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The podcast where we go beneath the surface to reveal the web of connected influence, money, and motivation driving the news, sourced primarily from our website InfluenceWatch.org, the Capital Research Center's online encyclopedia of the donors, non-profits, and influencers driving politics. You can watch the video version of the podcast at: http://bit.ly/2rnQygY Listen to all episodes of the "Who Funds That?" Podcast at Ricochet.com .
Unknown Host hosts Who Funds that?.
On this podcast, we take time to investigate who funds the groups and people who are influencing public policy—but what if you want to be one of those people? Well, you could always provide well-appreciated support to us
Do environmentalists—and the rest of the progressive left that includes combating climate change as part of its “Omnicause”—care more about saving the planet or replacing market capitalism, private property, and pluralis
A faction of the political right, supported by the think tank American Compass that is funded by the leftist Hewlett Foundation, claims that organized labor has a “conservative heart” and should be empowered to dominate
Many people are saying that Congress doesn’t do anything, and…yeah they’re often correct—and that’s sometimes a good thing. But on the subject of nonprofit and advocacy group regulation, the House Committee on Ways and M
It is supposed to be the law that foreigners, people who do not have citizenship or permanent residency, cannot fund federal election campaigns. But our colleague Parker Thayer notes that there is a giant loophole in thi
You’ve heard quite a lot about the Democratic Socialists of America, the left-wing faction that has surged to victories in Democratic Party primary elections across the country. But how did what was as recently as the ea
The Supreme Court has issued its rulings, and with big decisions on citizenship, transgender athletes, and congressional redistricting, a major case with significant impacts on policy may fly under the radar. In Trump v.
Artificial intelligence: what does it mean? Is it taking all the water? Is it taking all the jobs? Are foreign interests, radical socialists, and cynical AI companies misleading the public about what AI is doing to Ameri
Today’s higher education is not your grandfather’s higher education. Indeed, it’s not even the higher education of my first run through it in the 90s, before the pervasive embrace of DEI and critical race theory, before
Since the Hamas attacks on Israel in October 2023, the Everything Leftist Omnicause has turned its Eye of Sauron toward aggressive support for Palestinian nationalism—support for Palestinian nationalism that all too freq
Without energy, we have nothing: The economy relies on it; our entertainments rely on it; our schools rely on it; our comfort and lives rely on it. But the energy on which we all rely has enemies, and our colleague Ken B
Americans who know Cuba best—those who fled the Communist-ruled island and their descendants—loathe the country’s Communist regime, in power since Fidel Castro overthrew an American-backed strongman in 1959. Thanks to Co
Today we’ve got a very important and exciting topic to cover: The nonprofit tax return (Form 990)! Now please don’t turn your podcast dial—this actually matters way more than you think, even if you aren’t a nonprofit acc
Seven buildings with 288 companies. Empty offices with unopened government notices in the mail slots. Convicted fraudsters vaguely warning that they know who journalists’ families are. It’s all real, and it’s all been un
As working-class Americans demonstrate increasing willingness to support conservative political candidates, some ostensible conservatives—some perhaps in service to their think tank’s funders in left-wing Big Philanthrop
When conservatives wax poetic about their favorite Supreme Court justices from what one might call the “Federalist Society era” of Republican appointments, Clarence Thomas and the late Antonin Scalia take precedence. The
Maryland, for my sins my home state, is almost completely controlled by the teachers unions—this was proven during COVID-19, when the state had among the longest school closures in the nation. But the end of the pandemic
Hello, I’m Michael Watson joined by Sarah Lee and this is our first episode of Capital Research Center’s “Who Funds That?” podcast. I am fond of reminding anyone who will hear me that organized labor is an institutional
This is not the Influence Watch Podcast. After our 400th episode, we said we'd be back with our new format and new name on April 7th, but we're making bigger changes and they'll take a little bit more time. You'll be abl
Hello, I’m Michael Watson and this is the 400th episode of the InfluenceWatch Podcast. For us, it is a time for looking back and a time for looking forward—we will have a special announcement at the conclusion of today’s
Luke Rosiak
The Daily Wire
2 appearances on this show
Tom Jones
Deputy Online Editor at the Critic, Conservative councillor · Central Wyoming Fair and Rodeo
1 appearance on this show
Mollie Hemingway
bestselling author, Federalist editor-in-chief, Fox News contributor · The Federalist
1 appearance on this show
Corey DeAngelis
author, national speaker · American Federation for Children
2 appearances on this show
Michael Watson
Former NPS Chief of Interpretation · Mississippi Secretary of State
1 appearance on this show
Sarah Lee
Agriculture and Business Recruitment and Outreach Coordinator · Agriculture and Business Recruitment and Outreach
2 appearances on this show
Mark Zuckerberg
CEO of Meta · Meta Platforms Inc
1 appearance on this show
Sergey Brin
1 appearance on this show
Peter Thiel
Former CEO · Palantir Technologies
1 appearance on this show
Randi Weingarten
teacher, author, social activist · American Federation of Teachers
1 appearance on this show
Scott Walter
President · Capital Research Center
2 appearances on this show
Don Lemon
Award winning broadcast journalist and media trailblazer · CNN
1 appearance on this show
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