Who Funds that?

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 .

Who Funds that? is a news podcast hosted by Capital Research Center, with 429 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Capital Research Center hosts Who Funds that?, a news show with 429 episodes published.

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  Episode #24

  Who Funds That? EP 24: Randi Weingarten's AI Slop

  Sep 29, 202626 min

  As we discussed last week, the robot apocalypse is maybe not coming, which means that we’re going to have to learn to live with artificial intelligence and related technologies. And now Randi Weingarten, one of the least helpful people in American public life, is here to help us. Joining us to discuss how teachers unions are trying to wriggle themselves into AI regulation is CRC Senior Fellow Kali Fontanilla. Links: https://capitalresearch.org/article/unions-and-school-districts-have-been-clumsy-ai-regulators/ https://capitalresearch.org/article/who-funds-that-episode-23-the-prophets-of-the-ai-apocalypse/

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  Episode #23

  Who Funds That? EP 23: The Prophets of the AI Apocalypse

  Sep 22, 202634 min

  It’s not every day that the would be masters of the universe are going on television and proclaiming an imminent doomsday, as if they were street preachers or the people who used to walk around public parks with sandwich boards saying “The end is nigh!” But the heads of major artificial intelligence companies like Anthropic and OpenAI have spent the last couple of weeks doing just that, claiming that they themselves are bringing forth Armageddon and that only government bureaucracy can stop them. But are these “AI Doomers” a true, organic response to concerns best known by those building the god-machine, or is it a cynical media operation by a mega-business interested in using the regulatory state to lock out potential competitors? Our colleague Parker Thayer, who is skeptical of the motivations of the corporate titans, joins us to discuss. Links: https://x.com/ParkerThayer/status/2097759699626328575?s=20 https://capitalresearch.org/article/my-problem-with-effective-altruism/ https://capitalresearch.org/article/left-wing-billionaire-dustin-moskovitz/ https://www.influencewatch.org/for-profit/anthropic/ https://www.influencewatch.org/for-profit/openai/

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  Episode #22

  Who Funds That? EP 22: The Commies' Lawyers

  Sep 15, 202625 min

  They say that every son of a gun deserves a lawyer and his day in court; it’s a core principle of the American legal system. But certain lawyers informally focus on certain cases and certain clients, often for ideological reasons. That raises the question: Who do Communists—both foreign Communist regimes and Americans facing investigation for alleged Communist activities—call when they need counsel? The answer, often, is Rabinowitz, Boudin, Standard, Krinsky & Lieberman, P.C., which has made a name for itself as the preferred U.S. legal representatives of clients including Cuba’s Communist government, Vietnam War draft opponents and Communist-influenced labor unions, among others. Joining us today to discuss RBSKL is our CRC colleague Robert Stilson, who just conducted a major research project for our InfluenceWatch project on the law firm. Links: https://www.influencewatch.org/for-profit/rabinowitz-boudin-standard-krinsky-lieberman-p-c-rbskl/ https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/national-lawyers-guild/ https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/venceremos-brigade/ https://www.influencewatch.org/organization/weather-underground-weatherman-weathermen/

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  Episode #21

  Who Funds That? EP 21: The Next 30 Years of Big Labor

  Sep 8, 202626 min

  On this podcast, we largely cover who funds the groups and people who are influencing public policy — and today we'll be diving into the abyss of labor unions with our regular host and CRC's research director, Mike Watson. Thirty years ago, a former teachers-union operative named Max Green wrote a book called Epitaph for American Labor. He came not to praise the American labor movement but to bury it. Mike went back to that book at the thirty-year mark to ask whether Green was right — and his answer is yes, and it's worse than Green thought. Links: https://capitalresearch.org/article/an-epitaph-for-a-distinctly-american-labor-movement-at-30/ https://www.aei.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/-epitaph-for-american-labor_125813738926.pdf?x91208 https://capitalresearch.org/article/the-thesis-that-drove-american-politics-crazy-part-1/ https://capitalresearch.org/article/a-republican-plan-to-resurrect-obamas-assault-on-labor-union-democracy/

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  Episode #20

  Who Funds That? EP 20: How Charities Are Influencing Elections

  Sep 1, 202624 min

  Charities (like Capital Research Center) are formally prohibited from intervening in election campaigns. But for years, liberal Big Philanthropy has exploited non-enforcement and loopholes in the law to use charities for transparently electoral purposes. Joining Michael Watson and Tiffany Gabbay to discuss how the left uses charities to directly influence elections is our colleague Parker Thayer, who just released a report on the topic. Links: https://capitalresearch.org/article/the-charities-influencing-elections-2024-and-beyond/ https://capitalresearch.org/article/the-vote-machine-is-already-planning-for-the-2030-census-2/ https://capitalresearch.org/article/the-lefts-voter-registration-grift-thrived-in-2024/ https://capitalresearch.org/article/influencewatch-podcast-332-voter-participation-unless-you-like-nascar/ https://capitalresearch.org/article/testimony-on-the-nonprofit-voter-registration-industry/

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