Lobbying in the United States
Subject in Politics
Lobbying in the United States has come up in 2 episodes across 2 podcasts in TMT, including The Joe Rogan Experience, This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Calley MeansHealth entrepreneur who Rogan said had just left the White House
Means argues Susie Wiles exercises unprecedented control over every policy decision in the White House.
“Susie Wiles is the most powerful chief of staff in modern American history and she has taken a stranglehold on any policy decision”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2578 - Calley Means (Nov 6, 2026) · Listen from 4:37
Means says a concentrated group within the Trump administration worked against what voters wanted, in many cases to enrich their families.
“there is a very concentrated group of people in the Trump administration. that are antagonistic to what people voted for”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2578 - Calley Means (Nov 6, 2026) · Listen from 0:17
Lindsay OwensConsumer protection expert, head of the Groundwork Collaborative think tank, and author of "Gouged"
Owens urges Congress to use subpoena power to make CEOs of Walmart, DoorDash and Uber explain their pricing algorithms.
“put the CEO of Walmart in the hot seat and said, tell me what's going on with Sparky”
This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von: #693 - Consumer Advocate Lindsay Owens (Nov 3, 2026) · Listen from 1:49:28
Owens recounts that corporate lobbyists delay, weaken or load bills with loopholes as they move through Congress.
“armies of lawyers and lobbyists on behalf of corporate America will descend on the Capitol like vultures”
This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von: #693 - Consumer Advocate Lindsay Owens (Nov 3, 2026) · Listen from 15:03
Podcasts
- The Joe Rogan Experience · 1 episode
- This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von · 1 episode
Episodes
#2578 - Calley MeansThe Joe Rogan Experience · Nov 6, 2026 · 2 h 25 min
Calley Means tells Joe Rogan why he resigned from the Trump administration, alleging lobbyist-driven obstruction of MAHA health policies on glyphosate, vaping, kratom and food.
#693 - Consumer Advocate Lindsay OwensThis Past Weekend w/ Theo Von · Nov 3, 2026 · 1 h 55 min
Theo Von talks with consumer advocate Lindsay Owens about price gouging, dynamic and surveillance pricing, corporate data collection, AI shopping agents, and consumer protections.