On this week’s episode of Lever Time: David Sirota is joined by Josh Olson and Dave Anthony, hosts of The Audit podcast, to discuss the dangerous influence of the conservative media network Prager University (also known as PragerU).
PragerU has become one of the most successful peddlers of right-wing propaganda, as their professionally produced short-form v ... Show More
Nov 13
MONEYBOMB, Part 6: Did A Federal Judge Sink Super PACs? (With Larry Lessig)
Maine overwhelmingly voted last year to end Super PACs. A federal judge blocked the ballot measure — but left a kill switch inside the ruling. Larry Lessig, a professor at Harvard Law School and head of the nonprofit Equal Citizens, is ready to flip that switch and take his case ... Show More
41m 52s
Nov 6
MONEYBOMB, Part 5: Why Populism Is Now Centrism (With Adam Bonica)
For the first time in the Citizens United era of billionaires and corporate money buying U.S. elections, change may be afoot. This week, Democrats campaigning on a populist message won resounding victories in the face of big-money opposition. An aging party establishment is still ... Show More
40m 19s
Aug 20
Why So Many Parents Are Opting Out of Public Schools
<p>Across the country, public schools are facing steep declines in enrollment, while the movement to use public funds for private education grows.</p><p>Dana Goldstein, who covers education and families for The New York Times, explains why so many parents are using taxpayer money ... Show More
29m 35s
Apr 2025
The Conservative Activist Pushing Trump to Attack U.S. Colleges
<p>This week, we interviewed two people with leading roles in the rapidly escalating conflict between the Trump administration and American higher education.</p><p>Today, we speak with Christopher Rufo, who led the conservative critique of, and assault on, critical race theory an ... Show More
43m 49s
Jun 2024
The War for America's Classrooms - From Texas to You
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Mike Hixenbaugh is a Pulitzer finalist, ... Show More
36m 51s
Jun 2023
Jack Schneider and Jennifer Berkshire, "A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door: The Dismantling of Public Education and the Future of School" (The New Press, 2023)
Across the U.S., state legislatures-often under the cover of darkness, and usually in spite of public opposition-are passing bills that channel public dollars to private schools. These voucher schemes promise to transfer billions from state treasuries to upper-income families. Bu ... Show More
42m 6s
Nov 13
‘One of the Great Journalistic Crimes of Our Age’: BBC Resignations, Trump’s Billion-Dollar Threat, and the Maccabi Fan Scandal
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit <a href="https://zeteo.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_7">zeteo.com</a><br/><br/><p>This past week, Trump took his crusade against the free press all the way across the pond, threatening the BBC with a <a t ... Show More
40m 9s
Sep 2023
Ep. 433: EXPOSING the MARXISTS Behind the Attack on America’s Kids, Plus Republicans’ MASSIVE Mistake
The Left is successfully reengineering society, capturing America’s major institutions and waging a deliberate, relentless assault on our children. Why are Republicans letting this happen on their watches? Liz breaks it all down in her new book “Hide Your Children: Exposing the M ... Show More
46m 26s
Mar 2025
529. How Trump Will Save the School System | Corey DeAngelis
Jordan Peterson sits down with bestselling author, commentator, and researcher, Dr. Corey DeAngelis. They shed light on where 50% of all state budgets are spent, the surprising stack of monopolies that strangleholds public education, the partisan lies surrounding school choice, a ... Show More
1h 28m
Oct 2024
Ep. 1462 - Why Did This U.S. Public School Take Millions From China? Here’s The Story That Will Shock You
Today on the Matt Walsh Show, one of the top public schools in the country sold its blueprints – and everything else – to the communist Chinese government. This raises a couple of questions. First, how is that legal? Second, why did they send the school's whole program, except th ... Show More
1h 2m