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| Date | Combined Rank | Apple Podcasts |
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| Oct 27 | #156 | #150 |
| Oct 26 | #144 | #137 |
| Oct 25 | #146 | #139 |
| Oct 24 | #147 | #139 |
| Oct 23 | #135 | #127 |
| Oct 22 | #190 | #183 |
| Oct 21 | #150 | #143 |
| Oct 20 | #155 | #148 |
| Oct 19 | #163 | #156 |
| Oct 18 | #156 | #149 |
| Oct 17 | #147 | #140 |
| Oct 16 | #113 | #105 |
| Oct 15 | #125 | #119 |
| Oct 14 | #125 | #118 |
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Season 2 Trailer: The Kingmakers
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About the show
SEASON TWO: THE KINGMAKERS IS HERE
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