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“Who Funds That?” Episode 5: Ohio’s Medicaid Millions
Seven buildings with 288 companies. Empty offices with unopened government notices in the mail slots. Alleged criminals vaguely warning that they know who journalists’ families are. It’s all real, and…
by Sarah Lee, Parker Thayer, Michael Watson on May 19, 2026

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“Who Funds That?” Episode 4: Democrat Union Bosses, Republican Workers
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 Philanthropy and others perhaps in…
by Sarah Lee, Michael Watson on May 12, 2026

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“Who Funds That?” Episode 3: Justice Samuel Alito (with Mollie Hemingway)
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…
by Sarah Lee, Michael Watson on May 5, 2026

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“Who Funds That?” Episode 2: Maryland Lawmakers and Teachers Unions vs. Parents (with Corey DeAngelis)
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…
by Sarah Lee, Michael Watson on April 28, 2026

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“Who Funds That?” Episode 1: Cutting Class for the Radical Left
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…
by Sarah Lee, Michael Watson on April 21, 2026

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InfluenceWatch Podcast #400: 2026: A Look Ahead at Who Funds That
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…
by Sarah Lee, Parker Thayer, Robert Stilson, Michael Watson on March 17, 2026

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InfluenceWatch Podcast #399: Will Wealth Tax Wreck the Economy?
You may have seen news reports that California is facing something called “outmigration,” in which residents – including some of that state’s most wealthy – are picking up and moving…
by Sarah Lee, Michael Watson on March 10, 2026

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InfluenceWatch Podcast #398: The Mullahs’ Friends in America
As we speak—it’s February 25th as we record, so commentary on the current situation may be out of date when you hear this—a naval armada of two fleet carriers and…
by Sarah Lee, Robert Stilson, Michael Watson on March 3, 2026

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Podcast: The philanthropy of Melinda French Gates
Chris Murray, host of the Your Financial Editor podcast, interviewed Robert Stilson, CRC’s senior research analyst. They discussed Robert’s recent report, Melinda French Gates and her Pivotal philanthropies.
by Robert Stilson on February 27, 2026

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InfluenceWatch Podcast #397: Teachers Unions Target Target
That teachers’ unions are more interested in radical leftist political power than student achievement is increasingly recognized, and today’s guest brings two new pieces of evidence to pile on the…
by Sarah Lee, Michael Watson on February 24, 2026