Polygraph

PolygraphElection 2026

The Weeknight

16 episodes of The Weeknight used one of six fraud phrases between Aug 19 and Oct 28, 2026. From the report Fraud talk on podcasts; see all shows.

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The Weeknight cover art
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Top 95% of charting podcasts
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Episodes over time

Episodes per week One episode

Weeks run Monday to Sunday; the last, from Oct 26, runs to Wednesday Oct 28 and is drawn in outline. Source: Particle

Phrases

Episodes that used each phrase
  • voter fraud13 (81%)
  • election fraud4 (25%)
  • illegal voting3 (19%)
  • noncitizen voting1 (6%)

Share of the show’s 16 episodes. An episode can use more than one phrase. Source: Particle

In the stance sample

4 segments of this show were drawn for the report's stance sample. Every statement about fraud by anyone on air was read for what the speaker does with it: asserts that fraud happens, reports it, asks about it, or rebuts it. A stance is what was said, not a verdict on the claim.

Statements about fraud, by stance Asserts Reports, asks or unclear Rebuts
  • The Weeknight11 statements9% assert fraud55% rebut it
  • Left-leaning shows in the sample671 statements13% assert fraud60% rebut it

Polygraph reading of the sampled segments. Source: Particle

Episodes

16 episodes that used a fraud phrase, newest first, with the phrases each one used.

  1. 'Shenanigans'Phrases: voter fraud
  2. 'Republicans Are Scared'Phrases: voter fraudelection fraud
  3. 'This Is How Authoritarianism Operates'Phrases: voter fraud
  4. ‘The Call Is Coming From Inside the House’Phrases: voter fraudelection fraud
  5. ‘Win Big’Phrases: voter fraud
  6. ‘Undermining Our Country’Phrases: illegal voting
  7. ‘Skilled Useful Idiot’Phrases: voter fraud
  8. ‘A Lot of Confusion’Phrases: voter fraudillegal votingnoncitizen voting
  9. ‘Doesn’t Give a Darn’Phrases: election fraud
  10. ‘They're Running Scared’Phrases: voter fraudelection fraud
  11. ‘Trump’s Henchmen’Phrases: illegal voting
  12. ‘Bereft and Derelict’Phrases: voter fraud
  13. ‘Can't Fumble This Away’Phrases: voter fraud
  14. 'When does this end?'Phrases: voter fraud
  15. 'Democracy Dying in Broad Daylight'Phrases: voter fraud
  16. 'Don't Take the Bait'Phrases: voter fraud

Episode titles as published; a title links to the show’s own page for the episode where its feed gives one. Source: Particle

About this show's numbers

The episodes are this show’s English-language episodes from July 27 to October 28, 2026 that used one of six exact phrases: voter fraud, election fraud, rigged election, stolen election, illegal voting or noncitizen voting. An episode counts once even when it used several. Episodes and lean ratings come from Particle.

Size is the show’s rank on Apple Podcasts charts on October 28. Lean is the show’s rating where we checked it: this show has one. Category is the first one the show lists in its own feed. Cover art comes from the show’s own feed.

A mention is not an endorsement: shows that rebut fraud claims use the same phrases. The stance sample, where a show has one, says which. Back to the report.

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