Topic: Jeffrey Skoll

Filmmaker Laura Poitras is reportedly directing a movie about Edward Snowden for Jeffrey Skoll’s production company. Skoll, the first employee of eBay, has funded films like "An Inconvenient Truth." The hosts suggest that Poitras has been "sidelined" by her wealthy backers to control the narrative of the Snowden leaks.

The hosts debate whether independent journalists like Glenn Greenwald are compromising their integrity by aligning with billionaire Pierre Omidyar. They note Omidyar's connections to other wealthy activists like Jeffrey Skoll and question if the new venture will avoid certain topics like climate change skepticism. A brief tangent occurs regarding the mechanics of spontaneous human combustion during a technical interruption.