Coming Soon: Who Is? The Podcast: Season Two
Who Is?
iHeartRadio + NowThis
4.1 • 803 Ratings
🗓️ 10 July 2020
⏱️ 2 minutes
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Summary
"Who Is?," an original podcast from NowThis News that explores the lives of the powerful, is back. On "Who Is?," host and NowThis correspondent Sean Morrow dives deep into the stories and backstories of the politicians, donors, media moguls and movements that shape our lives, from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Mark Zuckerberg, and #BlackLivesMatter to George Soros. Featuring conversations with the reporters, biographers, colleagues, confidantes--and occasionally adversaries--who know these world molders best, "Who Is?" is back for another season of sixteen episodes. It's an election year, and we're living through a pandemic. There's a lot to talk about.
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| 0:00.0 | Does money actually buy power? |
| 0:04.1 | Yeah, of course it does. |
| 0:05.7 | But where does all that money come from? |
| 0:08.0 | And who are the people that write the big checks? |
| 0:12.1 | I'm Sean Morrow, and on the first season of Who Is the podcast from Now This? |
| 0:17.0 | I told you the stories of the powerful politicians whose decisions mold the world we live in. |
| 0:23.6 | From Mitch McConnell to Nancy Pelosi. Now I'm back for season two. |
| 0:28.6 | We'll introduce you to the donor class and the industries they control. |
| 0:33.6 | I mean, this is a guy who is willing to almost go to war, whether it's countries, whether |
| 0:41.5 | it's companies, no matter how big and they will not let up. |
| 0:46.9 | There's just no chance they're going to lose. |
| 0:49.6 | Because of this extractive business model, the wealth has been drained from rural America. |
| 0:59.0 | Rural America is boarded up, but also our communities have lost their population. Yeah, it's a real change for a for-profit company to be governing all of global speech, right? |
| 1:05.7 | Whatever they decide is what is allowed. |
| 1:08.6 | We'll talk hedge fund moguls, the big meat industrial complex, |
| 1:13.1 | Facebook, and lots more. |
| 1:15.3 | I'm also going to introduce you to the organizers, |
| 1:17.8 | activists, and politicians |
| 1:19.0 | who are fighting back against the money |
| 1:21.4 | and the movement's pushing for change nationwide. |
| 1:25.2 | It's an election year, |
| 1:26.3 | and we're in a pandemic. There's a lot to talk about. |
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