Who Created America’s Free Market Mythology?
This week, David Sirota speaks with Naomi Oreskes about the mythology of “market fundamentalism” that exists deep within the American psyche. A Harvard Professor of history, Oreskes explains how the t...
29 Maalis 202331min
The Bank Regulator Who Was Blocked for Being Right
This week, David Sirota delves into the bank panic of 2023 with Saule Omarova, a Cornell Law School professor whose nomination to be one of the government's top bank regulators was blocked due to her ...
22 Maalis 202352min
Regulatory Rollbacks and The Bank Panic of 2023
This week’s episode of Lever Time explores the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and its impact on the U.S. financial system. Lever reporter Julia Rock joins David Sirota to discuss banking CEOs’ lobby...
15 Maalis 202349min
Why Have Dems Lost Working Class Voters? (w/ Nina Turner)
David Sirota is joined by progressive icon Nina Turner to talk about Ohio politics and why Democrats like Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg completely fumbled the political response to the train derailment...
8 Maalis 202359min
How to Derail the Anti-Safety Train Lobby
David Sirota talks with U.S. Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-Penn.) about the fear, anger, and mistrust felt by many of his constituents in the aftermath of the Norfolk Southern train derailment disaster. The f...
1 Maalis 202343min
INSIDE THE STORY: Private Equity’s Senator Gets Big Payout
This mini-episode is part of our Inside The Story series, where we highlight some of The Lever’s original reporting and speak with the journalists who wrote the story. Frank Cappello speaks with Andre...
27 Helmi 20238min
How The Lever Forced Buttigieg To Do His Job
On this week’s episode of Lever Time: Producer Frank sits down with journalists Julia Rock, Rebecca Burns, and Matthew Cunningham-Cook for an in-depth conversation about The Lever’s groundbreaking rep...
22 Helmi 202349min
The JFK Files And The CIA
On this week’s episode of Lever Time: David Sirota is joined by investigative journalist Jefferson Morley, one of the foremost experts on the assassination of president John F. Kennedy. David and Jeff...
15 Helmi 202339min
