MAGA’s Civil War Over Immigration
Over the holidays, when President-elect Donald Trump said he would appoint an Indian-American immigrant to serve in the White House, key members of Trump’s base were apoplectic. On X, formerly Twitter...
6 Tammi 202525min
Editor's Choice: The NBA Is Monetizing A Public Health Crisis
Lever Time is taking a break this week, but we'll be back next week with a brand new episode. Today, we wanted to re-air one of our favorite episodes from 2024. --The National Basketball Association...
27 Joulu 202437min
How Marvel Helped Sell Us Forever Wars
When Iron Man hit theaters in 2008, it didn’t just launch the wildly successful Marvel Cinematic Universe — it also, with the Pentagon’s help, became a bombastic symbol of modern military might in the...
20 Joulu 202433min
Sirota: The Health Care Crisis Is The Democracy Crisis
David Sirota reflects on the shocking murder of United Health CEO Brian Thompson and the surge of public anger it unleashed against America’s broken health insurance system. Why hasn’t this longstandi...
17 Joulu 202417min
Why America Is Mad As Hell About Health Care
Amid the shocking assassination of a health insurance executive and an upswell of anger towards the country’s fragile health care safety net, the health insurance industry is suddenly facing a reckoni...
13 Joulu 202445min
Trump, Magic, and Misdirection
President-elect Donald Trump’s penchant for exaggeration has pushed the boundaries of how elected officials communicate with the public. Trump’s conspiracy theories and shock-and-awe approach to campa...
6 Joulu 202434min
The Democrat Who Warned Us (w/ Rep. Dean Phillips)
In a special Lever Time post-election bonus episode, Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) details how he was nearly excommunicated from the Democratic Party after he raised early concerns about the party's el...
29 Marras 202451min
The Secret Recordings Netanyahu Wants Censored
Arjun Singh interviews Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney about The Bibi Files, a new documentary he produced that uncovers explosive new police footage from the corruption trial of increasingly besi...
22 Marras 202435min
