Take Down Super PACs: Larry Lessig
September 10th, 2026
”We ought to have equal citizenship.”
We discuss how the SpeechNow v. FEC decision in 2010 created Super PACs and how combating corruption in American politics starts with getting rid of Super PACs.
Lawrence Lessig is the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership at Harvard Law School and the founder of Equal Citizens, an organization whose mission is to fix democracy by establishing truly equal citizenship.
Your civic action toolkit recommendations from Larry are:
Build the muscle of deliberating with each other.
Start with the principle that we should not have a political system where people can buy influence and get results with their money.
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Credits:
Host: Mila Atmos
Guest: Larry Lessig
Executive Producer: Zack Travis
Executive Editor: Mila Atmos