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Power Plays

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Gouvernement

Société & Culture

Fréquence : 1 épisode/2j. Total Éps: 78

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 Permit That Broke America: Inside the Bureaucratic Veto Nobody Voted For

Épisode 78

mercredi 9 septembre 2026 • Durée 30:22

A single federal environmental review can bury a project for a decade — not because anyone decided to kill it, but because nobody has to decide anything at all. This week we dig into NEPA, the 1970 law that was supposed to protect the environment and instead became the Swiss Army knife of obstruction, wielded by everyone from fossil fuel interests to NIMBYs to federal agencies protecting their own turf. The law hasn't changed much. The exploitation of it has become an art form. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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The Spectrum Hoarders: How Washington Decides Who Owns the Air

Épisode 77

mercredi 2 septembre 2026 • Durée 29:57

The electromagnetic spectrum is a finite public resource worth hundreds of billions of dollars — and most Americans have no idea the federal government is sitting on vast stretches of it, locked away by agencies that haven't meaningfully used their allocations in decades. We trace how spectrum auctions became one of Washington's most lucrative and least-understood power games, where defense contractors, telecom giants, and a surprisingly resistant Pentagon wage a quiet war over invisible territory. Last episode we followed the money through flood maps; this time, the stakes are just as high and the real estate doesn't even exist on paper. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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The Actuarial State: How Federal Flood Maps Decide Which Towns Get to Exist

Épisode 76

mercredi 26 août 2026 • Durée 30:00

FEMA's flood maps are supposed to tell you whether your house might wash away — instead, they've become one of the most consequential and least scrutinized tools in American governance, quietly dictating property values, municipal budgets, and which communities get federal lifelines after disasters. We trace how maps that haven't been updated in decades are setting insurance rates for millions, how local officials game the remapping process to protect their tax bases, and what happens when the science says one thing and the politics demands another. Follow the money from the modeling contractors to the mortgage industry to the congressmen who quietly rewrite the rules every time their constituents get an uncomfortable number. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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The Consent Decree Graveyard: How the Justice Department Buries Cities in Agreements Nobody Ever Leaves

Épisode 75

mercredi 19 août 2026 • Durée 26:36

When the federal government rides into a city after a policing scandal, it doesn't just investigate — it moves in permanently through a legal instrument called a consent decree that can run for decades with no exit in sight. We trace how these agreements became a shadow governance system, who the court-appointed monitors really answer to, and why some cities are still litigating their way out of deals signed before their current police chiefs were in uniform. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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The Score Nobody Sees: How the Congressional Budget Office Became the Most Dangerous Office in Washington

Épisode 74

mercredi 12 août 2026 • Durée 28:45

Before any major legislation lives or dies on the Senate floor, it has to survive a number and that number comes from a small, technically nonpartisan office most Americans couldn't find on a map. We dig into how the CBO's cost estimates have been weaponized, gamed, and quietly lobbied to kill bills that had majority support, protect ones that didn't, and why the methodology inside that building matters more to your life than almost any single vote cast by your representative. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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The Revolving Door Has a Lobby: How Federal Rulemaking Gets Rewritten Before the Ink Dries

Épisode 73

mercredi 5 août 2026 • Durée 28:31

A federal agency finalizes a major rule after years of research, public comment, and inter-agency warfare — and then the real negotiation begins. This episode traces the quiet machinery of regulatory rollback: the ex-officials who know exactly which phone to call, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs review process that almost nobody covers, and why the most consequential edits to American policy happen in meetings that don't appear on any public calendar. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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The Consent Decree Graveyard: How the Justice Department Buries Its Own Settlements

Épisode 72

mercredi 22 juillet 2026 • Durée 31:39

The federal government reaches a landmark agreement to reform a troubled police department or financial institution — then quietly watches it expire, get watered down, or die in a filing cabinet. This episode traces the full lifecycle of the consent decree: who negotiates them, who monitors them, and why the political incentives almost always favor letting them fade rather than enforcing them. It's not corruption, exactly. It's something harder to fix than corruption. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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The Revolving Door Has a Keypad: How the Regulatory Comment Period Became a Lobbying Weapon

Épisode 71

mardi 21 juillet 2026 • Durée 29:31

Federal agencies are legally required to accept public comment before finalizing rules — a democratic safeguard that, in practice, has been systematically engineered into a delay-and-capture machine by the industries being regulated. We trace exactly how sophisticated comment campaigns, litigation threats, and the quiet science of 'ex parte' meetings have turned the notice-and-comment process into a graveyard for inconvenient regulations — one that makes last week's consent decree problem look almost quaint by comparison. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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The Consent Decree Graveyard: When the Government Wins and Nothing Changes

Épisode 70

lundi 20 juillet 2026 • Durée 27:08

The Justice Department sues a major institution, wins, and extracts a legally binding agreement to reform it. Then, quietly, almost nothing in that agreement gets enforced — and the institution knows it won't. This episode walks through the specific mechanics of how consent decrees become performance art: who negotiates the exit ramps, how compliance timelines get buried in paperwork, and why the press release announcing the settlement is often the last time anyone pays attention. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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The Revolving Door Has a Keypad: How Industry Writes the Rules It Follows

Épisode 69

dimanche 19 juillet 2026 • Durée 29:36

Before a regulation ever reaches the Federal Register, it passes through a shadow drafting process where the industries being regulated are often the ones holding the pen — through comment periods gamed by coordinated industry campaigns, advisory committees stacked with corporate consultants, and a quiet pre-rulemaking culture that treats agency staff as a first draft. We trace how three major rules — in financial services, agriculture, and telecommunications — were functionally rewritten between proposal and final publication, and what that gap actually cost the public. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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