Master Plan

Investigative series on how powerful groups engineered major social problems AI summary

The Lever & David Sirota Visit website › History · EN · 33 episodes · latest 2026-11-12

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SEASON 3: DON'T F#*K IT UP, DEMOCRATS SEASON 2: THE KINGMAKERS SEASON 1: LEGALIZING CORRUPTION 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 For early access to future episodes and exclusive bonus content, ⁠⁠click here to upgrade to a paid subscription⁠⁠ to The Lever.

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The Authoritarian Threat Democrats Still Don't Get | Naomi Klein & Astra Taylor | Don’t F#*k It Up, Democrats

2026-11-12 · 46 min · Season 3, episode 4

Democrats won big in the midterms, but the threat to American democracy is far from over. The authoritarian movement goes well beyond Donald Trump, and it’s not clear whether Democrats are ready to take on the powerful…
Will Democrats Actually Fight Corruption? | Don't F#*k It Up, Democrats

2026-11-10 · 44 min · Season 3, episode 3

Billionaires and corporate interests poured staggering amounts of money into the midterms. But many successful Democratic candidates, like Texas Senator-elect James Talarico, campaigned against corruption and big-money…
Will Democrats Take On The Tech Oligarchs? | Gil Duran & Saikat Chakrabarti | Don't F#*k It Up, Democrats

2026-11-06 · 55 min · Season 3, episode 2

Silicon Valley's billionaires have amassed enormous economic and political power. Some have even embraced an ideology that sees democracy itself as an obstacle to progress. Now that Democrats are heading back into power…
The Fight for the Democratic Party's Future | Robert Reich & Patrick Gaspard | Don't F#*k It Up, Democrats

2026-11-05 · 56 min · Season 3, episode 1

After losing big in 2024, Democrats have staged a historic comeback, riding a massive blue wave back into power in Washington. Now comes the bigger question: What will they do with it? That's the idea behind Don't F#*k…
New Trailer: Don’t F#*k It Up, Democrats

2026-11-02 · 5 min

Democrats have spent two years arguing about what went wrong in 2024. Now they have a chance to regain power. But winning elections is one thing. Actually delivering on promises is another. Don't F#*k It Up, Democrats…
The Inside Story Of Citizens United (ENCORE)

2026-10-29 · 1 hr 4 min

You’ve probably heard of Citizens United, the Supreme Court decision that helped unleash billionaire money into American elections. But few know the inside story of how a network of conservative lawyers and activists…
How The Powell Memo Changed America (ENCORE)

2026-10-27 · 1 hr 0 min

With the 2026 midterms approaching and billions of dollars flooding into American elections, we're revisiting one of our most popular episodes of Master Plan. In 1971, corporate lawyer Lewis Powell wrote a manifesto…
Introducing “The Future of Our Former Democracy: Season 3”

2026-10-22 · 37 min

Today, we are sharing the Season 3 premiere of The Future of Our Former Democracy, the Signal Award-winning podcast from More Equitable Democracy and Mori Strategies. The Future of Our Former Democracy has spent two…
Introducing “You Might Be Right:” Will Redistricting Shape the Midterms?

2026-10-01 · 53 min

This week 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…
Episode 8: The Inheritance | The Kingmakers

2026-09-14 · 57 min · Season 2, episode 8

In the season finale of Master Plan: The Kingmakers, we ask Democratic leaders what the next U.S. president should do with the expanded executive powers that Trump will leave behind. Featuring exclusive interviews with…

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Oldest episode in feed: 08/2024 · over 2 years
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