Master Plan

Master Plan

The Lever & David Sirota

Episodes 15
Avg. Duration 54m
Activity Sporadic
Apple Rating 4.9 (600)
Since Aug 2024
Latest Episode Oct 2025

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Weekly
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Serial
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About This Podcast

A secret plot. A public theft. A democracy corrupted. Discover the truth on Master Plan, the winner of the 2025 National Press Club Award for audio journalism. Hosted by David Sirota, former speechwriter for Bernie Sanders and Oscar-nominated co-writer of Don’t Look Up, Master Plan uncovers a deliberate scheme to legalize corruption in the U.S., enabling the wealthy to buy policies that serve them at the public’s expense. How did our democracy become a kleptocracy? The Lever has unearthed never-before-reported documents revealing this 50-year plot as a coordinated effort by wealthy individuals and political ideologues. Across 11 episodes, the series traces this historic thread from the Watergate scandal in the ’70s to the Citizens United decision, current Supreme Court outrages, and the 2024 election. It’s a story of infamous figures like President Richard Nixon, Senator Mitch McConnell, and Fox News founder Roger Ailes—plus operatives and oligarchs you’ve never heard of. www.masterplanpodcast.com

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S1 The Master Plan Book Is Here (With Trailer)

Oct 17, 2025 4m Trailer

We’ve got big news — Master Plan is now a book!Master Plan: The Hidden Plot to Legalize Corruption in America, co-authored by David Sirota and Jared Jacang Maher, is now available from all major…

S1 The Billionaire-Backed Takeover Of CBS News (Lever Time)

Oct 09, 2025 32m Bonus

NOTE: This is the first episode in a special bonus series from our weekly podcast, Lever Time.While media giants cave to frivolous Trump libel lawsuits and muzzle late-night hosts who step out of…

S1 BONUS: The Master Planners’ Election (With Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse)

Nov 04, 2024 54m Bonus

In a special Master Plan bonus episode, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse joins David Sirota to break down the impact of the Supreme Court’s’ 2010 Citizens United ruling on 2024's super PAC spending spree.…

S1E11 Hell Or High Water

Oct 29, 2024 1h 7m

We all live in the master planners’ world now, immersed in an ocean of corruption. The 2024 Republican presidential campaign is bankrolled by billionaires, while corporate interests’ power was in…

S1E10 The Heist

Oct 22, 2024 1h 7m

Unleashed by the Citizens United ruling, the master planners launch a three-part heist to crack the vault protecting democracy itself. First, the schemers take out the security cameras monitoring…

S1E9 Going Big

Oct 15, 2024 1h 4m

An anti-abortion legal activist starts using the federal courts to chip away at campaign finance restrictions, setting his sights on the Supreme Court. Indiana lawyer James Bopp Jr. engineers the…

S1E8 Shock and Awe

Oct 08, 2024 52m

As President George W. Bush declares “Mission Accomplished” in the Iraq War, his administration wages a different war with swing-state senators defying his judicial nominees. Operatives like Leonard…

S1E7 Rise of the Machine

Oct 01, 2024 58m

After a series of setbacks in the push to legalize corruption, the master planners know they must take over the U.S. Supreme Court and halt the trend of Republican-appointed justices siding with…

S1E6 The Maverick

Sep 24, 2024 1h 2m

When five U.S. senators get caught pressuring a regulator on behalf of a financial magnate, they become known as the “Keating Five.” The public is predictably outraged. But what no one expects is…

S1E5 Corporations Are People, My Friend

Sep 17, 2024 52m

You might remember Mitt Romney’s infamous line: “Corporations are people, my friend.” But where did this idea come from? In this episode: how the Ford Administration and the Powell Memo movement…

S1E4 The Secret Task Force

Sep 10, 2024 50m

How did corporate executives and politicians turn Lewis Powell’s memo from a blueprint into a master plan — and begin executing it? In this episode, we uncover proof of a secret “Powell Memo Task…

S1E3 The Powell Memo

Sep 03, 2024 55m

A seemingly moderate corporate lawyer grows alarmed by anti-corruption reformers’ policy wins and writes a manifesto detailing how corporations and oligarchs can dominate American politics. Months…

S1E2 The Other Watergate

Aug 27, 2024 46m

There’s a lost tale behind Watergate: corporate bagmen, suitcases of illegal cash, and Nixon circumventing the very campaign finance rules he’d just signed into law. Amid the blowback, Nixon leaves a…

S1E1 Milk Money

Aug 27, 2024 36m

Ever wonder how America became so corrupt? It didn’t have to be this way. Our series begins in 1971, a time when hot pants were hot, bell bottoms were swinging, and campaign cash flowed like……

S1 Trailer — Legalizing Corruption

Aug 05, 2024 2m Trailer

A secret plot. A public theft. A democracy corrupted.Discover the truth. The first two episodes of Master Plan, a new podcast from The Lever, will be available on August 27 wherever you get your…

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Master Plan has published 15 episodes since August 2024, covering topics in History, News.

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