About this episode

The episode discusses the influence of super PACs on politics and connects it to economic issues in Iran.

Send us Fan Mail The Zach Foust Show features Hunter Howell, a political pundit focused on economic corruption and insider trading. We break down Citizens United and why it opened the floodgates for super PACs and dark money. Then we get into how politicians build war chests, why both parties get funded by the same interests, and how much of Congress is really run by staff behind the scenes. From there, we connect the corruption conversation to the bigger headlines, Iran, oil, and why market...

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Host: Zachary Foust

Guest: Hunter Howell

Topics covered

• super PACs
• political corruption
• insider trading
• dark money
• Iran economy
• Congress funding

Keywords

• super PACs
• political corruption
• Citizens United
• dark money
• insider trading
• Iran economy
• Congress

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Citizens United

Places: Iran, Congress

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