Lever Time

From LeverNews.com — Lever Time is the flagship podcast from the investigative news outlet The Lever. Hosted by the award-winning journalist, Oscar-nominated writer, and Bernie Sanders' 2020 speechwriter David Sirota, Lever Time features exclusive reporting from The Lever’s newsroom, high-profile guest interviews, expert analysis, ideas and opinions from the sharpest minds in media and politics.

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Episodes

The Social Security Chopping Block

On this week’s episode of Lever Time: David speaks with Alex Lawson , the executive director of Social Security Works , to discuss Lindsey Graham’s recent comments on entitlement reform and whether the Biden administration will capitulate to Republicans (5:07). He’s then joined by Andrew Perez , whose recent Lever story explored a free medical clinic filling critical health care gaps in Sen. Manchin’s home state of West Virginia, after the corporate Democrat blocked Medicare expansion (27:40). F...

Jun 22, 2022•1 hr 6 min

The Fed Hates You

On this week’s episode of Lever Time: David exposes the major problem with the January 6 hearings and how they may result in a better outcome for Republicans than Democrats (2:42). Then he’s joined by economics professor Joshua William Mason and The Lever ’s Julia Rock to discuss Julia’s recent piece about how the Federal Reserve is planning to curb inflation… by lowering workers’ wages (16:10). After that, due to the cataclysmic failures of the two-party system, David discusses the reality of t...

Jun 15, 2022•1 hr 25 min

America’s Top Gun Problem

On this week’s episode of Lever Time : David is joined by author and professor Roger Stahl to discuss the “military-entertainment complex” as it relates to the recent success of Top Gun: Maverick (3:10) . Then The Lever ’s Matthew Cunningham-Cook stops by to talk through his recent piece about how the Biden administration is hiking the price of Medicare premiums and funneling the money to private insurers (35:58). Finally, in light of the national trend of corporate interests flooding Democratic...

Jun 08, 2022•1 hr 27 min

There's No Duty To Protect (also, Judd Apatow on George Carlin)

On the inaugural episode of Lever Time , David speaks with civil rights lawyer and founder of Civil Rights Corps, Alec Karakatsanis , about how police in the US are not legally obligated to protect its citizens (10:10). Next, The Lever 's Julia Rock discusses her reporting on the landmark climate justice lawsuit Juliana v. United States in which a group of teenagers are suing the federal government for the right to a livable planet (35:40). Then, renowned comedian and filmmaker Judd Apatow joins...

Jun 01, 2022•1 hr 23 min

Trailer: Lever Time with David Sirota

Coming soon — it's Lever Time! Hosted by award-winning journalist David Sirota , Lever Time is the flagship podcast from the investigative news outlet The Lever . This is the trailer for that podcast. Just listen to it. It'll explain everything. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 13, 2022•4 min

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