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Who Funds that?

Michael Watson

Booking Overview

This is a policy and political-influence interview show focused on donors, nonprofits, advocacy networks, and the money shaping public affairs; its guests are primarily Capital Research Center researchers, with occasional outside think-tank experts. Credible pitches include political researchers, nonprofit and philanthropy analysts, labor-policy specialists, and foreign-affairs or defense experts with original research and clear ideological or policy expertise; booking difficulty is medium because the show favors accessible subject-matter specialists over celebrity guests.

Metrics

Episodes: 431

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.4/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1,000 - 10,000

Gender skew: Male

Listener location: USA

Contact Information

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Host

Michael Watson - Research director at the Capital Research Center, focused on examining the organizations, donors, and networks influencing public policy.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Policy researchers, think-tank analysts, nonprofit and philanthropy experts, labor-policy specialists, and foreign-affairs or defense professionals with substantive research, published analysis, or specialized subject-matter expertise.
Required Achievements:  
Published policy research or reports, Research or analyst roles at think tanks or public-policy organizations, Specialized expertise in political organizations, philanthropy, labor, foreign affairs, or defense

Recent Guest Discussions

Robert Stilson - The Law Firm's Representation Of Communist Governments, Alleged Communist Activists, And Communist-influenced Labor Unions.

Parker Thayer - How Charities And Nonprofit Organizations Influence Elections, Voter Registration, And Political Activity.

Barak Seener - The Iran Conflict, Regional Instability, Regime Change, And Implications For The American Defense Industry.

Recent Topics

Politics, Political Influence, Philanthropy, Nonprofit Organizations, Labor Unions

Episodes

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Who Funds that?
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Who Funds That? EP 25: Patronage for the Left's Geniuses

October 06, 2026

Cue the fanfare and Pomp and Circumstance March Number One: The MacArthur Foundation has revealed its latest class of “Genius Grant” recipients (officially styled MacArthur Fellows). But behind the marketing hype, this program—and the related program of the even-more-radical Marguerite Casey Foundation—are just an old form of ideological or political advancement: Patronage. Joining us to discuss the MacArthur “geniuses” and the Marguerite Casey Freedom Scholars is our colleague, Robert Stilso...

Who Funds That? EP 24: Randi Weingarten's AI Slop

September 29, 2026

As we discussed last week, the robot apocalypse is maybe not coming, which means that we’re going to have to learn to live with artificial intelligence and related technologies. And now Randi Weingarten, one of the least helpful people in American public life, is here to help us. Joining us to discuss how teachers unions are trying to wriggle themselves into AI regulation is CRC Senior Fellow Kali Fontanilla.  Links:https://capitalresearch.org/article/unions-and-school-districts-have-been-clu...

Who Funds That? EP 23: The Prophets of the AI Apocalypse

September 22, 2026

It’s not every day that the would be masters of the universe are going on television and proclaiming an imminent doomsday, as if they were street preachers or the people who used to walk around public parks with sandwich boards saying “The end is nigh!” But the heads of major artificial intelligence companies like Anthropic and OpenAI have spent the last couple of weeks doing just that, claiming that they themselves are bringing forth Armageddon and that only government bureaucracy can stop t...

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