InfluenceWatch Podcast #314: ESG’s Labor Angle
I’m fond of saying—it’s in my Twitter bio—that “there’s always a labor angle.” From bad MLB umpiring to anti-anti-Hamas demonstrations, Big Labor is there. So I am the least surprised…
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InfluenceWatch Podcast #313: America’s Worst Teachers Union?
It might be America’s worst teachers’ union—and knowing American teachers’ unions, that’s saying something. Since its takeover by a radical-left-wing, militant caucus in 2010, the Chicago Teachers Union has pushed…
InfluenceWatch Podcast #312: Nonprofits and the News
Journalism is changing, with nonprofit outlets, especially on the left, playing an increasing role in how information gets to the people. Just this week, the press has praised States Newsroom,…
InfluenceWatch Podcast #311: Government Voter Registration
Listen to “Episode 311: Government Voter Registration” on Spreaker. It is increasingly well…
InfluenceWatch Podcast #310: Big Labor Then, Now, and in the Future
Have you ever wondered how and why Big Labor became such a driving force in American politics, and how it’s come to be associated with the American left and the…
InfluenceWatch Podcast #309: Using Federalism to Protect National Security (w/State Armor)
Congressional debate over the social media app TikTok has brought the subject of China’s influence operations into sharp focus for many Americans who might have known China was a geopolitical…
InfluenceWatch Podcast #308: Wind Welfare
Wind power sounds lovely; supposedly free, indeed infinite “renewable” clean energy from the predictable patterns of moving air. Except it isn’t quite so simple. Turbines catch fire with disquieting frequency.
Patagonia’s Political Plays (with Caitlin Sutherland)
In 2022, Patagonia outdoors-wear brand owner and self-described socialist Yvon Chouinard and his family transferred ownership of the company to Holdfast Collective, an LLC that controls 98 percent of the…
InfluenceWatch Podcast #306: The Left of the Global Left
You’ve probably heard of the Democratic Socialists of America, the left-wing radical faction we most recently discussed in episode 302 for its financial problems. But the DSA is just a…
InfluenceWatch Podcast #305: Black Wives Matter (with Delano Squires)
In 1965, future U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY), then an Assistant Secretary of Labor in the Johnson administration, issued a report expressing alarm at rising rates of unwed childbearing,…