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Top News/Talk Media Stories This Past Week (February 23-27, 2026)

Here are the most talked about stories of the past week (2/23-27) on news/talk radio and related talk media according to TALKERS:

Stories

  1. Trump’s SOTU Address
  2. Epstein Files Fallout / Clinton Testimonies
  3. U.S.-Iran Talks
  4. Cuba Speedboat Incident
  5. Economy / Tariffs / Mortgage Rates
  6. Trump-Vance Withhold Medicaid Funds from Minnesota
  7. Russia-Ukraine Talks
  8. Gaza Instability / North Korea Nuclear Threats
  9. Winter Weather / Mamdani-NYC Police Relations
  10. Nancy Guthrie Case

People

  1. Donald Trump
  2. Jeffrey Epstein / Ghislaine Maxwell
  3. Bill & Hillary Clinton
  4. Mike Johnson
  5. Abbas Araghchi / Badr al-Busaidi
  6. JD Vance
  7. Vladimir Putin / Volodymyr Zelenskyy
  8. Benjamin Netanyahu
  9. Zohran Mamdani / Kim Jong Un
  10. Nancy Guthrie / Savannah Guthrie

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 (February 16-20, 2026)

Here are the most talked about stories of the past week (2/16-20) on news/talk radio and related talk media according to TALKERS:

Stories

  1. The Epstein Files Fallout / Executives Resign / Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor Arrested
  2. U.S.-Iran Tensions
  3. Trump’s “Affordability” Tour
  4. SCOTUS Strikes Trump Tariffs / SAVE America Act / Mid-Term Elections
  5. Partial Government Shutdown / DHS Funding
  6. Colbert-CBS Talarico Interview Case
  7. Rubio in Europe
  8. Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks
  9. Nancy Guthrie Case
  10. Jesse Jackson and Robert Duvall Die

People

  1. Donald Trump
  2. Jeffrey Epstein / Ghislaine Maxwell
  3. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
  4. Thomas Pritzker / Kathryn Ruemmler
  5. Jared Kushner / Steve Witkoff / Abbas Araghchi
  6. Marjorie Taylor Greene
  7. Mike Johnson
  8. Stephen Colbert / James Talarico
  9. Nancy Guthrie / Savannah Guthrie
  10. Jesse Jackson / Robert Duvall

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 (February 9-13, 2026)

Here are the most talked about stories of the past week (2/9-13) on news/talk radio and related talk media according to TALKERS:

Stories

  1. ICE Operations / End of Minnesota Surge
  2. The Economy / Record Dow / Jobs Report / Falling Crypto
  3. The Epstein Files / Bondi Testimony
  4. Super Bowl Aftermath / Bad Bunny
  5. House Canada Tariffs Vote
  6. Olympics / Political Statements
  7. Artificial Intelligence
  8. U.S.-Iran Tensions
  9. Nancy Guthrie Case
  10. El Paso Anti-Drone Laser Incident

People

  1. Donald Trump
  2. Jeffrey Epstein
  3. Pam Bondi
  4. Howard Lutnick
  5. Bad Bunny/ Kid Rock
  6. Mike Johnson
  7. J.D. Vance / Hunter Hess
  8. Benjamin Netanyahu
  9. Savannah Guthrie / Nancy Guthrie
  10. Sean Duffy

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 (February 2-6, 2026)

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

Stories

  1. Trump ICE Activities, Policies and Backlash
  2. Epstein Files Revelations
  3. The Economy / Inflation / Interest Rates / Tariffs
  4. U.S.-India Trade Agreement
  5. Trump Floats Controversial Election Reform / FBI Raids GA Election Headquarters
  6. Middle East Tensions – Iran – Gaza / Russia-Ukraine War
  7. Trump’s Health Concerns – POTUS Poops Pants at Presser
  8. Nancy Guthrie Missing
  9. Measles Outbreak
  10. Melania Movie / Pre Superbowl Hype, Speculation, and Politics / Trump to “Renovate” Kennedy Arts Center

People

  1. Donald Trump
  2. Kristi Noem / Gregory Bovino / Tom Homan / Pam Bondi
  3. Jeffrey Epstein / Ghislaine Maxwell / Bill and Hillary Clinton / Melania Trump / Tulsi Gabbard
  4. Alex Pretti / Renee Good
  5. Jerome Powell / Kevin Warsh
  6. Masoud Pezeshkian / Narendra Modi / Marco Rubio / Vladimir Putin
  7. Nancy and Savannah Guthrie
  8. Bad Bunny
  9. Drake Maye / Sam Darnold / Mike Vrabel
  10. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr / Maria Shriver

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

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Harris Launches Vegas Crime Files Podcast

Las Vegas-based talk media personality Heidi Harris is debuting a new podcast in the true crime genre. She tells TALKERS, “My newest podcast is finally here! ‘Vegas Crime Files!’ I’ve been working so hard on this and I’m really excited about it. ‘Vegas Crime Files’ pulls back the curtain onimg infamous and fascinating lesser-known crimes through firsthand accounts from those who investigated, prosecuted, and survived them. No Googled stories or AI scripts. Details you will hear nowhere else, from the people who are free to discuss what really happened in Vegas.” Harris says her first episode asks, “Who’s the guy in the barrel that was found in Lake Mead? I speak to the cold case detective who worked the case, and a journalist who grew up with the guy who just might be in the barrel!”

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Top News/Talk Media Stories This Past Week (January 26-30, 2026)

Here are the most talked about stories of the past week (1/26-30) on news/talk radio and related talk media according to TALKERS:

Stories

  1. Killings by ICE Agents / 2nd Amendment Uproar
  2. Dems Threaten DHS Funding
  3. Noem & Bovino Criticism
  4. Potential Government Shutdown
  5. Fed Keeps Rates Steady / Warsh Nominated for Fed Chair
  6. The Economy / Falling Dollar
  7. U.K. & Canada China Deals
  8. Trump Threatens Iran
  9. Winter Storm Aftermath
  10. Melania Movie / Belichick Snubbed by HOF

People

  1. Donald Trump
  2. Kristi Noem / Gregory Bovino
  3. Tom Homan
  4. Alex Pretti / Renee Good
  5. Chuck Schumer
  6. Jerome Powell / Kevin Warsh
  7. Keir Starmer / Mark Carney / Xi Jinping
  8. Masoud Pezeshkian
  9. Melania Trump
  10. Bill Belichick

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