How Lobbying Works

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

4.5 • 82.8K Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2015

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Lobbying is an entrenched part of American politics and one that many people think is breaking government. But petitioning the government is protected in the Constitution. How can this system be fixed?

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0:00.0	There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.
0:05.7	That's why we launched The Big Take.
0:08.3	It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit
0:14.0	to give you some space to think.
0:16.4	I'm Wes Kosova.
0:17.7	Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.
0:23.6	Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.
0:32.0	Welcome to Stuff You Should Know from Howstuffworks.com.
0:41.8	Hey and welcome to The Podcast.
0:43.4	I'm Josh Clark and there's Charles W. Chuck Bryant and Crickets.
0:48.2	So weird.
0:49.1	Yeah, we're doing this ghost style.
0:52.6	Yeah, so what happened was, and you explained to me, but I don't know, maybe my mind was elsewhere
0:58.7	and I didn't fully understand.
1:00.1	But what happened is, guess producer Noel got the record.
1:04.7	He put the mouse on the hamster wheel, got the computer running and left.
1:11.6	Yeah, and now you're a little freaked out aren't you?
1:14.6	Well, this is out of close to 800 shows.
1:17.2	This is literally the first time it's ever just been you and me in a room.
1:20.2	Yeah.
1:21.2	Isn't that crazy?
1:22.2	Yeah, it really is, isn't it?
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