On this week’s episode of Lever Time: Producer Frank sits down with journalists Julia Rock, Rebecca Burns, and Matthew Cunningham-Cook for an in-depth conversation about The Lever’s groundbreaking reporting on the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. The group explores how an environmental disaster like this can occur, including examining the influence of the railroad and chemical lobbies, as well as detailing the regulatory capture of three separate presidential administrations. The group also details how The Lever’s reporting gained national coverage, triggered a public pressure campaign, and helped lead to a response from Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg (1:50).
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A rough transcript of this episode is available here.
DECONSTRUCTED: “The Squad,” Part 2: From Obama to Bernie, a Crisis and a Crossroads
DECONSTRUCTED: “The Squad,” Part 1: The Rise and (First) Fall of Bernie
We Need To Talk About Zionism
How Big Oil Buys The News
Sound And Fury Over Israel-Palestine
Artificial Intelligence Is Denying Americans Health Care
How Shareholder Advocates Transform Corporations
What The Sam Bankman-Fried Verdict Means For Crypto
Pennsylvania Matters In 2024 (w/ Gov. Josh Shapiro)
BONUS: The Lobbyists Who Don’t Want A Ceasefire
How Conservatives Won The Courts
BONUS: The Corporate Takeover of Music (Lessons From Bandcamp)
How To Talk About Gaza (w/ Naomi Klein & Omar Baddar)
The King Of The ‘Self-Help’ Grift
The Fog Of War In Israel And Palestine
The Hidden Flaws Of ‘Bidenomics’
American Intervention And Its Blowback
The Serious Science Of Extraterrestrial Research
Inside The U.S.-China War Over Clean Energy
The American Masculinity Crisis
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