

InfluenceWatch Podcast
Capital Research Center
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/2rnQygYListen to all episodes of InfluenceWatch Podcast at Ricochet.com.
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May 3, 2018 • 42min
Episode 22: Sexual Harassment at the Left's PR Firm
In this episode: We detail the sexual harassment scandal at the Left's most powerful think tank, the Center for American Progress, and the many other scandals in the group's history. Watch the video version of the show here: https://youtu.be/KE1dE1I1Fws Learn more about the organizations and influencers discussed in the show at InfluenceWatch.org

Apr 26, 2018 • 39min
Episode 21: New York's Left in Disarray
In this episode: New York's Governor Andrew Cuomo got a shock when the left-wing Working Families Party, important in his previous election, instead endorsed his primary opponent actress Cynthia Nixon. This race is representative of the splits riling the modern Left. Watch the video version of the show here: https://youtu.be/_ZQ5H7U4EHA Learn more about the organizations and influencers discussed in the show at InfluenceWatch.org

Apr 19, 2018 • 41min
Episode 20: The Left Comes For Your Cars
In this episode: Environmentalists, labor unions, and other activists are working together to make driving your car more expensive. And the corrupt United Auto Workers sells out their workers in exchange for bribes from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles executives. Watch the video version of the show here: https://youtu.be/U9xb6oLhHgw Learn more about the organizations and influencers discussed in the show at InfluenceWatch.org

Apr 12, 2018 • 43min
Episode 19: Leftist Attacks & How to Win (with guest Bill Meierling!)
In this episode: Special guest Bill Meierling of the American Legislative Exchange Council, which has suffered intense and coordinated left-wing attacks, helps us run down the tactics the left uses to marginalize their opponents and how to fight back in light of the recent firing of Kevin D. Williamson from The Atlantic. Watch the video version of the show here: https://youtu.be/i3f-3-nLyZY Learn more about the organizations and influencers discussed in the show at InfluenceWatch.org

Apr 5, 2018 • 49min
Episode 18: Teachers Unions & Power Over Taxpayers
In this episode: Teachers unions strike for higher pay in Oklahoma and West Virginia, with more states yet to come. What does this mean for YOUR tax dollars, as well as for parents and children? Watch the video version of the show here: https://youtu.be/pId5jR23O0k Learn more about the organizations and influencers discussed in the show at InfluenceWatch.org

Mar 29, 2018 • 53min
Episode 17: Amy Wax & Affirmative Action
In this episode: In yet another leftist blow up on college campuses, radical students and faculty are attacking University of Pennsylvania professor Amy Wax for opposing affirmative action. Watch the video version of the show here: https://youtu.be/7Bop0Sgfqts Learn more about the organizations and influencers discussed in the show at InfluenceWatch.org

Mar 22, 2018 • 56min
Episode 16: Cambridge Analytica
In this episode: Trump-connected political consultancy and data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica has single handedly dropped Facebook's stock value over 10%. Why? A major scandal involving user data accompanied by hints of dark political manipulations. We tell you the truth about the scandal. Watch the video version of the show here: https://youtu.be/vNWuVZ-lHSs Learn more about the organizations and influencers discussed in the show at InfluenceWatch.org

Mar 15, 2018 • 48min
Episode 15: #GunControlNow vs. #2A
In this episode: In the wake of the Parkland, Florida school massacre, gun control advocates have become filled with hope this could be their moment. Who are they, who is funding them, and who is fighting them to defend the 2nd Amendment? Watch the video version of the show here: https://youtu.be/VFEurT7VGl8 Learn more about the organizations and influencers discussed in the show at InfluenceWatch.org

Mar 8, 2018 • 51min
Episode 14: Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions
In this episode: The movement for Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions (BDS) against Israel is a mainstay on college campuses - for some due to the Jewish state's policies and for others due to its very existence. How did it get this way, and who are the players on both sides? Watch the video version of the show here: https://youtu.be/3cK1lG7ld-0 Learn more about the organizations and influencers discussed in the show at InfluenceWatch.org

Mar 1, 2018 • 44min
Episode 13: Janus v. AFSCME (with guest Mark Mix!)
In this episode: Special guest Mark Mix (National Right To Work) discusses the vital Supreme Court case Janus v. AFSCME and his organization's role in it. Watch the video version of the show here: https://youtu.be/W77rkoFY9Ew Learn more about the organizations and influencers discussed in the show at InfluenceWatch.org


