Pro Publica Investigates Why 'We Don't Talk About Leonard'

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🗓️ 12 October 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Leonard Leo, the powerful and well-funded leader of the Federalist Society who prevailed on the Trump Administration to nominate a slate of conservative, anti-abortion jurists to the Supreme Court, is now the subject of “We Don’t Talk About Leonard,” a new Pro Publica investigation and podcast. Now that he has created a right wing supermajority on the Supreme Court, “Leo has grander ambitions,” according to Pro Publica, “which include fighting against ‘wokism’ in education, ‘one-sided’ journalism, and ideas like environmental, social and governance policies” in corporate America. We learn what Pro Publica’s reporters have uncovered. Guests: Andrea Bernstein, creator of "We Don't Talk About Leonard," a podcast from On the Media and ProPublica; author of "American Oligarchs: The Kushners, the Trumps, and the Marriage of Money and Power" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:57.8	Coming up on forum, we learn about Leonard Leo. The powerful activist, fundraiser, and longtime leader at the Federalist Society played an outsized
1:02.5	role in the appointment of three conservative anti-abortion justices to the U.S. Supreme Court.
1:08.0	Leo is also the recipient of the largest known political donation, $1.6 billion.
1:14.6	And yet, little has been known about him. Now he's the subject of a new ProPublica investigation
1:20.1	and podcast called We Don't Talk About Leonard. And this hour, we find out what ProPublica reporters
1:25.7	uncovered about Leo's plans for all that money,
1:28.9	which go well beyond the judiciary.
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1:41.3	Have you heard of Leonard Leo?
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