About The Footnote

What is this?

The Footnote is a pundit accountability project. We transcribe podcast episodes, identify every entity mentioned, and surface patterns in what pundits talk about, how often, and how quickly they get there.

The data is inherently funny. The presentation is not.

How does the data work?

Each episode is transcribed using AI speech recognition with speaker diarization (who said what). The transcript is then processed through an entity resolution pipeline that identifies mentions of people, teams, and topics — matching aliases like “Tatum,” “JT,” and “Jayson Tatum” to the same entity.

Stats are computed from these resolved mentions. Every stat card shows its sample size and methodology so you can judge how seriously to take it.

Currently tracking

The Bill Simmons Podcast — the flagship show of The Ringer and a reliable source of recurring takes, bold predictions, and Jayson Tatum references.