How a Tombstone Emoji Killed America’s Consumer Watchdog
The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is tasked with enforcing consumer finance laws and holding some of the country’s most powerful banks, lenders and companies to account. But a new Bloomberg ...
1 Jun 19min
Weekend Listen: Indonesia’s $15 Billion Free Lunch Experiment
Indonesia’s free lunch program is a massive operation, feeding tens of millions of people every day across a vast archipelago. On this episode of the Big Take Asia podcast, host Rebecca Choong Wilkins...
31 Mai 17min
China Is Recruiting US Citizens to Work for Its Government
The mayor of an affluent suburb of Los Angeles pleaded guilty to acting as an agent of the Chinese government last month. And while cable networks across the US had a field day with the story, Bloombe...
29 Mai 17min
The DOJ's Campaign to Track Down Anonymous ICE Critics
Free speech lawyers are watching in real time as the US government escalates efforts to unmask anonymous critics of ICE. On today’s Big Take podcast, Justice Department reporter Jimmy Jenkins and lega...
28 Mai 18min
Unpacking Trump’s $1.8 Billion Anti-Weaponization Fund
The US Justice Department has announced it would establish a $1.776 billion legal fund to compensate people who claim they’ve been targeted unfairly by the federal government. The plan has been met wi...
27 Mai 18min
US Threatens Cuba With Trump’s Venezuela Blueprint
The Trump administration is ramping up pressure on Cuba’s regime. Just this month, it indicted former President Raúl Castro, announced the deployment of additional military assets to the region and re...
26 Mai 20min
Next Africa: Did Aid Cuts Make The Ebola Outbreak Worse?
The Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo may have been spreading for months, according to the World Health Organization. On this week’s episode of the Next Africa Podcast, Jennifer Z...
25 Mai 18min
