# What Next - Did DOGE Cause the Ebola Outbreak?

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/slate-news-494234/what-next-did-doge-cause-the-ebola-outbreak
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/slate-news-494234/what-next-did-doge-cause-the-ebola-outbreak.md
Podcast: [Slate News](https://stenobird.com/podcast/slate-news-494234)
Published: 2026-06-08T07:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/whatnext-daily-news-and-analysis/episodes/6a23211da2db34bb8920e1c5
Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6961268923ce58f14615840d/a/slatenews-podcasts/e/6a23211da2db34bb8920e1c5/media.mp3
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/slate-news-494234/episodes/what-next-did-doge-cause-the-ebola-outbreak
Duration seconds: 1516

## Resource

He’s treated Ebola; he’s had Ebola. Here’s what he thinks of the growing crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo—and how America can and should respond. Guest: Dr Craig Spencer, emergency doctor, professor at Brown. Want more What Next? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Evan Campbell, Madeline Ducharme, Patrick Fort, Rob Gunther and Paige Osburn. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/slate-news-494234/episodes/what-next-did-doge-cause-the-ebola-outbreak/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/slate-news-494234/what-next-did-doge-cause-the-ebola-outbreak.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.