Jane Mayer | Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right
A New Yorker staff writer since 1995, investigative journalist Jane Mayer is renowned for her headlong plunges into the murky waters of national security, public relations in U.S. politics, governmental prosecution of whistleblowers, and other sensitive topics. She has written the bestselling nonfiction books Landslide, Strange Justice, and The Dark Side, an account of America’s self-destructive decisions in the War on Terror. For these landmark works she has won a slew of accolades, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Ridenhour Prize, and the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award. Dark Money tells the story of the ultra-wealthy’s systematic plan to subvert and fundamentally alter the American political system.
In conversation with Dick Polman, "Writer in Residence" at the University of Pennsylvania, and national political columnist at WHYY's Newsworks.org
Other Great Podcasts
- Daniel Schlozman and Sam Rosenfeld | The Hollow Parties: The Many Pasts and Disordered Present of American Party Politics
- George Stephanopoulos | The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis
- Paul Hendrickson | Fighting the Night: Iwo Jima, WW II and a Flyer’s Life
- Claire Messud | This Strange Eventful History: A Novel
- Colm Tóibín | Long Island: A Novel