Episode

The Heinous Evil of Cutting USAID

Podcast: Current Affairs
Published: May 20, 2026
Duration seconds: 2051
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Summary

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.