19 Episodes

  1. Introducing Tax Revolt: Where the Cult of Reaganomics Began

    Published: 4/25/2025

  2. Trailer: Tax Revolt, a new series from Lever Time

    Published: 4/18/2025

  3. An Announcement About Master Plan

    Published: 12/29/2024

  4. From Lever Time: Sirota—The Health Care Crisis Is The Democracy Crisis

    Published: 12/17/2024

  5. From Drilled: The Big Oil Origins of Corporate Free Speech

    Published: 12/3/2024

  6. Decoding Project 2025 (via Lever Time)

    Published: 11/7/2024

  7. BONUS: The Master Planners’ Election (With Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse)

    Published: 11/4/2024

  8. Hell Or High Water

    Published: 10/29/2024

  9. The Heist

    Published: 10/22/2024

  10. Going Big

    Published: 10/15/2024

  11. Shock and Awe

    Published: 10/8/2024

  12. Rise of the Machine

    Published: 10/1/2024

  13. The Maverick

    Published: 9/24/2024

  14. Corporations Are People, My Friend

    Published: 9/17/2024

  15. The Secret Task Force

    Published: 9/10/2024

  16. The Powell Memo

    Published: 9/3/2024

  17. The Other Watergate

    Published: 8/27/2024

  18. Milk Money

    Published: 8/27/2024

  19. Trailer — Legalizing Corruption

    Published: 8/5/2024

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A secret plot. A public theft. A democracy corrupted. Discover the truth on Master Plan, the winner of the 2025 National Press Club Award for audio journalism. Hosted by David Sirota, former speechwriter for Bernie Sanders and Oscar-nominated co-writer of Don’t Look Up, Master Plan uncovers a deliberate scheme to legalize corruption in the U.S., enabling the wealthy to buy policies that serve them at the public’s expense. How did our democracy become a kleptocracy? The Lever has unearthed never-before-reported documents revealing this 50-year plot as a coordinated effort by wealthy individuals and political ideologues. Across 11 episodes, the series traces this historic thread from the Watergate scandal in the ’70s to the Citizens United decision, current Supreme Court outrages, and the 2024 election. It’s a story of infamous figures like President Richard Nixon, Senator Mitch McConnell, and Fox News founder Roger Ailes—plus operatives and oligarchs you’ve never heard of. www.masterplanpodcast.com