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
Comrade Trump Seizes The Means Of Production
The United States government is taking a 10 percent stake in Intel, blurring the lines between capitalism and state ownership. While critics say it’s a dangerous power grab, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt…
00:45:53 |
Thu 04 Sep 2025
The Grotesque Fruits Of Your Labor (With Evan Osnos)
As American workers are fighting for their basic needs, the country’s richest are getting richer — while inventing perverse new ways to spend and hoard their money. Today on Lever Time, David Sirota …
00:46:22 |
Mon 01 Sep 2025
Trump’s Gerrymandering Plot To Steal The Election (With Rep. Lloyd Doggett)
As Trump presses states to redraw their district maps to favor Republicans, David Sirota gets the inside scoop from Texas Democratic Congressman Lloyd Doggett, who is on the frontlines of the gerryma…
00:36:54 |
Thu 28 Aug 2025
Ed Helms Exposes America’s Scariest Screw-Ups
On today's episode of Lever Time, comedian and writer Ed Helms (The Daily Show, The Office) takes David Sirota on a wild journey through some of history’s greatest screw-ups — from nuclear war near-m…
00:32:38 |
Mon 25 Aug 2025
Why Your Health Insurance Could Explode Next Year
Health insurance premiums for some Americans could increase by a whopping 66 percent next year. Why are insurers jacking up their rates? And why are Republicans killing off Biden-era subsidies for th…
00:38:26 |
Thu 21 Aug 2025
Scene On Radio: Capitalism
Today, we’re sharing an episode from our friends over at Scene On Radio, the Peabody-nominated documentary podcast that asks big questions about who we are and how we got this way. This is the premie…
00:38:04 |
Mon 18 Aug 2025
The Male Friendship Collapse (With Sam Graham-Felsen)
Men are struggling with friendships and feeling lonelier than ever. The male loneliness epidemic is seeping into many facets of life — including mental health, the economy, and American politics — bu…
00:24:46 |
Thu 14 Aug 2025
Ari Aster Thinks You’re Being Manipulated
You might recognize director Ari Aster from his groundbreaking horror films like Hereditary and Midsommar. But Aster just dropped the scariest film of his career: Eddington, a dark COVID-19 comedy st…
00:37:24 |
Mon 11 Aug 2025
Are Corporations Spying On You To Raise Your Prices? (With Lee Hepner)
Delta Air Lines recently came under fire for announcing that artificial intelligence will be setting 20 percent of its ticket prices for its domestic flights by 2026. While Delta subsequently denied …
00:44:18 |
Thu 07 Aug 2025
Your 401(k) Is Billionaires’ Next Bailout Scheme
The Trump administration appears ready to sign an executive order that would allow private equity firms to prey on Americans’ retirement savings. What happens if Wall Street can suddenly tap into the…
00:40:24 |
Mon 04 Aug 2025
Trump’s New Merger Scandal Is Swampier Than Watergate
In a stunning reversal, the Trump administration just gave the green light to a major tech merger — and then fired two Justice Department lawyers who opposed it. Was corruption at play in the merger …
00:39:25 |
Thu 31 Jul 2025
How AI Is Taking Over The U.S. Government
The Trump administration just unveiled a sweeping AI Action Plan that aims to achieve global dominance in the industry. Hiding deep within the document? A previously rejected scheme to ban oversight …
00:36:03 |
Mon 28 Jul 2025
The Fight For Control Of Your Money (with Matt Stoller and Nathan Tankus)
President Donald Trump and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell are dueling over interest rates set by America’s secretive central bank, the Federal Reserve. Is the Fed’s secrecy and independence good…
00:48:07 |
Thu 24 Jul 2025
Trump, Colbert, And The War On Truth (with David Enrich)
Why did CBS cancel Stephen Colbert’s show mere days after the company settled a lawsuit with Donald Trump? Are Trump’s lawsuits part of a larger movement to crush dissent? And which other billionaire…
00:37:37 |
Mon 21 Jul 2025
Why They’re Protecting Jeffrey Epstein’s Secrets (with Julie K. Brown)
Why is President Donald Trump’s right-wing voter base up in arms over Jeffrey Epstein? Which of the many conspiracy theories are based in truth? And what is Trump’s Department of Justice now trying t…
00:52:11 |
Wed 16 Jul 2025
8 Absurd Handouts Hiding In Trump’s Tax Bill (With David Dayen)
You’ve likely heard about the slashed health care for millions of Americans. Hospitals defunded. Massive tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans. But guess what? Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill" is e…
00:40:58 |
Mon 14 Jul 2025
Why America Isn't Prepared For The Next Big Flood
Even before the deadly July 4th floods in Texas, the United States had a problem. Today on Lever Time, David Sirota sits down with Lever reporter Freddy Brewster to discuss a technology that could he…
00:23:23 |
Thu 10 Jul 2025
The Case For Calling Gaza A Genocide
Since Israel launched its war in Gaza a year and a half ago in response to Hamas’s October 7 attack, Israeli armed forces have killed tens of thousands of Palestinians in their quest to destroy Hamas…
00:26:37 |
Mon 07 Jul 2025
Why Did Trump Rush To Pass The Tax Cut Bill?
Why did Republicans rush their massive tax cut bill through Congress? What are they hiding? As the media focuses on specific provisions, David Sirota digs into the bill’s far-reaching consequences, w…
00:21:18 |
Tue 01 Jul 2025
Are We Closer Than Ever To Nuclear War?
Seventy-two minutes. That’s how long it could take from a country launching a nuclear weapon to global nuclear winter and the end of human civilization.
If that’s not scary enough, the United State…
00:39:16 |
Fri 27 Jun 2025
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