Podcast Sentiment and Topic Analysis
Intro I am a bit of a podcast addict. One of the podcasts I listen to most, The Jordan Harbinger Show, has Feedback Friday every week. It’s effectively an agony aunt, except with two uncles. I always loved it, but over time I’ve felt it has become too negative - too many stories about addiction and abusive relationships. They’re interesting to discuss, but they’re a bit depressing.
I wanted to test this hypothesis. Jordan is nice enough to provide all the transcripts on his website, so I thought I’d analyse the FBF episodes from the last year and see if they really are negative. While I had the data, I thought it would be interesting to extract common themes and topics too.
