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
Inside The U.S.-China War Over Clean Energy
On this week’s episode of Lever Time, David Sirota and Peter Goodman, The New York Times’ global economics correspondent, explore the pivotal role of Indonesia’s vast nickel reserve in the global ele…
00:36:29 |
Thu 14 Sep 2023
The American Masculinity Crisis
On this week’s episode of Lever Time, David Sirota talks with author Richard Reeves about the growing evidence that men are struggling in modern America. In his latest book, Reeves delves into recent…
00:52:18 |
Thu 07 Sep 2023
Autoworkers Are Ready To Strike
On this week’s episode of Lever Time, producer Frank Cappello speaks with Labor Notes staff writer Luis Feliz Leon about why a potential autoworkers strike could be transformational for younger union…
00:35:06 |
Thu 31 Aug 2023
The Deadliest Wildfire In 100 Years
On this week’s episode of Lever Time, Lever news editor Lucy Dean Stockton speaks with former Hawaii state representative and national director of the Green New Deal Network Kaniela Ing about the rec…
00:35:30 |
Thu 24 Aug 2023
Montana’s Monumental Climate Win
On this week’s episode of Lever Time, Julia Rock and Frank Cappello speak with environmental lawyer Julia Olson to discuss a recent historic win for young climate activists who she represents in Mont…
00:27:48 |
Thu 17 Aug 2023
How PragerU’s Propaganda Machine Infiltrated Florida’s Schools
On this week’s Lever Time, Audit hosts and friends of the show Josh Olson and Dave Anthony are joined by journalist and media expert John Knefel to discuss how the conservative propaganda operation P…
00:51:31 |
Thu 10 Aug 2023
Heat Is The Deadliest Type Of Weather
On this week’s episode of Lever Time, David Sirota is joined by Jeff Goodell, author of the new book The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet, to discuss recent deadly heat w…
00:50:04 |
Thu 03 Aug 2023
The Great Bank Robbery Of 2023
On today’s Lever Time, David Sirota sits down with law professor and policy advocate Robert Hockett and former FDIC attorney Todd Phillips, to explain “The Great Bank Robbery of 2023” — a financial g…
00:41:21 |
Thu 27 Jul 2023
The Do-Or-Die Stakes Of The Hollywood Strikes
On this week’s Lever Time, David Sirota is joined by The Bear writer and Writers Guild of America (WGA) union member Alex O’Keefe to discuss the stakes of the current Hollywood strike. The WGA has be…
01:03:11 |
Thu 20 Jul 2023
Deconstructed Podcast: An Inflation Solution That Doesn’t Screw Workers
Today, we’re sharing an episode of the podcast Deconstructed from our friends over at The Intercept, an award-winning investigative news organization.
Centrist and right-wing economists continue to…
00:43:52 |
Tue 18 Jul 2023
The Stealth Supreme Court Rulings No One Is Talking About
On this week’s episode of Lever Time, David Sirota is joined by law professor Stephen Vladeck, author of the new book, The Shadow Docket: How the Supreme Court Uses Stealth Rulings to Amass Power and…
00:44:31 |
Thu 13 Jul 2023
Deconstructed Podcast: Inside Joe Manchin's Rise, Alliances, and Potential Presidential Ambitions
Today, we’re sharing an episode of the podcast Deconstructed from our friends over at The Intercept, an award-winning investigative news organization.
In this episode, Daniel Boguslaw, a politics r…
00:34:51 |
Thu 06 Jul 2023
The Supreme Court Has A Billionaire Problem
On this week’s episode of Lever Time, David Sirota and Andrew Perez are joined by ProPublica’s Justin Elliott, who recently co-authored an exposédetailing how Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito faile…
00:39:43 |
Thu 29 Jun 2023
Deconstructed Podcast: Why Dems Must Play “Chess, Not Checkers” With Political Messaging
Today, we’re sharing an episode of the podcast Deconstructed with Ryan Grim, D.C. bureau chief of The Intercept, an award-winning investigative news organization.
In this episode, Grim, speaks wi…
00:54:17 |
Tue 27 Jun 2023
Boots Riley On The Writers Strike, Organized Labor, And His New TV Show
As the Writers Guild of America strike enters its eighth week, David Sirota sits down with writer, director, musician, and activist Boots Riley to discuss the ongoing labor struggle, as well as his r…
00:54:00 |
Thu 22 Jun 2023
Pentagon Whistleblower: The Government Is Hiding “Non-Human” Technology
David sits down with prominent investigative journalist Leslie Kean, who earlier this month published a blockbuster report about a potential secret government UFO effort. According to Kean and her co…
00:50:53 |
Thu 15 Jun 2023
The Fix Was In With Biden’s Debt Ceiling Deal
The country may have narrowly avoided a debt default catastrophe by passing a debt ceiling deal on June 3, but that doesn’t mean we should allow the fiasco to fall into the memory hole. David Dayen, …
00:51:27 |
Thu 08 Jun 2023
Social Media Is Killing Our Kids — Sen. Chris Murphy Has a Plan
David Sirota sits down with U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) for a wide-ranging interview. They discuss the proposed debt ceiling deal and whether Democrats could have done more to stop Republican…
00:46:41 |
Wed 31 May 2023
What Succession Taught Us About Corporate Media (w/ Frank Rich)
On this week’s episode of Lever Time: David Sirota sits down with writer and executive producer Frank Rich to discuss the series finale of HBO’s Succession.
As the award-winning series comes to an …
01:01:13 |
Thu 25 May 2023
Meet The Pundits Who Falsely Blamed Inflation on Workers
On this week’s episode of Lever Time: After corporate pundits spent the last year gaslighting the American public into believing that rising corporate profits were definitely not driving inflation, n…
00:53:03 |
Thu 18 May 2023
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