We Don't Talk About Leonard: Episode 3

About this episode

The episode explores the increasing costs and partisanship of State Supreme Court elections and the strategies of influential figures in this arena.

State Supreme Court elections across the country are getting ever more expensive and more partisan. In the third episode of “We Don’t Talk About Leonard,” ProPublica reporters Andrea Bernstein, Andy Kroll, and Ilya Marritz drill even further into the fight to gain influence over state courts, and reveal what Leo and his allies are planning for the future. This series is created in partnership with On the Media and ProPublica. Listen to On the Media wherever you get your podcasts. ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive their biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

People in this episode

Hosts: Andrea Bernstein, Ilya Marritz

Topics covered

• State Supreme Court elections
• partisan influence
• ProPublica
• investigative journalism

Keywords

• court influence
• Leo
• elections
• politics

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: We Don't Talk About Leonard, We Don’t Talk About Leonard

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