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#61#97#132#168#203Chart rankOct 15Oct 18Oct 21Oct 24Oct 27Episode released Oct 15: The Affordability Election Comes for Your Phone (TCF Investigates)Episode released Oct 16: How Streaming is Upending the NFL (Second Request)Episode released Oct 20: Black Eyes for BlackRock (Private Credit Crisis)Episode released Oct 22: Fake Polls, Real Consequences (TCF Investigates)Episode released Oct 23: The End of a Fair Price (Second Request)
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Latest episodes

  • The End of a Fair Price (Second Request)

    October 23, 2026 · 1 hr 0 min

    Corporations have figured out how to squeeze more out of every purchase, and new technology is making it easier than ever. In this episode of Second Request, Teddy sits down with Lindsay Owens, president and CEO of the Groundwork…

  • Fake Polls, Real Consequences (TCF Investigates)

    October 22, 2026 · 59 min

    A polling outlet that fooled news organizations and campaigns just admitted it was making up its numbers. In this episode of TCF Investigates, Paul McLeod and Teddy Downey talk with pollster G. Elliott Morris, whose team uncovered the…

  • Black Eyes for BlackRock (Private Credit Crisis)

    October 20, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min

    Your retirement savings might be buying a ballpark. Today on Private Credit Crisis, Executive Editor Teddy Downey sits down with Barry James Dyke, president of Castle Asset Management and author of “Black Eyes for BlackRock.” They discuss…

  • How Streaming is Upending the NFL (Second Request)

    October 16, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min

    Editor's Note: This is a re-broadcast of a previous episode.  In 1961, Congress granted the NFL an antitrust exemption allowing the league to collectively negotiate broadcasting rights, revolutionizing sports broadcasting in America. Now…

  • The Affordability Election Comes for Your Phone (TCF Investigates)

    October 15, 2026 · 38 min

    Electronics prices are soaring, and the handful of memory chip makers that control the market say the artificial intelligence boom is eating up their supply. A new lawsuit alleges they’re acting like a cartel. It’s a midterm problem for…

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  • Shadow Insurance (Private Credit Crisis)

    October 13, 2026 · 58 min

    Regulators fixed the problem shadow insurance was invented to solve a decade ago. Insurers kept doing it anyway. Today on Private Credit Crisis, Executive Editor Teddy Downey talks with Daniel Schwarcz, a University of Minnesota law…

  • John Deere’s Crumbs for Farmers (Second Request)

    October 9, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min

    John Deere has agreed to pay $99 million to settle a class action over farmers’ right to repair their own equipment. But after lawyers and administrators take their cut, farmers could be left with a small slice of the pie. In this episode…

  • Who’s to Blame for High Gas Prices? (TCF Investigates)

    October 8, 2026 · 31 min

    Americans are furious about President Donald Trump’s role in driving up gas prices. With the midterm elections just weeks away, even Republican voters are souring on Trump over the cost of everything. In the first episode of our election…

  • Bad Grades (Private Credit Crisis)

    October 6, 2026 · 1 hr 30 min

    The ratings agencies already failed investors in 2008. Are they about to do it again? Today on Private Credit Crisis, Executive Editor Teddy Downey talks with Rod Dubitsky, who rated subprime bonds at Moody's before the financial crisis…

  • Can Anything Save the House GOP? (Second Request)

    October 2, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min

    With a month until the midterms, the polls have Democrats favored to take the House and voters angry about high prices, especially at the pump. In this episode of Second Request, Executive Editor Teddy Downey, senior podcast producer Arjun…

  • The Fox Guarding the Hen House (Private Credit Crisis)

    September 29, 2026 · 1 hr 10 min

    Private equity owned life insurers are supposed to prepare for the worst, but some of them aren't preparing for anything close to it. Today on Private Credit Crisis, Executive Editor Teddy Downey talks with Corwin Zass, a consulting…

  • Antitrust in Trump 2.0 (Second Request)

    September 25, 2026 · 1 hr 6 min

    From Ticketmaster to Paramount-Warner Bros., the Trump administration has had a full docket of antitrust-related cases to deal with. In this episode of Second Request, Executive Editor Teddy Downey sits down with Karina Lubell, partner in…

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About the show

Power in Washington isn't announced — it's revealed. The Capitol Forum brings you inside the policy discussions and corporate investigations that move markets and shape American life. Listen to Second Request with Teddy Downey for sharp, unfiltered analysis of antitrust policy in America. Then stay for TCF Investigates with Arjun Singh, a narrative documentary series bringing listeners inside the reporting, sources, and regulatory developments shaping markets and corporate strategy.