Freedom of Information Act

Civics 101

NHPR

History, Government, Society & Culture

4.2 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2018

⏱️ 15 minutes

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On today's episode: What exactly is the Freedom of Information Act, better known as FOIA? Can anybody use it to get their hands on... any public documents? What kind of government secrets have come to light as a result of FOIA? We talk shop with Jason Leopold, a senior investigative reporter for Buzzfeed News. CLICK HERE: Visit our website to see all of our episodes, donate to the podcast, sign up for our newsletter, get free educational materials, and more! To see Civics 101 in book form, check out A User's Guide to Democracy: How America Works by Hannah McCarthy and Nick Capodice, featuring illustrations by Tom Toro. Check out our other weekly NHPR podcast, Outside/In - we think you'll love it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Civics 101 is supported in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
0:04.4	Civics 101.
0:08.3	This is Civics 101. I'm the Capitice.
0:10.2	And I'm Hannah McCarthy.
0:11.2	And today we're talking FOIA.
0:12.8	FOIA.
0:13.5	No, Hannah, you went to journalism school.
0:15.2	I did indeed. You know, to J-school.
0:17.3	FOIA is something that if you're not a journalist,
0:19.6	it does not probably feature into your everyday life.
0:21.7	But if you're a journalist, it does.
0:24.0	I think it does if you're a certain kind of journalist.
0:26.4	FOIA, do you know FOIA stands for?
0:28.3	I believe it stands for Freedom of Information Act.
0:30.4	Yes. Basically, it allows you to access federal documents, public documents.
0:35.5	Can anybody do it? Could we FOIA something?
0:37.5	Yeah, anybody can do it.
0:39.5	You want to do it?
0:40.4	Yeah.
0:40.9	To redo it.
0:44.5	Gobernate into it. Let's do ATF.
0:46.6	ATF.
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