Master Plan

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For early access to future episodes and exclusive bonus content, ⁠click here to upgrade to a paid subscription⁠ to The Lever. Master Plan, the award-winning investigative podcast series from The Lever, reveals the hidden forces behind today’s biggest problems — and how small groups of powerful people engineered those problems to serve their own interests. We are exposing their schemes. Narrated by David Sirota, an award-winning investigative journalist and Oscar nominee for his work on the film Don’t Look Up. Master Plan has received the 2025 National Press Club Award for Audio Journalism, the New York Festivals Radio Award for Best Investigative Journalism Podcast, multiple Signal Awards for Best News & Politics Podcast and Best Writing. It was an Ambies finalist for Best Politics podcast and was named a Webby Awards Honoree. Learn more at masterplanpodcast.com SEASON ONE: LEGALIZING CORRUPTION SEASON TWO: THE KINGMAKERS SEASON THREE: DON'T F#*K IT UP, DEMOCRATS

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    The Fight for the Democratic Party's Future | Robert Reich & Patrick Gaspard

    After losing big in 2024, Democrats have staged a historic comeback, riding a massive blue wave back into power in Washington. Now comes the bigger question: What will they do with it? That's the idea behind Don't F#*k It Up, Democrats, a new video series from The Lever hosted by David Sirota. WATCH: The video version of this episode is available on The Lever's YouTube channel. In conversations with politicians, economists, activists, and political insiders, Sirota asks how Democrats can use whatever power they win — without repeating the mistakes that brought them here. In Episode 1, we explore the civil war dividing the Democratic Party. As the party returns from the wilderness, will it once again bend to wealthy donors, or will it embrace voters’ populist demands, rebuild working-class trust, and finally deliver on its promises?  Joining Sirota are Robert Reich, who served as Labor Secretary under Bill Clinton and has become a leading progressive voice on economic inequality, and Patrick Gaspard, a longtime Democratic strategist and labor organizer who served as political director in Barack Obama's White House and recently advised Zohran Mamdani's successful mayoral campaign. WATCH: The video version of this episode is available on The Lever's YouTube channel. Watch the series on YouTube. CHAPTERS 0:00 A Note From Sirota 1:12 Democrats Have a Habit of Blowing It 4:50 Robert Reich: How Democrats Can Fight Back 10:53 The Democratic Party's Corporate Problem 15:46 How Do Democrats Avoid F#*king It Up? 23:13 Patrick Gaspard: What Democrats Got Wrong 30:16 When Billionaire Donors Call the Shots 34:52 What Democrats Can Learn From Zohran Mamdani 39:50 What Democrats Need to Deliver, Now 46:15 The Lesson Trump Taught Democrats Get episodes early and ad-free by becoming a paid subscriber. Enjoy bonus episodes, exclusive content, and support this show. Visit levernews.com/upgrade To leave a tip for The Lever, click here. It helps us do this kind of independent journalism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    The Fight for the Democratic Party's Future | Robert Reich & Patrick Gaspard

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    Will Democrats Take On The Tech Oligarchs? | Gil Duran & Saikat Chakrabarti

    Silicon Valley's billionaires have amassed enormous economic and political power. Some have even embraced an ideology that sees democracy itself as an obstacle to progress. Now that Democrats are heading back into power in Washington, will they finally take on the broligarchy? In Episode 2 of Don't F#*k It Up, Democrats, David Sirota examines the growing power of tech billionaires, the threat of an AI economic crisis, and what Democrats can do about it. WATCH: The video version of this episode is available on The Lever's YouTube channel. Journalist Gil Duran, author of The Nerd Reich, explains the anti-democratic movement emerging from Silicon Valley and why Democrats have been so slow to confront it. Then Saikat Chakrabarti, co-founder of Justice Democrats and former chief of staff to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, discusses how Democrats can rein in Big Tech, protect workers from AI disruption, and prevent a taxpayer bailout for tech billionaires if the AI boom goes bust. CHAPTERS 00:00 The Age of the Broligarchy 02:27 Gil Duran: Inside the Nerd Reich 09:57 Why Tech Billionaires Want to Replace Democracy 16:28 Have Democrats Lost Silicon Valley? 23:47 How to Break the Tech Oligarchs' Power 28:34 Saikat Chakrabarti: The Coming AI Bailout 35:27 Will Washington Bail Out Big Tech Again? 40:55 AI Is Coming for Your Job. What's the Plan? Get episodes early and ad-free by becoming a paid subscriber. Enjoy bonus episodes, exclusive content, and support this show. Visit levernews.com/upgrade To leave a tip for The Lever, click here. It helps us do this kind of independent journalism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Will Democrats Take On The Tech Oligarchs? | Gil Duran & Saikat Chakrabarti
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For early access to future episodes and exclusive bonus content, ⁠click here to upgrade to a paid subscription⁠ to The Lever. Master Plan, the award-winning investigative podcast series from The Lever, reveals the hidden forces behind today’s biggest problems — and how small groups of powerful people engineered those problems to serve their own interests. We are exposing their schemes. Narrated by David Sirota, an award-winning investigative journalist and Oscar nominee for his work on the film Don’t Look Up. Master Plan has received the 2025 National Press Club Award for Audio Journalism, the New York Festivals Radio Award for Best Investigative Journalism Podcast, multiple Signal Awards for Best News & Politics Podcast and Best Writing. It was an Ambies finalist for Best Politics podcast and was named a Webby Awards Honoree. Learn more at masterplanpodcast.com SEASON ONE: LEGALIZING CORRUPTION SEASON TWO: THE KINGMAKERS SEASON THREE: DON'T F#*K IT UP, DEMOCRATS

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    The Lever & David Sirota
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    3
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