How FOIA Works

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

4.5 • 82.9K Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2017

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

In the 60s, Congress worried the White House was operating too much in secret and passed the Freedom Of Information Act, opening the government to public questioning. It has been an ongoing struggle to pry those secrets loose ever since.

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0:00.0	There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.
0:05.7	That's why we launched The Big Take.
0:08.3	It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit
0:14.0	to give you some space to think.
0:16.4	I'm Wes Kosova.
0:17.7	Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.
0:23.6	Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.
0:31.3	Welcome to Stuff You Should Know from How Stuff Works.com.
0:41.5	Hey and welcome to the podcast.
0:43.0	I'm Josh Clark.
0:44.0	There's Charles W. Chuck Bryant.
0:45.6	We've got guest producer Matt over here.
0:48.2	That makes this stuff you should know.
0:50.0	It's a sunshine addition.
0:52.5	The storms are gone.
0:55.3	Well plus they say sunshine is the greatest disinfectant.
0:58.4	Oh really?
0:59.4	Yeah, you shine a light into dark corners and it reveals truth.
1:03.6	Gotcha.
1:04.6	Plus, you know, people are less shady in the sunlight.
1:08.3	So this is part episode two of our recording session of freshly being without power,
1:14.8	Irma going through Atlanta, dead cats.
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