Power Plays
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Uncover the fascinating stories behind the political decisions that shape our world. Each episode takes you inside the rooms where power is wielded, revealing the human drama and strategic calculations that drive government action.
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The Consent Decree Graveyard: How Federal Courts Took Over Your City Without Anyone Noticing
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Sep 16, 2026 |
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The Permit That Broke America: Inside the Bureaucratic Veto Nobody Voted For
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Sep 09, 2026 |
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The Spectrum Hoarders: How Washington Decides Who Owns the Air
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Sep 02, 2026 |
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The Actuarial State: How Federal Flood Maps Decide Which Towns Get to Exist
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Aug 26, 2026 |
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The Consent Decree Graveyard: How the Justice Department Buries Cities in Agreements Nobody Ever Leaves
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Aug 19, 2026 |
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The Score Nobody Sees: How the Congressional Budget Office Became the Most Dangerous Office in Washington
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Aug 12, 2026 |
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The Revolving Door Has a Lobby: How Federal Rulemaking Gets Rewritten Before the Ink Dries
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Aug 05, 2026 |
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The Consent Decree Graveyard: How the Justice Department Buries Its Own Settlements
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Jul 22, 2026 |
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The Revolving Door Has a Keypad: How the Regulatory Comment Period Became a Lobbying Weapon
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Jul 21, 2026 |
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The Consent Decree Graveyard: When the Government Wins and Nothing Changes
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Jul 20, 2026 |
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The Revolving Door Has a Keypad: How Industry Writes the Rules It Follows
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Jul 19, 2026 |
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The Consent Decree Graveyard: How Federal Enforcement Dies on Paper
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Jul 18, 2026 |
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The Midnight Exemption: How Industries Rewrite Their Own Rules Before an Administration Ends
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Jul 17, 2026 |
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The Consent Decree Graveyard: How the Justice Department Buries Its Own Settlements
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Jul 16, 2026 |
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The Appropriations Rider: Congress's Favorite Weapon Nobody Talks About
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Jul 15, 2026 |
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The Consent Decree Permanent Government: How Justice Department Settlement Agreements Became 50-Year Policy
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Jul 14, 2026 |
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The Permit That Ate the Power Grid: How a 1970s Environmental Review Law Became the Veto Nobody Elected
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Jul 11, 2026 |
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The Actuary in the Room: How a Spreadsheet in Springfield Is Bankrupting Cities That Won't Exist in 20 Years
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Jul 09, 2026 |
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The Consent Decree That Runs Your City: How a 1994 DOJ Settlement Quietly Became America's Shadow Municipal Government
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Jul 07, 2026 |
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The Permit That Broke the Power Grid: How a 1977 Environmental Ruling Quietly Became America's Biggest Infrastructure Bottleneck
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Jul 03, 2026 |
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The Clearinghouse Nobody Voted For: How a Obscure 1970s Banking Rule Became the Spine of the American Economy
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Jul 02, 2026 |
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The Actuary's Veto: How the Federal Flood Maps Quietly Decide What America Gets to Build
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Jun 20, 2026 |
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The Permit That Swallowed the Grid: How Environmental Review Became America's Infrastructure Veto
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Jun 19, 2026 |
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The Actuary in the Room: How a Single Federal Formula Bankrupted America's Pension Promises
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Jun 18, 2026 |
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The Consent Decree That Ran a City: How a Federal Judge Became Chicago's Police Chief
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Jun 17, 2026 |
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The Ghost in the Machine: How a Dead Agency Still Controls Your Life
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Jun 15, 2026 |
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The Revolving Door's Broken Hinge: When Regulators Can't Leave
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Jun 14, 2026 |
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The Midnight Rules: How Lame Duck Presidents Booby-Trap Their Successors
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Jun 13, 2026 |
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The Unelected Cabinet: How Career Staff Really Run Washington
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Jun 12, 2026 |
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The Revolving Door's Golden Handcuffs
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Jun 11, 2026 |
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The Emergency Powers Trap
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Jun 10, 2026 |
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The Revolving Door Cartel
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Jun 09, 2026 |
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The Midnight Judge Factory
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Jun 08, 2026 |
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The Briefcase That Broke Banking
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Jun 07, 2026 |
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The Judge Who Deleted the Internet
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Jun 06, 2026 |
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The Algorithm That Owns Your House
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Jun 05, 2026 |
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The Memo That Killed a City
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Jun 04, 2026 |
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The Revolving Door That Stopped Revolving
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Jun 03, 2026 |
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The Pentagon's $60 Billion Accounting Error
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Jun 02, 2026 |
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The Bureaucrat Who Broke Big Tech
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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The Judge Who Couldn't Say No
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May 31, 2026 |
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The Midnight Memo That Broke FEMA
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May 30, 2026 |
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The Revolving Door's Last Stop
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May 29, 2026 |
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The Janitor's Key to the Pentagon
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May 28, 2026 |
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The Paper Trail That Broke the Banks
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May 27, 2026 |
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The Drone Papers
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May 26, 2026 |
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The Shadow Bailout
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May 25, 2026 |
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The Revolving Door Express
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May 24, 2026 |
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The Poison Pill Strategy
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May 23, 2026 |
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The Midnight Judges
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May 22, 2026 |
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The Envelope Please
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May 21, 2026 |
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The Parking Lot Kings
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May 20, 2026 |
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The Envelope Please
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May 12, 2026 |
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The Zoning Wars
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May 11, 2026 |
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The Sheriff's Rebellion
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May 10, 2026 |
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The Paperwork That Runs America
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May 09, 2026 |
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The Memo That Ate Democracy
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May 08, 2026 |
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The Judge Who Broke the Internet
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May 07, 2026 |
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The Comma That Killed Coal
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May 06, 2026 |
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The Trillion Dollar Typo
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May 05, 2026 |
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The Captured Regulator
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May 04, 2026 |
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The Accidental Surveillance State
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May 03, 2026 |
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The Forty-Year Filibuster
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May 02, 2026 |
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The God Committee's Last Stand
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May 01, 2026 |
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The Revolving Door's Broken Hinge
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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The Nuclear Football's Backup Plan
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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The Revolving Door's Speed Setting
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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The Shutdown Shuffle
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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The Confirmation Factory
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Apr 26, 2026 |
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The Shadow Budget
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Apr 25, 2026 |
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The Comfort Letter Cartel
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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The Whistle Stops Here
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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The Midnight Regulators
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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The Czar Factory
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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The Secretary of Everything
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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The Judge Who Broke America's Back Door
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Apr 19, 2026 |
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The $2 Trillion Typo
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Apr 18, 2026 |
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The Bureaucrat Who Broke Big Tech
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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The Weekend Wall Street Almost Died
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Apr 16, 2026 |