Special Guest: Morris Pearl Morris Pearl is the Board Chair of the Patriotic Millionaires. Previously, Mr. Pearl was a managing director at BlackRock, one of the largest investment firms in the world. Prior to BlackRock, Mr. Pearl had a long tenure on Wall Street where he invented some of the securitization technology connecting America’s capital markets to consumers in need of credit. He co-authored Tax the Rich: How Lies, Loopholes and Lobbyists Make the Rich Richer, and the upcoming Pay the People: Why Fair Pay is Good for Business and Great for America. The Maggie Daun Show is a part of the Civic Media radio network and airs Monday through Friday from 2-4 pm across the network. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on Facebook, X and Instagram to keep up with Maggie and the show! Guest: Morris Pearl

Guest: Michele Evermore Michele Evermore is a Senior Fellow at the Century Foundation and former Biden Department of Labor official This morning, the Labor Department released their October jobs report, showing that the US economy only added 12,000 jobs over the last month. Guest: Michele Evermore

Michele Evermore is a Senior Fellow at the Century Foundation and former Biden Department of Labor official. This exciting interview talks about tax in the community and a woman's value in society is society should be equal to men. The Maggie Daun Show is a part of the Civic Media radio network and airs Monday through Friday from 2-4 pm across the network. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on Facebook, X and Instagram to keep up with Maggie and the show!

Wendy Li is a sociologist and fellow at the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University. She studies the careers and social networks of policy professionals, and is writing a book about revolving door lobbyists. She has a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Maggie Daun Show is a part of the Civic Media radio network and airs Monday through Friday from 2-4 pm across the network. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on Facebook, X and Instagram to keep up with Maggie and the show!

Maureen Kennedy is a philanthropist focusing on tax policy and K-12 education. A member of the Patriotic Millionaires, she believes that changes to our tax system will lead to a fairer deal for all Americans, and 2025 is the key moment to make those changes. She was a licensed broker in the East Bay Hills near Oakland, CA.  Before that, she served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy at HUD during the Clinton Administration, and ran the Farmer’s Home Administration with a team of 5000 staffers across the country delivering housing and community assets to rural America.  She’s a graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School. The Maggie Daun Show is a part of the Civic Media radio network and airs Monday through Friday from 2-4 pm across the network. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on Facebook, X and Instagram to keep up with Maggie and the show!

Guest: Bev Pestel  Beverly Pestel is a retired chemistry professor who returned to her home state of Wisconsin to restore an old farmhouse and become a tree farmer in Richland County. After the 2016 election, she realized that standing on the sidelines politically was a mistake and began researching social and political issues. In 2022, she began writing columns for the small independent newspaper, Valley Sentinel, out of Spring Green. She’s a member of Economic Equity Now, a nonpartisan group working towards a fairer tax code. Guest: Bev Pestel

Guest: Karen Stewart Dr. Karen Seal Stewart is a retired business professor, Real Estate Broker, Registered Investment Advisor, and Certified Financial Planner.  She was the former owner/operator of 4 Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly, and is a member of the Patriotic Millionaires. Guest: Dr. Karen Seal Stewart

Special Guest: Morris Pearl Morris Pearl is the Board Chair of the Patriotic Millionaires. Previously, Mr. Pearl was a managing director at BlackRock, one of the largest investment firms in the world. Prior to BlackRock, Mr. Pearl had a long tenure on Wall Street where he invented some of the securitization technology connecting America’s capital markets to consumers in need of credit. He co-authored Tax the Rich: How Lies, Loopholes and Lobbyists Make the Rich Richer, and the upcoming Pay the People: Why Fair Pay is Good for Business and Great for America. Guest: Morris Pearl

Special Guest: David Sirota David Sirota is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Lever, an investigative news outlet focused on exposing corruption in America. In 2022, he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay for conceiving the story for Netflix's Don't Look Up alongside co-writer and director Adam McKay. Sirota has been a columnist for Guardian US, editor-at-large for American left publication Jacobin and senior investigations editor for The International Business Times. He has also worked as television writer and radio host. In politics, he has held roles such as campaign manager, fundraiser, spokesperson, strategist, and consultant for a variety of left-leaning Democratic candidates and office holders. He twice worked for Bernie Sanders, both when Sanders was a member of the House and as part of his 2020 presidential campaign, where he served as a senior advisor and speechwriter. Guest: David Sirota

On today's Maggie and the Millionaires, Maggie is joined by the award winning documentarian and great niece of Walt Disney, Abigail Disney. They discuss her 2022 documentary The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales, where she examined the failure of Disney Parks to provide a living wage for their employees. They dive into the process of how the divide between corporations and their employees develops and the transformation we have seen in American society that has left many people unable to provide for their families.

Special Guest: Emily Stewart Emily Stewart is a senior correspondent at Business Insider, writing about business and the economy. Previously, she worked at Vox and TheStreet. She’s here to talk about one of our favorite issues - the minimum wage. Emily has spent years reporting, for both Business Insider and Vox, on the state of the minimum wage and the struggles of working people who are earning barely enough to get by. Guest: Emily Stewart

Guest: George Goehl, is an activist, community organizer, and founder of Addition, a national working-class advocacy organization With a career spanning over three decades, George tackled everything from federal financial reform to local battles for better trash cans. His work won billions in mortgage relief, reformed housing programs, and fought for community needs in the wake of crises. From organizing in the aftermath of environmental disasters to pioneering rural organizing with People’s Action, George has a proven track record of turning community struggles into victories. Guest: George Goehl

Special Guest: Michael Madowitz Mike Madowitz is the principal economist for the Roosevelt Institute. The Roosevelt Institute is a think tank that focuses on corporate and public power, labor and wages, and the economics of race and gender inequality. Mike is also on the Data Users Advisory Committee for the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. He previously held roles at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth, Center for American Progress, Resources for the Future, and the Brookings Institution. Guest: Michael Madowitz

Special Guest: Peter Goodman When our economy struggles, Americans often hear it blamed on "supply chain issues." What does that really mean? For today's edition of Maggie and the Millionares Talking Money, Maggie welcomes Peter Goodman to share his expertise. He is the New York Times’ global economics correspondent, the author of Davos Man: How the Billionaires Devoured the World, and his newest book, How the World Ran Out of Everything: Inside the Global Supply Chain. Guest: Peter Goodman

Special Guest: Jeff Clements Jeff is the CEO of American Promise, a cross-partisan organization working to pass a constitutional amendment that takes big money out of politics. He’s practiced law for three decades in both public service and private practice, and is the author of Corporations Are Not People: Reclaiming Democracy From Big Money & Global Corporations. Guest: Jeff Clements

On Today's Maggie and the Millionaires, Maggie is joined Congressman Mark Pocan to talk about how the opposing Presidential economic plans will impact the everyday American family. The discuss the biggest stresses on the family budget and how Donald Trump's tax plan will exacerbate these issues. Guest: Mark Pocan

Special Guest: Sarah Chayes Sarah Chayes is an author and journalist. She's done everything from reporting for National Public Radio in Paris to covering the fall and resurgence of the Taliban in Afghanistan. Sarah served as a special advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. She's also served as senior associate in the Democracy and Rule of Law Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Sarah is an expert on corruption. What it looks like in the modern world, how it’s captured our institutions, and what that means for the future. Guest: Sarah Chayes

Special Guest: Fatima Goss Graves Fatima Goss Graves a nationally recognized leader in the fight for gender justice and an expert in law, policy, and culture change. She is the president and CEO of the National Women's Law Center, and a co-founder of the Time's Up Legal Defense Fund. Fatima joins Maggie to talk about the prevailing disparities in today's economy on the basis of sex and gender. Guest: Fatima Goss Graves

Special Guests: Sister Alice Gerdeman and Sister Quincy Howard Sister Alice Gerdeman of the Congregation of Divine Providence of Kentucky is a long term educator, advocate for peace and justice issues, and Coordinator of the Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center in Cincinnati Sister Quincy Howard of the Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters, who works in community development, disaster recovery and resilience planning, environmental advocacy, and policy analysis Sisters Quincy and Alice come to us from NETWORK Lobby for Social Justice, a national Catholic advocacy organization working to shape federal policies to achieve racial, economic, and social justice. Guests: Sister Alice Gerdeman, Sister Quincy Howard

For today's edition of Maggie and the Millionaires, Maggie is joined by Amy Hanauer, the Executive Director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP). They talk about how the tax plans put forth by Donald Trump would simultaneously raise taxes for the average American and balloon the national deceit. You can check out ITEP's analysis here. Guest: Amy Hanauer