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InfluenceWatch Podcast #238: BlackRock: ESG Policy or Posturing?
The power of the ESG—environmental, social, and corporate governance—investing movement is propelled by powerful allies among funds managers, perhaps none more prominent than BlackRock, which manages over eight trillion dollars…
by Ken Braun, Michael Watson on September 30, 2022

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InfluenceWatch Podcast #237: A Family Fights the EPA
“Who decides? Congress or the executive?” is a key question underlying many prominent legal interpretation disputes. One such dispute, over defining “waters of the United States,” has trapped one family…
by Michael Watson on September 26, 2022

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InfluenceWatch Podcast #236: The PragerU Action Guide
These days, amid debates over critical race theory and radical gender theory in school curriculums as early as elementary school, parents might be wondering what alternative resources might be available…
by Michael Watson on September 23, 2022

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InfluenceWatch Podcast #235: The Thesis That Drove American Politics Crazy
In 2002, President George W. Bush stood astride the post–September 11 political world and Republicans looked poised to do the unthinkable and strengthen their positions in Congress in a midterm…
by Sarah Lee, Michael Watson on September 9, 2022

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InfluenceWatch Podcast #234: Education Exodus
Today’s guest is not the only person to have left California for Florida in the past few years. Kali Fontanilla left her teaching job in Monterey County after her school…
by Michael Watson on September 2, 2022

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InfluenceWatch Podcast #233: Who is Barre Seid?
This week, the New York Times reported that a “little-known donor”—industrialist Barre Seid—had given a $1.6 billion “windfall” to a new conservative group known as Marble Freedom Trust in…
by Michael Watson, Scott Walter on August 26, 2022

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InfluenceWatch Podcast #232: Know Your Rights: Labor Unions
We’ve discussed government worker unions and their left-wing politics on the podcast before, but what can workers do to protect themselves against union activities they disagree with? Americans for Fair…
by Michael Watson on August 19, 2022

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InfluenceWatch Podcast #231: Bad Apples
Hello, I’m Michael Watson and this is the InfluenceWatch Podcast. This week, FBI agents conducted a search at the Florida residence of former President Donald Trump. We’ll leave it to…
by Ken Braun, Michael Watson on August 12, 2022

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InfluenceWatch Podcast #230: The Dictatorship of Woke Investing
We’ve discussed “woke capital” on the podcast before with author Stephen Soukup and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy. But now we turn to a related topic: Environmental, Social, and Governance — “ESG”…
by Michael Watson on August 5, 2022

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InfluenceWatch Podcast #229: Agency with Ian Rowe
We’ve heard a great deal lately about education in America, from discussions about school choice post-COVID restrictions to whether curriculum is being developed that helps children learn to succeed at…
by Sarah Lee on August 2, 2022