SEASON TWO: THE KINGMAKERS IS HERE For early access to future episodes and exclusive bonus content, click here to upgrade to a paid subscription to The Lever . 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
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Master Plan is hosted by The Lever & David Sirota. The show has published 27 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "The Inheritance" (14 September 2026, 57 minutes), "The King’s Man" (25 August 2026, 63 minutes), and "Obama’s Kill List" (18 August 2026, 75 minutes).
Master Plan publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 37 minutes across 27 episodes.
Booking probability for Master Plan is 39%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Master Plan requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Master Plan's contact route on record: verified email.
The Lever & David Sirota hosts Master Plan, a history show with 27 episodes published.
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Episode #8
<p>In the season finale of Master Plan: The Kingmakers, we ask Democratic leaders what the next U.S. president should do with the expanded executive powers that Trump will leave behind. </p> <p>Featuring exclusive...
Episode #7
<p>A little-known conservative operative spends years figuring out how to bend the machinery of government to a president's will. By the time Donald Trump returns for his second term, a shadow government is ready to...
Episode #6
<p>Obama vowed to restore the rule of law after the War on Terror. But behind closed doors, his administration created a secret system that allowed the president to decide who lived and who died.</p> <p><br></p>...
Episode #5
<p>September 11, 2001 brought chaos and terror to the United States. It also brought an unprecedented opportunity.</p> <p>After decades of watching what he felt was the erosion of presidential power, Vice President Dick...
Episode #5
<p>Season 2 of Master Plan is back, with new episodes available now for paid subscribers.</p> <p>In Episode 5 of The Kingmakers, Vice President Dick Cheney uses a national emergency to shift power toward the executive...
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<p>Every crisis creates an opportunity. The final chapters of The Kingmakers reveal the plot to build an all-powerful presidency — and put it in the hands of a man who wants to be king.</p> <p>Watch the full video...
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<p>This week, we're sharing an episode from The New Yorker's The Political Scene examining the political forces reshaping America's intelligence community.</p> <p>The Washington Roundtable is joined by veteran political...
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<p>Today, we are sharing the debut episode of First America, the brand-new history podcast from Critical Frequency and Pushkin Industries.</p> <p>Hosted by award-winning journalist Rebecca Nagle and featuring leading...
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<p>The Master Plan team is hard at work on the next batch of Season 2 episodes. In the meantime, we’re sharing an episode from our friends at Scene on Radio.</p> <p>Their new season, The News, explores the crisis facing...
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<p>As Trump’s war in Iran approached a critical 60-day deadline, we took a deep dive into the War Powers Resolution, the Nixon-era law designed to limit presidential war-making. But Congress had a little-known weapon to...
Episode #4
<p>Rather than retreat from Iran-Contra and other scandals, conservative operatives inside the White House — led by Attorney General Edwin Meese — went on the offensive. Drawing on newly uncovered documents and...
Episode #3
<p>Emboldened by a landslide election, the president’s men began to see themselves as 1980s action-movie heroes, willing to break the law to get what they want. The result was the Iran-Contra affair, a secret arms deal...
Episode #2
<p>How did Project 2025 take control of the White House? It all began decades ago, when a beer-baron-backed think tank handed President Ronald Reagan an 1,100-page instruction manual for expanding presidential power...
Episode #1
<p>Before Trump, there was Nixon. His attempts to seize the power of the purse and secretly expand the Vietnam War forged a constitutional crisis, a backlash, and a template for an imperial presidency.</p> <p><br></p>...
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<p>A new season of Master Plan debuts on March 16.</p> <p>For early access to new episodes and exclusive bonus content, click here to upgrade to a paid subscription to The Lever.</p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad...
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<p>An important message about the future of Master Plan, from our host, David Sirota. </p> Become A Paid Subscriber To The Lever Become A Paid Subscriber On Apple Podcasts Make A One-Time Donation Order Our Companion...
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<p>We’ve got big news — Master Plan is now a book!</p><p><br></p><p>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...
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<p>NOTE: This is the first episode in a special bonus series from our weekly podcast, Lever Time.</p><p>While media giants cave to frivolous Trump libel lawsuits and muzzle late-night hosts who step out of line, CBS...
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<p>For Master Plan listeners, we’re excited to drop Part 1 of Tax Revolt, a new mini-series from Lever Time that digs into the origins of America’s obsession with dismantling the tax code.</p><p>If you want to hear hear...
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<p>Listen to the trailer for Tax Revolt. Part 1 is available now in the Lever Time podcast feed. </p><p>Learn more at LeverNews.com/TaxRevolt</p>
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U.S. representative for New York's 14th congressional district, New York House of Representatives
U.S. Senator, Maryland senator
Pennsylvania Democratic Governor, Pennsylvania Government
former U.S. Senator, Denver Public Schools' superintendent, United States Senate
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