Kochland

Business reporter Christopher Leonard's emphatic, decade-long investigative research has yielded an in-depth examination of the secretive privately held Wichita-based Koch Industries. Jacques Roy provides a masterful narration. Koch manufactures highly varied products and provides diverse services while focusing on its political interests. Some criticize the company for its work and associated pollution. The listener's view of the Koch family, who have so diligently worked to maintain secrecy, will likely vary with their thoughts on capitalism and its merits, corporate ambition, and greed. Roy's low-key professorial tone eases the listener through a highly complex market-based business portrait. It would be challenging to find a clearer discussion of how dark money may wield profound influence on American politics. W.A.G. � AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine