The Fight Against Government Secrecy

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2025-05-02

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Dasgupta, Sunil, host. Interview with Miranda Spivack. “The Fight Against Government Secrecy,” I Hate Politics Podcast. May 2, 2025. https://open.spotify.com/episode/1UrBdTiUInvcV3xXgjK1RM.

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I Hate Politics

Abstract

Local journalist and author Miranda Spivack has a new book out, Backroom Deals in Our Backyard: How Government Secrecy Harms Our Communities and the Local Heroes Fighting Back. Sunil Dasgupta talks to Spivack about the book, why transparency has been a persistent problem in government, and how the public can fight back. Music by Washington art-pop rock band Catscan!