presidents, this one broke the mold.  If we blocked you, it’s because we care so little about your bullsh*t that we deem it not worthy of even seeing. If you’re bitching and whining about it that means you can’t exist without seeing and commenting on ours. You’ll need to get over that. We do it because there’s nothing black-pillers and anti-Trumpers want more than to create division and drama. We’re about results, and we’ll talk about some of it soon.”  

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Top News/Talk Media Stories This Past Week (December 15-19, 2025)

By TALKERS | by TALKERS

Here are the most talked about stories of the past week (12/15-19) on news/talk radio and related talk media according to TALKERS:

Stories

  1. Venezuela Tanker Blockade / Regime Change / Boat Strikes
  2. Trump TV Address / The Economy
  3. Brown U.-MIT Shooter Case
  4. Health Care Bill / ACA Premiums
  5. Susie Wiles Interview Controversy
  6. Reiner Slayings / Trump Comments
  7. Sydney Mass Shooting / Antisemitism
  8. Bongino to Exit FBI
  9. Epstein Files Photos / Gender Affirming Care Ban
  10. U.S.-Taiwan Arms Deal

People

  1. Donald Trump
  2. Nicolás Maduro
  3. Pete Hegseth
  4. Susie Wiles
  5. Kash Patel
  6. Mike Johnson
  7. Jerome Powell
  8. Rob & Michelle Reiner / Nick Reiner
  9. Dan Bongino
  10. RFK Jr / Dr. Mehmet Oz

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 (December 8-12, 2025)

By TALKERS | by TALKERS

Here are the most talked about stories of the past week (12/8-12) on news/talk radio and related talk media according to TALKERS:

Stories

  1. U.S. Seizes Oil Tanker / Trump Threatens Maduro / Drug Boat Strikes
  2. The Economy / Trump Tour / Fed Cuts Interest Rates
  3. Health Care Debate
  4. Trump Demands Indiana Redistricting
  5. Netflix-Warner Bros-Paramount Battle
  6. ICE Raids
  7. Defense Bill
  8. Russia-Ukraine War
  9. Farm Assistance Program
  10. Sherrone Moore Firing

People

  1. Donald Trump
  2. Nicolás Maduro / María Corina Machado
  3. Pete Hegseth / Mitch Bradley
  4. Jerome Powell
  5. Mike Johnson
  6. Rodric Bray
  7. David Ellison / David Zaslav
  8. Vladimir Putin / Volodymyr Zelensky
  9. Steve Witkoff
  10. Sherrone Moore

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 (December 1-5, 2025)

By TALKERS | by TALKERS

Here are the most talked about stories of the past week (12/1-5) on news/talk radio and related talk media according to TALKERS:

                Stories

  1. Drug Boats Strike Controversy
  2. Hegseth Under Fire
  3. ICE Raids / Trump’s Somalis Comment
  4. The Economy / Crypto Sell-Off /Trump Approval Numbers
  5. Russia-Ukraine Peace Process
  6. Trump Health Questions
  7. Tennessee House Special Election
  8. House Subpoenas Jack Smith
  9. S. Attorneys Disqualified
  10. The Epstein Files / NY Times Sues Pentagon

People

  1. Donald Trump
  2. Pete Hegseth
  3. Mitch Bradley
  4. Steve Witkoff
  5. Vladimir Putin
  6. Scott Bessent
  7. Matt Van Epps / Aftyn Behn
  8. Jim Jordan / Jack Smith
  9. Lindsey Halligan / Alina Habba
  10. Jeffrey Epstein

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