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On this week’s episode of Lever Time Premium: David Sirota is joined by investigative journalist Jefferson Morley, one of the foremost experts on the assassination of president John F. Kennedy. David and Jeff discuss the trove of classified documents pertaining to the assassination that were recently released by the Biden administration, what we learned from the materials, and the potential reasons why the CIA is still withholding an estimated 4,000 additional documents (8:49).

Then, for this week’s bonus segment, we share the best moments from The Lever’s new podcast, Movies vs. Capitalism, which explores the intersection of pop culture and politics. On the inaugural episode, hosts Rivka Rivera and Frank Cappello are joined by David Sirota for a conversation about the Reagan-era classic, Ghostbusters (34:02). 

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A rough transcript of this episode is available here.