Lever Time
From LeverNews.com — Lever Time is the flagship podcast from the investigative news outlet The Lever. Hosted by 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, and expert analysis from the sharpest minds in media and politics.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 41 minutes
- Episodes
- 200
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
RFK’s Beef With Big Food
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was just confirmed to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, overseeing the nation’s food and health standards. He’s drawn controversy for opposing many positions of …
00:34:23 |
Fri 14 Feb 2025
Trump’s Tariff War Explained
President Donald Trump is implementing sweeping tariffs to ostensibly tighten border security and crack down on the fentanyl trade. The moves include a 25 percent tariff on all steel and aluminum imp…
00:31:28 |
Wed 12 Feb 2025
Elon Musk’s Hostile Takeover
Elon Musk has bought his way into the Trump administration and is now busy muscling his way into every federal agency. But the unelected billionaire who’s been forcibly installing his allies while pu…
00:25:30 |
Thu 06 Feb 2025
American Chaos Is Trump’s Plan
Donald Trump has been president for less than two weeks, and the government is already in chaos. Amidst a flurry of executive orders, Trump suspended all federal spending earlier this week. The move …
00:18:20 |
Fri 31 Jan 2025
The Supreme Court Case That Got Us Here
Fifteen years ago this week, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a ruling that fundamentally changed American politics — In a 5-4 judgment in Citizens United v FEC, the court struck down restrictions…
01:01:03 |
Fri 24 Jan 2025
Oligarchy Now
Donald Trump is back — and this time, he’s bringing corporate America. Trump’s decisive victory in November sent a shockwave through corporate C-suites. Now, Trump is preparing to outsource much of h…
00:37:19 |
Mon 20 Jan 2025
How America Created Cities Built To Burn (Part 2)
Los Angeles is infamous for its sprawling urban landscape that has prioritized low-density housing, often at the behest of the state’s powerful real estate industry. Despite the known risks of buildi…
00:25:14 |
Fri 17 Jan 2025
The L.A. Fires And The Uninsurable Earth (Part 1)
The Los Angeles fires pose huge questions about the future of life in America: Where is it safe to live? How can you protect yourself from such disasters? Is home insurance even obtainable anymore? A…
00:51:59 |
Fri 10 Jan 2025
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Wed 08 Jan 2025
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 Twitte…
00:21:13 |
Mon 06 Jan 2025
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.
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The National Basketball Associat…
00:32:58 |
Fri 27 Dec 2024
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 th…
00:28:58 |
Fri 20 Dec 2024
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 longstand…
00:13:47 |
Tue 17 Dec 2024
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 reckon…
00:41:06 |
Fri 13 Dec 2024
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 camp…
00:30:43 |
Fri 06 Dec 2024
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 e…
00:46:59 |
Fri 29 Nov 2024
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 bes…
00:30:47 |
Fri 22 Nov 2024
Welcome To The United States of Crypto
No matter what, the cryptocurrency industry was going to win the election. After spending hundreds of millions to influence politicians in both parties, the industry defeated some of its fiercest cri…
00:45:35 |
Fri 15 Nov 2024
How Democrats Can Win Back The Working Class
Donald Trump easily won reelection with the help of voters who were once considered bedrocks of the Democratic base. In this election, the former president managed to win over more working-class vote…
00:54:37 |
Fri 08 Nov 2024
Project 2025 Is Even More Radical Than You Think
If elected, former president Donald Trump has promised to implement mass deportations, target journalists, and carry out other unprecedented actions. How could he pull it off? Project 2025, a radical…
00:32:04 |
Tue 05 Nov 2024
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