# Is Amazon blocking some political podcasts?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-amazon-blocking-some-political-podcasts/1015697>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Tags:** trump\
**Created:** [March 17, 2025, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-amazon-blocking-some-political-podcasts/1015697 "2025-03-17T02:27:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2025, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-amazon-blocking-some-political-podcasts/1015697/1 "2025-03-17T02:27:43Z")

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We used to be able to get various left-leaning podcasts like Democracy Docket, Unjustified,  
Shrinking Trump, and Weekend Show with Anthony Davis through our Echo Devices. Alexa now claims not being able to find them, though our computers do so fine. Is Amazon blocking these?

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**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2025, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-amazon-blocking-some-political-podcasts/1015697/2 "2025-03-17T10:58:27Z")

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Are you using a government/military network?

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**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2025, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-amazon-blocking-some-political-podcasts/1015697/3 "2025-03-17T13:34:57Z")

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No, and as I said the shows come through fine over our IP to the computer. It’s somewhere between the router and the Echo Dot they get “lost”. I just wondered if Bezos was having Amazon mess up.