[4] Stand-in hosts in Gizbert’s absence have been former Al Jazeera news anchor Barbara Serra and the show’s executive producer Meenakshi Ravi.

Tariq Nafi, Johanna Hoes, Nic Muirhead, Ahmed Madi, Florence Phillips and Meenakshi Ravi write and present such segments.

There have also been special episodes on the challenges facing the BBC, and the expanding Israeli surveillance The Listening Post's style is fast-paced and context rich.

In addition, the show has discussed a recurring journalistic tendency to regurgitate convenient "factual" detail, without checking either the source of the material - and a possible agenda in offering it - or the methodologies, which can frequently be unscientific and specious.

– Aastha Manocha, newslaundry[8] The shows most popular episodes have covered a wide range of geographies, often bringing global focus to underrepresented media stories.