Episode Details

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Nicholas Enrich worked at USAID for more than 12 years, including in its Bureau for Global Health and Bureau for Management. He joins Current Affairs to discuss his new book, Into the Wood Chipper, a whistleblower account of how the Trump administration and Elon Musk’s DOGE allies shredded one of the most important humanitarian agencies in the U.S. government.

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0:00-3:02 Inside USAID’s “Wood Chipper”

3:02-7:02 What USAID Actually Did

7:02-12:23 How the Right Turned USAID Into a Conspiracy Theory

12:23-14:37 The Trump Administration’s Lies About “Life-Saving” Aid

14:37-20:33 The Human Cost of Destroying USAID

20:33-34:20 How This Catastrophe Could Have Been Avoided

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