December 22, 2024

Part One: David Dayen joins us to discuss his recent piece at The Intercept: “The Mulvaney Discount: Trump’s Consumer Protection Czar is Shrinking Fines for Law-Breaking Companies.” David Dayen writes for The Intercept, The Nation, the New Republic and more.

Part Two: MIT researchers are trying to explain and possibly repair the relationship between the public and the government with what they’re calling civic design. We speak with Professor Ceasar McDowell and graduate student Ayushi Roy from the MIT School of Urban Planning.