Ari Weitzman interviews Laurie Styron from Charity Watch
Tangle
Isaac Saul
4.7 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 1 January 2026
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Tangle Managing Editor Ari Weitzman chats with Laurie Styron, the executive director of CharityWatch.org, about the validity of different charities, what to look out for before you denote money to any charities, the good and the bad, and what charities should we keep an eye out for. This is a very important discussion to check out especially before you make your end of year donations.
For more information on Charity Watch go to: https://www.charitywatch.org/
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| 0:00.0 | From executive producer Isaac Saul, this is Tangle. |
| 0:08.4 | Good morning, good afternoon and good evening. |
| 0:20.3 | This is Tangle managingaging Editor Ari Weitzman |
| 0:23.1 | here with an interview for you to listen to over our holiday break. As usual, we're taking some |
| 0:29.2 | time off between now and New Year's to try to refresh, recharge, take a break from the news cycle, |
| 0:34.9 | and we're hoping you allow some time for yourself to do the same, |
| 0:38.1 | be with family, rest, recharge. At the same time, we know the news doesn't stop. So over break, |
| 0:44.3 | we're releasing a series of interviews with guests for podcast listeners only. Today, I'm joined by |
| 0:50.6 | Lori Styron, the executive director of CharityWatch.org, which is an organization |
| 0:56.6 | that reviews and assesses the effectiveness of different nonprofits and charities operating |
| 1:02.3 | in the United States. I wanted to talk to Lori because after doing my holiday shopping, I was |
| 1:07.6 | really curious about the donations that I was prompted to make at the checkout line. |
| 1:12.7 | Often, these were for organizations I hadn't heard of before. And I was curious, when I click |
| 1:17.7 | that button to give $1, $2 a checkout, how do I know where it's going? What do I know about these |
| 1:24.1 | organizations, really? Am I a bad person if I don't want to say yes at checkout with everybody behind me watching? |
| 1:30.3 | So I wanted to talk to somebody who could help give me those answers. |
| 1:33.5 | Lori's been in this business for decades. |
| 1:35.6 | And in our conversation, I ask her, what are these charities? |
| 1:39.9 | How can I know whether or not they're doing what they're doing? |
| 1:42.4 | What are some of the good ones? |
| 1:43.5 | How can I separate the good from the bad? |
| 1:45.4 | Should I be clicking yes at checkout? |
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