Who Funds that?

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Booking Overview

“Who Funds That?” pulls back the curtain on how donors, non-profits, and influencers shape politics and news outcomes—often with an emphasis on money and connected influence. It’s a strong fit for PR outreach targeting researchers and policy thinkers who study funding networks and ideological ecosystems.

Metrics

Episodes: 418

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.4/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

Contact Information

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Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Policy researchers, think-tank leaders/center directors, and subject-matter experts associated with organizations studying donors, politics, education policy, labor/regulation, or AI-related public-policy debates. Guests appear tied to evidence-based analysis and institutional research roles.
Required Achievements:  
Leadership roles at policy institutes or research centers, Authorship or edited-contribution work connected to major policy reports/books (e.g., Heritage Foundation initiatives), Demonstrated expertise in policy domains such as labor/regulation, education policy, or AI/public-policy influence

Recent Guest Discussions

Akash Chougule - Supreme Court Decision Affecting Presidential Power Over Multi-member Federal Boards; Implications For Labor Relations Policy And The National Labor Relations Board.

Parker Thayer - AI Opposition And Competing Claims About AI Impacts In The U.s.; Potential Influence Of Foreign Interests And Ai-related Organizations On Public Perception.

Jonathan Butcher - Higher Education Reform: Roles Of Inside-the-institution Efforts Vs. Outside Influences (governments, Donors, Parents) To Restore Institutional Mission And Address Ideological And Free-speech Concerns.

Recent Topics

Politics, Donors, Nonprofit, Influence, Public Policy

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Who Funds that?
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Who Funds That? EP12: Trump Can Say "You're Fired"

July 07, 2026

The Supreme Court has issued its rulings, and with big decisions on citizenship, transgender athletes, and congressional redistricting, a major case with significant impacts on policy may fly under the radar. In Trump v. Slaughter, the Court ruled that the President has the power to dismiss members of multi-member federal boards like the Federal Trade Commission regardless of Congressional attempts to restrict the dismissal power to specific conditions. That will affect, among other things, l...

Who Funds That? EP11: What to Make of AI Opposition

June 30, 2026

Artificial intelligence: what does it mean? Is it taking all the water? Is it taking all the jobs? Are foreign interests, radical socialists, and cynical AI companies misleading the public about what AI is doing to America? Our colleague Parker Thayer joins us to discuss.Parker Thayer on XExclusive: Conservatives plan nationwide protest against AI data centersInfluenceWatch Podcast #385: Effective Altruism, AI, and Shrimp WelfareDustin MoskovitzAnthropicOpenAI

Who Funds That? EP10: The Experts Weigh in on Fixing Higher Ed

June 23, 2026

Today’s higher education is not your grandfather’s higher education. Indeed, it’s not even the higher education of my first run through it in the 90s, before the pervasive embrace of DEI and critical race theory, before the extreme ideological disparities that led to a decrease in the study of traditional humanities and an increase in the study of social justice issues, and before the pernicious threats to independent thought and free speech that led to a recent wave of rampant antisemitism a...

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