David Sirota, an award-winning journalist, author, podcaster, founder of the invaluable investigative news outlet, The Lever, and a one-time speechwriter for Bernie Sanders, is one of the nation’s most penetrating analysts of the corruption of our political system. For anyone interested in social movements and momentum for change, it’s hard to think of a more urgently important systems-level conversation in this critical moment in our history. In this session, David will be interviewed by Rose Aguilar, renowned Bay Area journalist, host of KALW’s Your Call, the Bay Area’s premiere public affairs program, as he draws from his profoundly revelatory audio series and book, Master Plan, to elucidate the history of the corporate capture of our political system, where we stand today, and what we can do to begin to reclaim our democracy before it’s too late.
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March 26th | 4:45 pm to 6:00 pm
Panelists
Founder and Editor
The Lever
David Sirota, an award-winning journalist and bestselling author of four books who served as Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign speechwriter in 2020, is founder and Editor of
The Lever, a reader-supported investigative news outlet, and host of the weekly podcast
Lever Time and the audio series
Master Plan, whose first season won the 2025 National Press Club and the Signal awards. He also created Audible’s financial crisis podcast series
Meltdown, named one of the best podcasts of the year by The Atlantic. Sirota also co-won the Writers Guild of America’s 2022 award for best original screenplay (with Adam McKay).
Host
KALW’s Your Call
Rose Aguilar, the longtime host of KALW’s Your Call, considered by many to be the Bay Area’s best public affairs program, has written for Al Jazeera English, The Guardian, Truthout, The Nation, and AlterNet. A member of the Native American Journalists Association and mentor-editor for The OpEd Project, an organization that works to increase the range of voices in the media, she is the author of Red Highways: A Journey into the Heartland. Before joining KALW, Rose published a newsletter about women's issues and was a technology reporter for CNET Radio. In college, she ran the TV and radio news departments and DJ'd a heavy metal show.