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

By TALKERS | by TALKERS

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

By TALKERS | by TALKERS

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)

By TALKERS | by TALKERS

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.

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Top News/Talk Media Stories This Past Week (January 19-23, 2026)

By TALKERS | by TALKERS

Here are the most talked about stories of the past week (1/19-23) on news/talk radio and related talk media according to TALKERS:

Stories

  1. Trump at Davos / Greenland Strategy
  2. ICE Raids-Protests / Administrative Warrants
  3. Affordability / Financial Markets Activity
  4. Board of Peace
  5. SCOTUS Hears Lisa Cook Case
  6. Clintons-Contempt of Congress Charges / Epstein Files
  7. Jack Smith Testimony
  8. Iran Protests-Deaths
  9. Halligan Exits Justice Department
  10. Indiana Wins Football Championship / NFL Playoffs

People

  1. Donald Trump
  2. Mark Rutte
  3. Mette Frederiksen / Lars Løkke Rasmussen
  4. Gavin Newsom
  5. Vladimir Putin
  6. Volodymyr Zelenskyy
  7. Lisa Cook
  8. Bill & Hillary Clinton
  9. Jack Smith
  10. Lindsey Halligan

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 (January 12-16, 2026)

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Here are the most-talked-about stories of the past week (1/12-16) on news/talk radio and related talk media according to TALKERS:

Stories

  1. ICE Activities and Protests
  2. Iran Protests and Turmoil
  3. U.S. Policy on Venezuela
  4. Trump’s Greenland Ambitions
  5. Economy / Inflation / Interest Rates/ Tariffs
  6. Russia-Ukraine War
  7. Israel-Gaza Tensions
  8. Boeing Crash Investigation Findings
  9. NFL Playoffs / NCAA Betting Scandal
  10. Epstein Files

People

  1. Donald Trump
  2. Renee Nicole Good / Kristi Noem / Tim Walz
  3. Nicolás Maduro / Maria Corina Machado
  4. Masoud Pezeshkian / Ali Khamenei
  5. Marco Rubio / JD Vance
  6. Jens-Frederik Nielsen / Mette Frederiksen
  7. Mike Johnson / Pete Hegseth / Pam Bondi
  8. Vladimir Putin / Volodymyr Zelenskyy
  9. Benjamin Netanyahu
  10. Jeffrey Epstein

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 (January 5-9, 2026)

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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.”