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LEVER TIME PREMIUM: Tales From The Crypto
On this week’s Lever Time Premium: a look at the new progressive members of Congress; a full explainer on last week’s crypto implosion; and the harrowing story of the most toxic place in America.
On this week’s episode of Lever Time Premium: Progressive candidates win big! First, Producer Frank chats with The Lever’s Jordan Uhl about his takeaways from attending a recent Congressional Progressive Caucus event welcoming eleven new members of the House Democrats’ progressive wing (6:49). Then, David Sirota discusses the recent implosion of the cryptocurrency market following the collapse of the FTX exchange and resignation of its CEO. David is joined by journalist and crypto policy expert Jacob Silverman, as well as director of research at the American Economic Liberties Project Matt Stoller, who explain the crypto debacle, why regulators were asleep at the wheel, and what should be done to fix the problem (26:09).
Finally, for this week’s bonus segment, David interviews journalist and author Joshua Frank about his new book Atomic Days: The Untold Story of the Most Toxic Place in America, about the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state (1:05:44).
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A rough transcript of this episode is available here.