The Continuous Action

The Continuous Action features discussions with experts on key issues related to the health of our democracy. Walter Shaub, former director of the Office of Government Ethics, talks with journalists, activists, government leaders, and philanthropists about their work — and what it takes to hold our government accountable to the people it serves.

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S2 E6: Over-Classified

The government has been classifying far too many documents — just about everything its intelligence personnel can get their hands...

May 11, 2023 |Podcast

S2 E5: Courting Disaster

The Supreme Court has an ethics problem. The Project on Government Oversight’s Sarah Turberville and David Janovsky join Walt to...

May 04, 2023 |Podcast

S2 E4: Infiltrated!

Since the creation of the document, members of the Oath Keepers, including its founder Steward Rhodes, have been convicted of...

April 27, 2023 |Podcast

S2 E3: The Authoritarian’s Fist

Imagine a world in which the president had unfettered power to use the massive federal workforce as a weapon against...

April 20, 2023 |Podcast

S2 E2: Anything Goes

Members of Congress write their own rules — and those rules allow stock trades galore! In this episode of The...

April 13, 2023 |Podcast

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