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  • Angie Nixon Calls Out Corporate Power

    October 23, 2026 · 40 min

    Last month, U.S. Senate candidate Angie Nixon, a member of the Working Families Party and Democratic Socialists of America, spoke at the nation’s largest annual conference of Black political power and called out one of the event’s…

  • Introducing Conversations From The Frontlines: Real Talk, Real Change

    October 23, 2026 · 3 min

    Conversations From The Frontlines is a show about how social change actually happens - not just the issues making headlines, but the people organizing on the ground and doing the work to create lasting change. We hope you enjoy it as much…

  • Tim Walz Warns That Democrats Can Win And Still Lose

    October 16, 2026 · 45 min

    With the midterms less than a month away, some pundits and polls suggest Democrats have the election in the bag. But is that really true? David Sirota travels to Minnesota to speak with someone who knows the danger of election complacency…

  • The Elon Musk Documentary You Need To See Before The Midterms

    October 9, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min

    Musk, a deep-dive investigative documentary about the world’s richest man, premieres this weekend, less than a month before the midterms. Maybe you haven’t heard about it — until recently, most major social media platforms declined to run…

  • Introducing “You Might Be Right:” Can We Trust What the Polls Say About the 2026 Midterms?

    October 5, 2026 · 53 min

    Today we’re sharing a special episode from You Might Be Right, the chart-topping politics podcast from the Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at the University of Tennessee. It was recently named a “must-listen” by both NPR…

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  • How AI Could Wipe Out Our Brains Before Our Existence

    October 2, 2026 · 56 min

    Anthropic’s leaked IPO documents show the company had a net loss of $42 billion in 2025 and still insists that its technology could pose a “catastrophic or existential risk to humanity.” It’s either the most honest risk disclosure or the…

  • What’s Hiding In The Paramount Merger Settlement

    September 24, 2026 · 37 min

    California Attorney General Rob Bonta and 11 other Democratic attorneys general just settled their lawsuit blocking Paramount Skydance’s $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. The merger is now set to create one of the world’s…

  • What Tech Oligarchs Gain From AI Doomerism

    September 17, 2026 · 1 hr 20 min

    The AI apocalypse is here, but it’s not what you think. Last week, former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon warned online that “the people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade.” The fallout sent…

  • Dan Osborn Knows Why Democrats Keep Losing Nebraska

    September 11, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min

    Registered Republicans outnumber Democrats almost two to one in Nebraska, and the few elected Democratic politicians in the state overwhelmingly lean conservative. But like the rest of the country, Nebraska is feeling the strain of soaring…

  • How Troy Jackson Can Put Collins' Career On The Chopping Block

    September 3, 2026 · 31 min

    Maine’s Sen. Susan Collins (R) has won five elections in a row, and a Democrat has not won a United States Senate seat in the state since 1988 — but polls suggest Mainers have reached a breaking point. They’re tired of corruption and…

  • The Billionaire Building Democrats’ New Machine

    August 27, 2026 · 40 min

    Earlier this month, a new Democratic machine scored a major victory in Connecticut. First-time congressional candidate Luke Bronin won his Democratic primary by a landslide, ousting 14-term progressive incumbent Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.)…

  • Master Plan S2 E6: Obama’s Kill List

    August 20, 2026 · 1 hr 16 min

    This week on Lever Time, we’re featuring our newest episode of Master Plan: The Kingmakers.  In this episode, President Barack Obama vows to restore the rule of law after the War on Terror. But behind closed doors, his administration…

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About the show

From LeverNews.com — Lever Time is the flagship podcast from the investigative news outlet The Lever. Hosted by the 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, expert analysis, ideas and opinions from the sharpest minds in media and politics.