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How much do true crime podcasts actually spend on public records requests and Freedom of Information Act filings per episode?

ChatGPTgpt-64 queries11/1/2026
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.

SEED QUERY
How much do true crime podcasts actually spend on public records requests and Freedom of Information Act filings per episode?
4 real searches · 1 real-search pass
true crime podcast public records requests FOIA costs per episode budget investigative podcast records feesGoogle ↗
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podcast investigative journalism FOIA request fees records costs case studyGoogle ↗
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FOIA fees news media requesters search duplication hourly fee schedule federal governmentGoogle ↗
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state public records request fee schedules police body camera records audio video costsGoogle ↗
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Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.

Query classes

Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.

ChatGPT real searches (4)
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Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 4 of 4 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.

Searches and sources

ChatGPT4 real searches · gpt-6
true crime podcast public records requests FOIA costs per episode budget investigative podcast records fees Google ↗
podcast investigative journalism FOIA request fees records costs case study Google ↗
FOIA fees news media requesters search duplication hourly fee schedule federal government Google ↗
state public records request fee schedules police body camera records audio video costs Google ↗

Queries

4 queries · click a column to sort
Query / typeSearchIntentQuery classRouting formatClusterFreq ↓Weight
true crime podcast public records requests FOIA costs per episode budget investigative podcast records fees
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podcast investigative journalism FOIA request fees records costs case study
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Reason——1x
of 1
FOIA fees news media requesters search duplication hourly fee schedule federal government
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Reason——1x
of 1
state public records request fee schedules police body camera records audio video costs
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Reason——1x
of 1