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Rick Wilson's The Enemies List

How Leonard Leo Ate The Supreme Court

Rick Wilson's The Enemies List

Lincoln Square

News, Politics, News Commentary

4.93.9K Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of The Enemies List, Rick is joined by Andrea Bernstein. Andrea is a journalist, author, and podcast host at WNYC. Together they discuss the untold story of Leonard Leo, his political beginnings, how he came to hold the power he does, his connection to Supreme Court justices, the insane $1.6 billion donation he just received, and more.  Andrea's new podcast, We Don't Talk About Leonard, is available now on WNYC. Timestamps: [00:01:28] Inspiration behind the series [00:08:44] The Federalist Society [00:13:31] A traditional conservative [00:17:22] Missouri politics [00:20:20] A 1.6 billion dollar gift [00:22:47] The groups around him Follow Resolute Square: Instagram Twitter TikTok Find out more at Resolute Square Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Resolute Square

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There was also maintained what was called an enemy's list, which is rather expensive and continually being updated.

0:46.0

Democrats want Republican instead.

0:51.0

Where I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose any voters, okay?

0:58.0

The women with the least likelihood of getting pregnant are the ones most worried about having a margin.

1:05.0

On January 6 of 2021, you had tens of thousands of people peacefully protesting.

1:11.0

So it's not a right-wing spirit theory, it's not queuing on. It's real.

1:17.0

I'm Rick Wilson and this is the enemy's list.

1:22.0

I guess today is Andrea Bernstein.

1:25.0

She, Andy Crowe and Ilya Moritz have produced a phenomenal new podcast series called We Don't Talk About Leonard.

1:33.0

It's about Leonard Leo, who is the most important guy on the right most Americans have never heard of.

1:39.0

Andrea, I'm so delighted to have you on today.

1:42.0

It's been a minute since I've seen you, my friend, but when I listened to the first episode of this podcast,

1:47.0

it was exactly what podcasting and in-depth reporting when they merge can do particularly well.

1:53.0

And it was a great piece of storytelling.

1:55.0

And so I guess to start off, what led you guys to decide to do this particular series?

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