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Bonus - The Fallout From Ending USAID w/ Caitlin Tulloch (Preview)
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- American Prestige
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- May 24, 2026
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- 613
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Subscribe now for the full episode. Danny and Derek speak with Caitlin Tulloch, a former USAID economist and GiveDirectly’s head of research, about the destruction of USAID and the future of humanitarian aid. They talk about her work as an economist, USAID’s relationship to American power, the agency’s internal dynamics, the Trump administration’s dismantling of USAID, the legal and institutional consequences, the impact on global health and humanitarian programs, the loss of response capacity, transactional aid policy, GiveDirectly, and Project Resource Optimization. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices