  Podcasting on Rumble, an alternative video-sharing platform, attracts
controversial figures known for spreading divisive and often misleading
content, which sharply contrasts with YouTube's more regulated environment.
Motivated by the growing impact of podcasts on political discourse, as seen
with figures like Joe Rogan and Andrew Tate, this paper explores the political
biases and content strategies used by these platforms. In this paper, we
conduct a comprehensive analysis of over 13K podcast videos from both YouTube
and Rumble, focusing on their political content and the dynamics of their
audiences. Using advanced speech-to-text transcription, topic modeling, and
contrastive learning techniques, we explore three critical aspects: the
presence of political bias in podcast channels, the nature of content that
drives podcast views, and the usage of visual elements in these podcasts. Our
findings reveal a distinct right-wing orientation in Rumble's podcasts,
contrasting with YouTube's more diverse and apolitical content.
