Foreign Agents and American Kleptocracy with Casey Michel

The Home Front

Reed Galen

News, Government, Politics, News Commentary

5 • 632 Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Host Reed Galen is joined by Casey Michel, investigative journalist and Director of the Combating Kleptocracy Program at the Human Rights Foundation. They discuss the evolution of lobbying in Washington, the influence of kleptocracy, the bipartisan nature of foreign lobbying, and the moral implications of representing authoritarian regimes. Plus, the pervasive cynicism in American politics and the ethical dissonance in PR firms. For more from Casey Michel check out his work with the Human Rights Foundation, and pick up his latest book, Foreign Agents: How American Lobbyists and Lawmakers Threaten Democracy Around the World wherever fine books are found. For more from Reed Galen subscribe to The Home Front, check out Sez Us for a new social media platform for sane people, and if you want to personally join the fight to save our nation’s democracy, visit JoinTheUnion.us and sign up today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:57.5	I'm your host, Reid Galen. Today, I'm joined by Casey Michelle, the director of the
1:02.5	combating kleptocracy program at the Human Rights Foundation. He's also a writer, analyst,
1:07.5	and investigative journalist. He writes on a wide range of topics including kleptocracy,
1:11.8	illicit finance, dark money, foreign lobbying, and foreign interference to the legacies of
1:16.3	Russian and Soviet colonialism. He's written for countless outlets and is the author of two books,
1:20.8	the first published in 2021, American kleptocracy, how the U.S. created the world's greatest
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