The Lunch-Meat Mafia
An inside look at how a corrupt billionaire butcher family ended up controlling the country’s meat supply.
Podcasts
Our podcast network includes Master Plan, Lever Time, The Audit, and more. Find episodes below.
What Will It Take To Defeat Ticketmaster?
Would breaking up the Live Nation monopoly really improve an inequitable music industry?
How The Wolves Of K Street Ate America
In their new book The Wolves of K Street, Brody and Luke Mullins explore how corporate power came to dominate American politics.
Credit Card Companies Want To Keep You In Debt Forever
This week on Lever Time, a former Capital One employee gives us an inside look at the company’s manipulative tactics to keep you in debt.
What Will It Take For Israel To End Its War?
Pulitzer Prize winner Nathan Thrall details life in the Gaza Strip and West Bank since Oct. 7 and explores what’s motivating Benjamin Netanyahu.
Why Does America Provide So Much Support To Israel?
This week on Lever Time, we look at the forces inside the White House steering Biden’s Israel policy and hear how the war has played out on the ground in Israel and Gaza.
What A Fracking CEO’s Text Messages Tell Us About Inflation
Monopoly expert Matt Stoller details his bombshell reporting on how an alleged oil price-fixing scheme between U.S. oil producers and Saudi Arabia fueled inflation.
Your Apps Are Helping The Government Spy On You
In this bonus episode of Lever Time, journalist Byron Tau explains the history of the modern surveillance state.
Big Brother Is Watching The Protesters, Sponsored By Corporate America
The intelligence community is using consumer tracking tools to spy on student protesters and everyone else they deem a threat.
Congress Wants To Make Sure Flying Still Sucks
In this episode of Lever Time, Lever reporter Katya Schwenk unpacks how a small line in a massive bill could quietly kill a consumer protection rule that was years in the making.