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Citation Needed

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About this Podcast:

The podcast where we choose a subject, read a single Wikipedia article about it, and pretend we're experts. Because this is the internet, and that's how it works now.

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Verified email

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37%

Guest openness

Selective

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89/100
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What is Citation Needed about?

The podcast where we choose a subject, read a single Wikipedia article about it, and pretend we're experts. Because this is the internet, and that's how it works now.

What has Citation Needed covered recently?

Recent episodes include "Grand Theft Auto" (28 October 2026, 38 minutes), "Last Ditch Bar Mask Mandate" (21 October 2026, 34 minutes), and "Moe Berg" (14 October 2026, 41 minutes).

How often does Citation Needed publish?

Citation Needed publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 38 minutes across 501 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on Citation Needed?

Booking probability for Citation Needed is 37%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Citation Needed requires a Pod Score of 89 or higher. Citation Needed's contact route on record: verified email.

About the host

Citation Needed is a society podcast with 501 episodes published.

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Recent episodes

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  • Episode #498

    Grand Theft Auto

    Oct 28, 202638 minS1

    Grand Theft Auto ( GTA ) is an action-adventure video game series created by David Jones and Mike Dailly . [2] Later titles were developed under the oversight of brothers Dan and Sam Houser , Leslie Benzies and Aaron...

  • Episode #495

    Moe Berg

    Oct 14, 202641 min

    Morris Berg (May 3, 1902 – May 29, 1972) was an American professional baseball catcher and coach in Major League Baseball who later served as a spy for the Office of Strategic Services during World War II . He played 15...

  • Oct 7, 202630 minS1

    Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt {{cite web|url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/humboldt|title=Humboldt|work=[[Collins English...

  • Episode #494

    Elizabeth Holmes

    Sep 30, 202632 minS1

    Elizabeth Anne Holmes (born February 3, 1984) is an American businesswoman convicted of fraud in connection with her health technology company Theranos . [ 2 ] Holmes founded Theranos in 2003, and its valuation soared...

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  • Sep 23, 202638 minS1

    Comic book advertisements are a common feature in American comic books mainly from the 1940s onwards. As these advertisements were directed at young people, many made sensational claims, [1] and sold the products for a...

  • Episode #492

    Noel Edmonds

    Sep 16, 202651 minS1

    Noel Ernest Edmonds (born 22 December 1948) is an English businessman, and former television presenter, radio DJ, writer and producer. Edmonds first became known as a disc jockey on Radio Luxembourg before moving to BBC...

  • Sep 2, 202642 minS1

    Count Juan Raphael Dante (born John Timothy Keehan ; February 2, 1939 – May 25, 1975) was an American martial artist figure during the 1960s and 1970s who claimed he could do extraordinary feats such as Dim Mak . [1]...

  • Episode #489

    Matthew Buchinger

    Aug 26, 202633 min

    Matthias Buchinger (German: [maˈtiːas ˈbʊxɪŋɐ] ; June 2, 1674 – January 17, 1740), sometimes called Matthew Buckinger in English, was a German artist , magician , calligrapher , and performer who was born without hands...

  • Episode #488

    Shark Repellent

    Aug 19, 202630 minS1

    A shark repellent is any method of driving sharks away from an area. Shark repellents are a category of animal repellents . Shark repellents are of interest to the commercial fishing industry as well as to swimmers...

  • Aug 12, 202629 minS1

    The expedition aimed to find if there was a connection between the Congo and Niger basins of western and central Africa . Tuckey sailed up the river from its mouth but found that the lower river is not navigable due to...

  • Episode #486

    The FIFA World Cup

    Aug 5, 202640 minS1

    The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition among the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing...

  • Jul 29, 202644 minS1

    Vivos (also known as The Vivos Group ) is a California -based company that built underground shelters designed to withstand future disasters and life-extinction catastrophes. [ 1 ] Robert Vicino founded the company...

  • Episode #481

    NFTs

    Jul 22, 202641 minS1

    A non-fungible token ( NFT ) is a unique digital identifier that is recorded on a blockchain and is used to certify ownership and authenticity. They typically contain references to digital files such as artworks...

  • Jul 15, 202633 minS1

    Pixelon was an American dot-com company founded in 1998 that promised better distribution of high-quality video over the Internet . It was based in San Juan Capistrano, California . [1] It gained fame for its...

  • Episode #481

    Assata Shakur

    Jul 1, 202632 minS1

    Assata Olugbala Shakur ( / ə ˈ s ɑː t ə ʃ ə ˈ k ʊər / ə-SAH-tə shə-KOOR ; born JoAnne Deborah Byron , July 16, 1947 [ a ] – September 25, 2025) was an American political activist, revolutionary, and fugitive who was a...

  • Jun 24, 202639 min

    James R. McClintock, with Horace Lawson Hunley and Baxter Watson, built the submarine Pioneer at New Orleans in 1861 to defend the city against Federal forces. The three men later constructed two submarines at Mobile...

  • Jun 17, 202634 minS1

    Byford Dolphin was a semi-submersible , column-stabilised drilling rig operated by Dolphin Drilling , a subsidiary of Fred Olsen Energy . Byford Dolphin was registered in Hamilton, Bermuda , [3] and drilled seasonally...

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