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Disclosure

Bloomberg

13 episodes

Disclosure, the podcast dedicated to revealing the government’s inner workings, is back for Season 2.

More about the show

By law, nearly every move federal agencies make—every email, every memo, every receipt—belongs to the public. Access is granted through the Freedom of Information Act. FOIA obligates the government to open its files. But it also allows the government to hold back certain details, meaning that forcing transparency often requires a fight. Every Thursday, Bloomberg reporter Jason Leopold and attorney Matt Topic take audiences on a guided tour of explosive details, bureaucratic foibles and details that government officials never wanted you to know.

Produced by Bloomberg and No Smiling.

Episodes

  1. The SEC Roots Out Golf on the Taxpayer Dime

    · 28 min · S2 E2

    When the Securities and Exchange Commission announced earlier this year that it had disciplined workers for golfing on the job, investigative reporter Jason Leopold shot off a FOIA request. Co-host Matt Topic, who is…

  2. The Secret History of the Mar-a-Lago Document Seizure

    · 42 min · S2 E1 · Explicit

    Investigative reporter Jason Leopold and attorney Matt Topic take viewers inside a yearslong effort to head off document destruction at the White House during President Trump’s first term. Drawing from government…

  3. Introducing: Disclosure Season 2

    · 1:17 · Trailer

    Disclosure, the podcast dedicated to revealing the government’s inner workings, is back for Season 2 in audio and video. By law, nearly every move federal agencies make—every email, every memo, every receipt—belongs to…

  4. Asking the FBI to Release the Santa Files

    · 38 min

    One Christmas, Matt dashed off a letter to the FBI’s FOIA office: Please search your old investigation files for the name Santa Claus, he requested, and send me the first few pages you find. What a simple holiday wish…

  5. These Federal Officers Wield the Power of Transparency

    · 49 min

    Ask the US government for public records, and your request will go to a federal employee who holds the keys to what gets released and what doesn’t. Jason and Matt get a rare look inside a government Freedom of…

  6. What to Expect When You’re Expecting the Epstein Files

    · 40 min

    The new Epstein Files Transparency Act requires the government to release a trove of documents from its Jeffrey Epstein investigations – minus whatever documents the Justice Department determines need to be withheld…

  7. To Crack Wu-Tang Album's Secrets, FOIA FOIA Y'All (Feat. Open Mike Eagle)

    · 35 min

    Exclusivity was the point of Wu-Tang Clan's Once Upon a Time in Shaolin. Only one copy was produced. A few minutes of it were played -- once -- in public. It sold at auction, with the condition it be heard only in…

  8. Waiting for Doge

    · 43 min

    Earlier this year, newly minted young workers from the Department of Government Efficiency slashed USAID spending and hobbled the US Institute of Peace. Meanwhile, at the Peace Corps, staffers spent weeks preparing for…

  9. Our Deep Dive for White House Records Starts in the Toilet

    · 44 min

    In August 2022, on the day the FBI raided Mar-a-Lago to recover files from Donald Trump's first term, another allegation was swirling around – that presidential papers may have been flushed down a White House toilet.…

  10. A Jeffrey Epstein Money Probe Stayed Hidden for 17 Years. We Found It.

    · 34 min

    How did Jeffrey Epstein make his money? How did he spend it? In exclusive reporting, Jason Leopold reveals that federal prosecutors followed Epstein’s money trail almost two decades ago – in an 18-month money…

  11. How Russian Tricksters Duped the US Fed Chief (feat. Josh Gondelman, Katherine Blanford and Adam Gilbert)

    · 41 min

    One morning in April 2023, investigative reporter Jason Leopold wakes to a wild bit of news. According to a video released by a duo of Russian pranksters, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has been tricked into…

  12. Getting the Real Russia Report (feat. Kyle Kinane)

    · 34 min

    When Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report on the investigation into Russian election interference finally landed, many key passages were redacted from public view. So reporter Jason Leopold and First Amendment…

  13. Introducing: Disclosure

    · 1:28 · Trailer

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