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Big political gifts create big obligations. Bill Keep and Nancy Lasher of Profit, Power, and Policy take a fresh look at campaign finance after Citizens United, using two live examples: The Collins–Jackson Senate race in Maine, where most outside money goes to attack adsThe AI industry’s fight over regulation, from Super PACs targeting pro-regulation candidates to Meta’s state-level pushThey cover what 501(c)(4)s and Super PACs can legally do, how foreign money slips through, and what it mean...

Scams are everywhere. Who is stopping them? Former FTC attorneys Monica Vaca and Kati Daffan explain how two Supreme Court decisions weakened the Federal Trade Commission: one cut off its main route to getting consumers' money back, and one ended its independence from the White House. On Profit, Power and Policy, Bill Keep and Nancy Lasher ask what happens to consumer protection when the referee loses its whistle. #FTC #ConsumerProtection #Scams Let us know what you think https://www.instagra...

With the 2026 midterms weeks away, the flood of attack ads has already begun. In this episode of Profit, Power, and Policy, Bill Keep and Nancy Lasher help you separate rhetoric from reality. We look at how Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump built reputations that outran the facts, fact-check misleading ads in Senate races from Texas to Maine, and explain why so many campaigns now run against an invented version of their opponent instead of on their own record. Is business undermining democracy? ...

Former business school dean and healthcare finance researcher Katherine Jervis joins Profit, Power and Policy to break down how nonprofit hospitals justify billions in tax exemptions through "community benefits," why inner-city hospitals keep closing, and what a new congressional bill (HR 9504) could mean for transparency. We also cover Medicaid cuts under the "One Big Beautiful Bill," pharmacy benefit manager pricing games, and Senator Andy Kim's Medikids proposal. Subscribe for more deep di...

From vouchers and book bans to Supreme Court appointments, author Katherine Stewart traces how a small group of the super-rich has funded a decades-long campaign against public education and democratic institutions. Bill Keep and Nancy Lasher ask the hard questions about money, religion, and power in America and the national and global implications for laws, women, minorities and public education. Subscribe for more Profit, Power and Policy. #PublicEducation #Plutocracy #Podcast Let us know w...