Yeah, I'd probably not highlight political podcasts on the front page if I was going for a general audience. Risks snowballing and becoming a partisan site (I'd also not highlight, say, a Crooked Media podcast there, despite being a fan...)

They're using some kind of API to get the podcasts since a very rare pod that I followed showed up - so maybe that's just due to the listeners that BS and JP have.

Those are two of the most popular voices in this medium, it'd be needlessly limiting to exclude them if you're trying to launch a business around discussing podcasts.

For every one of you, there may be a dozen people who are attracted to the platform for the fact that these two are included.