Following the Money in Politics: Hilary Braseth
Following the Money in Politics: Hilary Braseth  
Podcast: Future Hindsight
Published On: Thu Oct 02 2025
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:  Get the data of your state, locality, and elected officials at opensecrets.org 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