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The Audit
by The Lever
In The Audit, comedian Dave Anthony and screenwriter Josh Olson audit a variety of online classes, docuseries, and other media products created by noxious political figures and boil them down to the good stuff. By which they mean… the bad stuff. With the rise of MasterClass, TED talks, and celebrity biographies, the country’s political elite are bombarding us with information so we can be just like them. But who has time to devote to all that self-congratulatory navel-gazing?That’s where The Audit comes in. Dave, Josh and a rotating coterie of guest hosts will consume depraved educational content for the time-pressed listener, then regurgitate a short-form review detailing the sociopathy and insanity baked into the messages. It’s like listening to someone present a book report — except all of the authors are deranged lunatics who are poisoning American culture.
Episodes
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BONUS: How PragerU’s Propaganda Machine Infiltrated Florida’s Schools
Josh and Dave are joined by journalist and media expert John Knefel to discuss how the conservative propaganda operation PragerU landed a major new partnership with Florida’s public schools.
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School Is Out With Wyatt Cenac
For the final episode of The Audit season three, Dave and Josh are joined by comedian and actor Wyatt Cenac. These old-school chums engage in a wide-ranging exploration of their favorite PragerU topics, including abortion, climate change, guns, pornography, and “woke” investing. PragerU videos...
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A Field Trip to PragerU HQ
In this week’s episode of The Audit, Dave and Josh join forces with Andrew Perez, investigative reporter from The Lever, to delve deeper into the financial underpinnings of PragerU. The three review, with horror, the organization’s fawning and unhinged interview with Home Depot co-founder Bernie...
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Make Love, Not Culture War
On this week’s episode of The Audit, Dave and Josh submit their supple minds to the mental libido of Dennis Prager, whose “fireside chat” video about the sexual nature of “men versus women” exposes the ugly truths about the many regressive cravings of modern conservatism. Joined by guests Will...
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Ward Cleaver Is My Safe Word
On this week’s episode of The Audit, Dave and Josh are in the back of the classroom with comedian and TV writer Lisa Curry (38:29) to consider a pair of PragerU videos about the male identity. Listening to conservative white men trying to give sex and relationship advice to young people is both...
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Liberals, Leftists, And Pragers, Oh My
On this week’s episode of The Audit, comedian, writer, and political commentator Katie Halper joins hosts Dave and Josh to react to PragerU’s videos on race, liberalism, and affirmative action. PragerU wants to teach you about the American Left. To gauge the results, the team discusses the...
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The Climate Change Misinformation Machine
This week, journalist and activist Naomi Klein joins Dave and Josh as a special guest to look under the hood of several PragerU “educational” videos that offer a conservative spin on the topics of climate science and green technologies. Klein, who has authored several influential books (including...
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The Ayn Rand Alliance to End Homelessness
On this week’s episode of The Audit, Dave and Josh cover Gov. Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign announcement and observe that GOP politics are mostly a match-up between manly “right-wing lunatics” against “nerds and dorks.” Despite their differences, all Republican campaigns seem to agree that...
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Why Pragers Go Wild for Bill Maher
Bill Maher is all the rage over at PragerU. On this week’s episode of The Audit, Dave and Josh look at why PragerU regularly uses video clips featuring the comedian and host of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher for their more hard-line conservative screeds on race, culture, and economics. They are...
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About Those Evil Communists…
On this week’s episode of The Audit, Dave and Josh delve into a topic at the root of much of PragerU’s curriculum: The apparent evils of socialism! To discuss the persistent misrepresentations and misunderstandings surrounding communism and socialism, they are joined by guest Professor Richard...
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George Washington Was Tall and Brave
On this week’s episode of The Audit, Dave, Josh and their guest Jared Yates Sexton, explore PragerU's treatment of the founding fathers. From George Washington's wealth and questionable actions to PragerU’s obsession with the founding fathers' heights, they unpack the mythologies and...
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The Kids Are Not Alt Right
On this week’s episode of The Audit, Dave and Josh go back to school with Denis Prager’s enormous library of children’s educational content! The American right’s obsession with attacking teachers and public education in recent years has given us PragerU Kids, a streaming hub of “pro-America” kids...
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Conservative Race Theory
On this week’s episode of The Audit, Dave and Josh analyze an area of PragerU’s curriculum that will make your head spin: racism in America. For this precarious exercise, they brought in writer/commentator Aaron Thorpe of the Trillbilly Worker’s Party podcast. They dive deep into multiple PragerU...
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Insane World History With PragerU
In the new season of The Audit, Dave and Josh take a big leap into the astounding world of PragerU, a right-wing propaganda machine that aspires to become a force in American education. This first episode, which delves into PragerU’s approach to world history and foreign affairs, features guest...
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Season 3 Trailer - The Audit
The Audit is back with a new season. Subscribe now at Levernews.com/audit/ and get all the new episodes as they arrive.
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This Is The End
Rove & Axelrod discuss the current state of politics, and we break down their discussion in real time. You might be surprised which of these two players actually understands why we are where we are and which one is completely oblivious to any measurable reality. Actually, you probably won't be.…
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Mobilizing The End Of Influencers
Axelrod oozes over Ronald Reagan, leaving us to wonder if these people actually believe in anything. Nina Turner discusses why she doesn't hang out with her counterparts on the Beltway. If you'd like to support this show, go to LeverNews.com/Audit to become a supporter or leave us a tip. For a...
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Budgeting Public Harnesses
Rahm Emanuel's campaign to run for re-election while covering up the murder of a Black teenager elicits some strong reactions from everyone. Nina Turner tells an infuriating story about the Democratic convention that she's never told before. If you'd like to support this show, go to...
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Researching Your Campaign Electoral Focus
David Axelrod explains how to accidentally stumble across a once in a lifetime presidential candidate who doesn't really need you, while Karl Rove explains how to use racist and homophobic smears to destroy your political opponents. If you'd like to support this show, go to LeverNews.com/Audit to...
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Introducing A Starting Candidate
We discuss why it's not really a good thing to be friends with people who want to kill you. Rove & Axelrod explain what inspired them to get into politics, and it's possible one of them is actually telling the truth. If you'd like to support this show, go to LeverNews.com/Audit to become a...
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Prioritize The Painters
A brief breakdown on why Biden's pot reform might not be the greatest thing since sliced bread, and then the gang dives into the final classes of W's Master Class, including sitting through an 18 minute lesson on cold wax painting. On the plus side, we get some fun drinking stories, some fun Turd...
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Enter Your Pathway To Owning Your Public Style
Josh, Dave and Kate learn some important lessons on self mockery and stretegery. They also take a look at what might be the worst joke every told at The White House Correspondents' Dinner, and the final word on the Try Guys scandal - because we're the last people to find out about it. Josh…
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Accountability Leads To Crisis
You knew it was coming, folks. George W. Bush walks us through all the ways he showed amazing leadership and accountability during 9/11, Katrina AND the financial crisis of '07/'08. Short version - it all comes down to acting like you care. We also examine one of the few not entirely terrible...
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Building Tough Decisions
Professor Bush discusses his unshakable belief in having principles in place before a crisis hits, and how he and his team came up with those principles. After 9/11. If you'd like to support this show, go to LeverNews.com/Audit to become a supporter or leave us a tip. Click here for a rough...
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Meet Your Personal Horizon
Seeking out good advice on how to be leaders of men, Josh, Dave, and Kate sit down to watch the first three lessons in George W. Bush's Master Class on Authentic Leadership. If you'd like to support this show, go to LeverNews.com/Audit to become a supporter or leave us a tip. For a rough...
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Introducing... The Audit
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
In The Audit, comedian Dave Anthony and screenwriter Josh Olson audit a variety of online classes, docuseries, and other media products created by noxious political figures and boil them down to the good stuff. By which they mean… the bad stuff. With the rise of MasterClass, TED talks, and celebrity biographies, the country’s political elite are bombarding us with information so we can be just like them. But who has time to devote to all that self-congratulatory navel-gazing?That’s where The Audit comes in. Dave, Josh and a rotating coterie of guest hosts will consume depraved educational content for the time-pressed listener, then regurgitate a short-form review detailing the sociopathy and insanity baked into the messages. It’s like listening to someone present a book report — except all of the authors are deranged lunatics who are poisoning American culture.
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In The Audit, comedian Dave Anthony and screenwriter Josh Olson audit a variety of online classes, docuseries, and other media products created by noxious political figures and boil them down to the good stuff. By which they mean… the bad stuff. With the rise of MasterClass, TED talks, and...
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The Audit is created and hosted by The Lever.
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