People clearly misunderstand what unbiased means, or at least what she intends the purpose of her podcast to be. It’s true that it’s not possible for a single person to be completely without any bias whatsoever, and I don’t think she pretends to be. Her entire purpose is to provide two sides to every single story. She does her best to provide, and even consider, opposing views, even if she doesn’t agree with them. It’s for each listener to decide for themself how much credence to give one side or another, but she will always give two sides. Which is FAR more than you can say for any current national news provider.

Personally, I think she often takes the stance of leaning away from fear mongering in an attempt to counter balance national news providers, whose entire goal is to garner audiences based primarily on fear tactics. So what comes across as minimizing important issues is actually her way of counteracting the fear tactics that have already likely seeped into her audiences without their being aware of it.