The Distraction: A Defector Podcast

The Distraction: A Defector Podcast

by Defector Media

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Insights from recent episode analysis

Audience Interest

Podcast Focus

Categories: sports · society
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Publishing Consistency

Frequency: ~3-4 / Week
250+ episodes since 2020

Platform Reach

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Most discussed topics

listener questions
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sports culture
6
sports
2
nba
2
baseball
2
sports commentary
2

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    🎙 Daily cadence·287 episodes·Last published 1w ago
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Platform Distribution

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YouTube

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Castbox

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Podcast App

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Podcast Republic

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On the show

From 21 eps

Hosts

DM
Drew Magary
20 eps
DR
David Roth
20 eps
MF
Manny Fidel
1 ep
NF
Noah Friedman
1 ep
DJ
Devan Joseph
1 ep

Recent guests

19 across last 21 eps
KM
Kelsey McKinney
2 eps
LT
Lauren Theisen
1 ep
AS
Aaron Schatz
1 ep
MS
Mike Schur
1 ep
EZ
Ed Zitron
1 ep
EB
Emma Baccellieri
1 ep
KP
Ken Pomeroy
1 ep
RN
Rohan Nadkarni
1 ep
SH
Spencer Hall
1 ep
LS
Leander Schaerlaeckens
1 ep
DG
David Grann
1 ep
IL
Ian Livengood
1 ep
PR
Patrick Redford
1 ep
GN
Giri Nathan
1 ep
JH
Justin Halpern
1 ep
DM
Diana Moskovitz
1 ep
DM
Dave McKenna
1 ep
AS
Alex Sujong Laughlin
1 ep
RR
Ray Ratto
1 ep

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