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Future Hindsight

Mila Atmos

Following the Money in Politics: Hilary Braseth

OCT 2, 202538 MIN
Future Hindsight

Following the Money in Politics: Hilary Braseth

OCT 2, 202538 MIN

Description

We discuss the unavoidable intersection between our capitalist economy and democratic governance, and how their relationship plays out through campaign finance and other political transactions.

Hilary's civic action toolkit recommendations are:

  1. Get the data of your state, locality, and elected officials at opensecrets.org

  2. Piece together what is happening your state

Hilary Braseth is the executive director of OpenSecrets, the nation's premier research and government transparency group tracking money in politics and its effect on elections and policy.

VOTE FOR FUTURE HINDSIGHT!

https://vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting?utm_campaign=signal4_finalists_finalistnotification_092325&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cio#/2025/individual-episodes/genre/news-politics

Let's connect! Follow Future Hindsight on Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/futurehindsightpod/

Discover new ways to #BetheSpark:

https://www.futurehindsight.com/spark

Follow Mila on X:

https://x.com/milaatmos

Follow OpenSecrets on X:

https://x.com/OpenSecretsDC

Sponsor:

Thank you to Shopify! Sign up for a $1/month trial at shopify.com/hopeful.

Early episodes for Patreon supporters:

https://patreon.com/futurehindsight

Credits:

Host: Mila Atmos

Guests: Hilary Braseth

Executive Producer: Mila Atmos

Producer: Zack Travis