The NBA Is Monetizing A Public Health Crisis
The National Basketball Association wants you to gamble. Since 2014, the league has championed the legalization of sports betting nationwide, partially due to its own business interests in gambling. B...
14 Kesä 202436min
The $220 Billion Medical Debt Problem (With Rep. Ro Khanna)
Yesterday, the government introduced a new rule to remove $49 billion in medical debt that’s currently listed on Americans’ credit reports. Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) wants to go even further by establ...
12 Kesä 202425min
"Lauren Boebert Can't Lose" from City Cast Denver
Today, we're excited to share the first episode of a new series from our friends over at the podcast City Cast Denver. City Cast Denver is a daily news podcast that connects listeners with what's happ...
9 Kesä 202434min
America’s Biggest Tax Scam May Finally End
Is the TurboTax era over? Recently, the IRS announced they plan to roll out a free program that will let Americans directly file their taxes online without using expensive tax-assistance programs. The...
7 Kesä 202434min
The Lunch-Meat Mafia
Behind nearly every hamburger or chicken nugget handed out in a school cafeteria is JBS Foods, a multi-billion dollar conglomerate run by a billionaire butcher family who bribed their way to become th...
31 Touko 202426min
What Will It Take to Defeat Ticketmaster?
Is Ticketmaster too big to fail? It’s the question some musicians and small venue owners are asking in the wake of the Justice Department’s decision to sue Ticketmaster and its parent company Live Nat...
29 Touko 202444min
Credit Card Companies Want To Keep You In Debt Forever
Today on Lever Time, we dive into the heart of Capital One and hear from a former employee about the credit card titan’s tactics to keep customers forever submerged in debt. When President Joe Biden ...
24 Touko 202426min
What Will It Take For Israel To End Its War?
Today on Lever Time, David Sirota sits down with Jerusalem-based journalist Nathan Thrall to discuss what life has been like in both Gaza and the West Bank since the Oct. 7 attack in Israel. The pair ...
17 Touko 202436min
