Master Plan
Hosted by David Sirota · The Lever & David Sirota
4.8from 1,233 ratings
- 45
- Episodes
- 39
- Transcribed
- 1,233
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2024
- First episode
- 668K
- YouTube views
About Master Plan
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.
- Publisher
- The Lever & David Sirota
- Category
- history · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 5 Aug 2024
- Latest episode
- 6 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
39 of 45 episodes have a transcript.
6 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Will Democrats Take On The Tech Oligarchs? | Gil Duran & Saikat Chakrabarti
5 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Fight for the Democratic Party's Future | Robert Reich & Patrick Gaspard
29 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
ENCORE: The Inside Story Of Citizens United
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Will Democrats Take On The Tech Oligarchs? | Gil Duran & Saikat Chakrabarti
Published 6 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I wanted to know what Democrats can do right now to limit big tech's power, protect workers, and make sure the benefits of AI do not just flow to a handful of oligarchs. Here's my conversation with Shoika Chakrabarty. You helped build tech companies, and you know Silicon Valley from the inside. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on Master Plan
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- Gil Duran
- Saikat Chakrabarti
- Robert Reich
- Patrick Gaspard
- James Bopp Jr
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 667,516
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 713 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 520 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 65 / 100
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- Quality
- 57
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 91
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David Sirota host the show. Published by The Lever & David Sirota.
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