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Lever Reruns
by The Lever
Lever Reruns is a series of one-off interviews and live chats recorded during the old Daily Poster days. We probably won't add any new episodes, but please enjoy these in perpetuity. The Lever is reader-supported investigative news outlet that holds accountable the people and corporations manipulating the levers of power.
Episodes
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The Secret Wealth Transfer
The Daily Poster recently published a deep-dive report on Wall Street executives skimming billions of dollars of fees off the retirement savings of teachers, firefighters and other government workers. The relationship between public pensions and alternative investment firms has become one of the...
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The Leak Exposing The Billionaire Tax Scam
Sirota talks to ProPublica's Jesse Eisinger about the recent leak of IRS data showing how billionaires are able to accumulate vast wealth while paying so little in taxes. Recent analyses have estimated that every year, the richest 1 percent are not paying between $174 billion and $250 billion of...
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Inside The UFO Mystery
With the government recently issuing a new report on UFOs, Sirota talks to journalist Laura Krantz, whose new podcast series is called "Wild Thing: Space Invaders." It looks at our culture's obsession with the idea of extraterrestrial life. They discuss the government's renewed interest in UFOs,...
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The Whistleblower Who Exposed An FDA Scandal
Sirota talks with Dr. Aaron Kesselheim, the Harvard researcher who last month touched off national headlines when he resigned from a panel that advises the Food and Drug Administration on drug approvals. Kesselheim resigned because the agency approved a pharmaceutical company's unproven…
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Elite Groupthink And The Lab-Leak Theory
Sirota and Tom Frank begin by discussing some of the Daily Poster's financial reporting on the housing market this week. Then, they move into a larger discussion of Frank's controversial Guardian oped about the power of elite groupthink and the pushback against even scientifically reviewing the...
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Biden's First 100 Days
Photo credit: Getty Images This week is President Joe Biden’s 100th day in office, and so The Daily Poster’s latest podcast takes a look at Biden’s personnel appointments to see whether or not his administration has been captured by corporate interests. On the podcast, Sirota talked with Max…
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Are We Winning A New Political Era?
A few weeks ago, The Daily Poster noted that the exclusion of a $15 minimum wage from the American Rescue Plan was a missed opportunity and a tragic failure. Then again, our reporting also pointed out same bill’s direct aid to millions of people was an enormous victory and a huge success for a...
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How They Killed A $15 Minimum Wage
This week, Sirota and Tom Frank discuss the campaign for a higher minimum wage. Joe Biden campaigned on a promise to enact a $15 minimum wage and as recently as six weeks ago, the White House and top Democrats were signaling that they were determined to make sure it was included in must-pass…
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The Insurrection Was A Warning
Photo credit: Brent Stirton/Getty Images This week, Sirota and Tom Frank discuss the rise and fall of the Lincoln Project, and how the Republican group is merely the latest iteration of “political entrepreneurs” turning democracy into a business opportunity. They also discuss the larger context…
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Liberal Wonks Are Trying To Blow It
During a new subscriber-only podcast this week, Sirota and Tom Frank discuss: • The troll phase of Larry Summers career, and the Biden administration’s surprising rejection of his latest attempt to undermine the stimulus. • Democrats latest attempts to complicate the promised $2,000 checks — and...
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Make The Game Stop
Why do Democratic politicians try to means-test every social program to the point where they become incomprehensibly complex? Will stock market populism save the republic from the predators on Wall Street? The Daily Poster discussed these topics and more this week with Thomas Frank, the famed...
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Q&A With Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro
The entire election could come down to the state of Pennsylvania. Donald Trump won it in 2016 and the polls this time around are close. As Democrats have been requesting more ballots than Republicans under the state’s new vote by mail system, Trump and Republicans have been trying to limit that...
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Thomas Frank On The Democrats
As part of the exclusive content we offer to supporting subscribers, I am going to periodically publish some podcast interviews I’ve done that still remain relevant today. This is the first. Back in 2017, I talked to author Thomas Frank about how the Democratic Party had lost so much power over…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Lever Reruns is a series of one-off interviews and live chats recorded during the old Daily Poster days. We probably won't add any new episodes, but please enjoy these in perpetuity.
The Lever is reader-supported investigative news outlet that holds accountable the people and corporations manipulating the levers of power.
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Lever Reruns is a series of one-off interviews and live chats recorded during the old Daily Poster days. We probably won't add any new episodes, but please enjoy these in perpetuity. The Lever is reader-supported investigative news outlet that holds accountable the people and corporations...
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