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24 alternatives to FiveThirtyEight - Totally Subjective Odds

A pre-launch experiment for their new politics podcast

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. FiveThirtyEight - Totally Subjective Odds launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   The Probe #1: The Teaser▲65

   Satirical take on popular magazine-style news podcasts

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Talking With Alexa - Presidential Elections▲53

   A podcast co-hosted by Amazon's Alexa

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   The Podglomerate▲70

   A hybrid podcast network and production house

   2017 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Planet Money▲153

   A podcast covering the global economy

   2014 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Some Noise - The Trump Minority▲60

   A podcast episode about minorities voting for Trump

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6AS
   A social platform to record and debate predictions of the future▲78

   2019 · predibly.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Freakonomics - This Is Your Brain on Podcasts▲60

   Scientific evidence that podcasts are good for your brain

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Let's Talk: The Anchor Podcast - Unfavorable Ratings▲65

   >50% of Americans dislike both presidential candidates

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Intelligence Squared▲74

   A podcast of Oxford-style debates on complex topics

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Castbacker▲88

    Kickstarter for podcasts

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Prehype Podcast▲107

    Entrepreneurs speaking to people they think are interesting

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Tim Ferriss Show - Challenging Reality w/ Eric Weinstein▲65

    Quite possibly one of my favorite podcast episodes ever.

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Founder Thunder Round — #3 "What is success to you, personally?" w/ 10 founders▲65

    10 Founders, 1 Question per episode

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14II
    Interviewed.io – A growing database of podcast interviews▲14

    2015 · interviewed.io · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Tung▲96

    A social podcast player

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Building Nexcast Part 6: What's Up With Podcasting?▲62

    Many strangers give us their take on podcasting

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Building Nexcast Part 1: Schooled by Silicon Valley▲74

    Part 1 of the journey building the podcast app and platform

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Hit Reply – Episode 0: Yet Another Startup Podcast?▲80

    How we went from 0 launches in 5 years to 9 in the last 2

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Pod Save America: Teaser Episode▲62

    Political podcasts, founded by Jon Favreau

    2017 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    OPT-IN! — A Marketing and Sales Podcast▲53

    Why every business should have a podcast

    2016 · its alternatives →

21. 21IM
    I made this: ShoutFast▲32

    This is our entry in the "spontaneous event creation" ring. I'd love to hear what HN readers think!

    2011 · shoutfast.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Demuxed: Ep. #2, Adaptive Streaming & DASH▲55

    Podcast for & by engineers working with web video

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Dudes of Disruption - Episode 28: Politics: Blind Faith, Partisanship, and Separation.▲55

    Is there room for common ground & partnership?

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24BA
    Ballotter, an Online Video Debating Platform for Our Discussions▲30

    2017 · ballotter.com · its alternatives →

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