E418 - The Dark Money Behind “Progressive” Influencers (w/ Taylor Lorenz & John Ross)
Published: September 6, 2025
Duration: 44:36
Taylor Lorenz, technology journalist and author of Extremely Online, joins Current Affairs Editor-in-Chief Nathan J. Robinson and Digital Editor John Ross (who was formerly a producer for The David Pakman Show) to discuss her bombshell Wired investigation into Chorus, Good Influence, and the 1630 Fund, the dark money network secretly funding Democratic influencers.
0:00-10:04 Taylor's Reporting
10:04-13:50 Why is Matters
13:50-18:04 How Good Influence Works
18:04-24:57 Suppression of Gaza
24:57-29:12 The Decline of Journalism
29:12-32:31 How Good Influence Provides Value
32:31-35:11 The Democratic Party's "Messaging Problem"<...