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Said this week

19–25 October 2026

One line from each of the five most popular shows that published a transcribed episode this week. Complete sentences only. Lines that look like ads are left out. Chosen automatically two days after the week ends.

Popular means the Podcast Index popularity score, the same order as the Top 10 list. Weeks run Monday to Sunday in UTC, by episode publish date.

  1. Decoder with Nilay Patel Bill Gates says to prepare for 20 years of ‘tumultuous’ AI disruption

    “He thinks we need to prepare for roughly two decades of AI destruction, and he says his period could be so painful it might split society into, between people comfortable living near the technological frontier and those who reject it.”

  2. Accidental Tech Podcast 714: Get the Bigger Pizza

    “Mark was out, pause the program now, go download from the App Store and try it yourself and then come back to the show.”

  3. Acquired Seinfeld

    “NBC is now saying to the individual creators to Jerry and Larry, you go find your own production company, cut your own deal with them, we guarantee we'll make it.”

  4. Motley Fool Money Mailbag, incl: Is ‘tax the rich’ a solution? October 25, 2026

    “The other example of a perch we didn't touch on a lot was when you buy come just as really cheap.”

  5. Masters of Scale Reid Hoffman and OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar on where AI goes from here

    “So unlike a lot of, you know, having grown up somewhat in corporate America, you did off sites and it was to talk about like, it's a revenue going to look like next year or next quarter and how we're going to think about headcount and so on.”