How Do We Dominate Online Media? With Ben Meiselas

04/15/25 • 30 min

Ben, Brett and Jordan Meiselas have built Meidas Touch into the fastest-growing independent news network in the world, with over 450 million monthly views and a podcast whose listenership exceeds The Joe Rogan Experience. How can we learn from their rise, and how can the left catch up – and even exceed – the right in this space?

Ben joins us to cover:

• What independent media is, and how it has grown

• How to be unapologetically pro-democracy

• Whether Vice President Harris should have gone on Joe Rogan

• Why Democrats need to be “loud and proud” about their values

If you want a media future where the left leads—not follows—this episode is for you.

Ben joins us to cover:

• What independent media is, and how it has grown

• How to be unapologetically pro-democracy

• Whether Vice President Harris should have gone on Joe Rogan

• Why Democrats need to be “loud and proud” about their values

If you want a media future where the left leads—not follows—this episode is for you.

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BONUS EXPLAINER: What is Trump doing to our economy?

With tariffs dominating our lives, The People’s Cabinet drops a special pre-launch episode featuring former Chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers Jared Bernstein.

In less than 20 minutes, Jared explains:

What tariffs actually are
What a “reciprocal tariff” means
Why Trump’s trade policy could backfire
How we build a thoughtful trade policy that helps Americans
How Democrats can engage disaffected and MAGA-aligned voters without losing the plot

We hope you enjoy this BONUS PREVIEW of The People's Cabinet, and stay tuned for our official launch on 4/15!

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Why Are Powerful Interests Coming for the CFPB? With Rohit Chopra

What is the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — and why are so many powerful people trying to destroy it? In this episode of The People’s Cabinet, Dan sits down with CFPB Director Rohit Chopra to unpack what the agency actually does, how it protects everyday Americans, and what’s at stake as both Big Tech and political forces try to erode its power. From junk fees to AI-driven manipulation, Chopra lays out the future of consumer protection — and how we fight back.

We cover:

•How Trump is trying to defang the CFPB — and what’s still at risk

•Why tech and finance executives see the CFPB as a threat

•The next wave of consumer harms and how AI makes it worse

•What the CFPB is doing to protect Americans in a rapidly changing economy

• What people can do to fight back today

This is how consumer protection actually works — and how it gets undermined.