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
The World After Billionaire Media
Today on Lever Time, David Sirota sits down with Semafor co-founder and editor-in-chief Ben Smith to grapple with journalism’s industry-wide reckoning — and explore why independent news might come ou…
00:50:06 |
Fri 21 Jun 2024
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. …
00:32:29 |
Fri 14 Jun 2024
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 estab…
00:21:37 |
Wed 12 Jun 2024
"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 hap…
00:31:39 |
Sun 09 Jun 2024
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. Th…
00:30:42 |
Fri 07 Jun 2024
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 t…
00:22:20 |
Fri 31 May 2024
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 Na…
00:40:00 |
Wed 29 May 2024
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 Bide…
00:22:33 |
Fri 24 May 2024
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…
00:32:27 |
Fri 17 May 2024
Why Does America Provide So Much Support To Israel?
For months, Joe Biden has struck a defiant tone in his support of Israel despite the concerns of allies and nationwide protests. Biden has been a fervent supporter of Israel throughout his political …
00:31:29 |
Fri 10 May 2024
What A Fracking CEO’s Text Messages Tell Us About Inflation
Since 2021, economists and pundits have tried to blame inflation on workers and rising wages. But a new bombshell exposé spotlights a different cause: oil companies engaging in an alleged price-fixin…
00:27:27 |
Thu 09 May 2024
Big Brother Is Watching The Protesters, Sponsored By Corporate America
As colleges and police departments crack down on campus protests, law enforcement are using tools borrowed from corporate America’s ballooning surveillance regime to spy on students — and anyone else…
00:26:33 |
Fri 03 May 2024
Congress Wants To Make Sure Flying Still Sucks
After years of pressure, the Department of Transportation announced it would require airlines to automatically refund flyers the cost of canceled or significantly delayed flights. Days later, a bipar…
00:22:57 |
Wed 01 May 2024
Amazon is Eating the Economy
Thirty years ago, Amazon was a quirky internet bookseller. But even back then, founder Jeff Bezos wanted to build an empire. Today, Amazon has inserted itself into almost every facet of daily life, a…
00:28:54 |
Fri 26 Apr 2024
Dissent Will Not Be Tolerated in the Democratic Party
Today, we’re excited to announce the relaunch of The Lever’s flagship podcast Lever Time. In this week’s episode, David Sirota and Senior Podcast Producer Arjun Singh discuss the 2024 presidential el…
00:32:43 |
Fri 19 Apr 2024
The Future Of Lever Podcasts
On this week’s episode of Lever Time, David Sirota introduces the Lever’s brand new podcast, Master Plan, which tells the gripping inside story of how extremists and tycoons orchestrated a system of …
00:07:29 |
Thu 22 Feb 2024
Amazon Is Afraid Of Its New Union Organizers
On this week’s episode of Lever Time, producer Frank Cappello and reporter Amos Barshad are joined by union organizers Griffin Ritze and Fatou Souare, who are both involved in a current union drive a…
00:33:01 |
Thu 15 Feb 2024
The Anxious Generation, Brought To You By Smartphones
On this week’s episode of Lever Time, David Sirota is joined by scientist Zach Rausch, lead researcher for social psychologist Jonathan Haidt, author of the new book The Anxious Generation: How the G…
00:48:44 |
Thu 08 Feb 2024
The Wonk Attempting To Change Republican Economics
On this week’s episode of Lever Time, David Sirota is joined by Oren Cass, executive director of the conservative economics think tank American Compass, for a long-form discussion about Oren’s new br…
01:02:16 |
Thu 01 Feb 2024
The State That Could Cost Biden The Election
On this week’s episode of Lever Time, David Sirota sits down with Hill Harper, a Democratic candidate for Michigan’s open senate seat, to discuss how the state could swing the 2024 presidential elect…
00:52:55 |
Wed 24 Jan 2024
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