Seeking Rents – The Podcast
Hosted by Jason Garcia · Jason Garcia
4.9from 86 ratings
- 193
- Episodes
- 35
- Transcribed
- 86
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2022
- First episode
- 129K
- YouTube views
About Seeking Rents – The Podcast
"Rent-seeking" is a term in economics that describes when a corporation uses its political influence to twist tax laws and other public policy in its favor. Seeking Rents – The Podcast brings you the stories of how that's happening in Florida, where corporate interests like Florida Power & Light, Big Sugar, and Walt Disney World wield enormous influence everywhere from local city halls to the state Capitol. Hosted by award-winning journalist Jason Garcia, Florida's leading corporate-accountability reporter. jasongarcia.substack.com (https://jasongarcia.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast)
- Publisher
- Jason Garcia
- Category
- news · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 14 Jul 2022
- Latest episode
- 9 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
35 of 193 episodes have a transcript.
9 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The tech bros are coming for Florida’s elections
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The story behind a shady land deal in Florida (update)
25 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Hope Florida cover-up
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The tech bros are coming for Florida’s elections
Published 9 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] But if you trace that money... All of American Mission Florida's money comes from a federal super PAC called Leading the Future. And this is how these mazes are set up, right? But if you keep following it there, Leading the Future, that federal super PAC, is largely financed by three data centers backing billionaires. We're talking about the AI investors Mark Andreessen and Ben Horowitz of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. And Greg Brockman, who is the president and co-founder of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGBT. And Andreessen Horowitz is a major investor in OpenAI as well. This is what I mean by saying essentially the ChatGBT billionaires are now trying to tilt elections for the state house and Senate in Florida. […]
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- YouTube views
- 129,081
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 59 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 27 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 71 / 100
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- Quality
- 75
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 82
- Engagement
- 85
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