{"podcast":{"title":"Paper Trail","slug":"paper-trail-7800276","podcast_index_feed_id":7800276,"rss_url":"https://publicfeeds.net/f/16890/feed-rss.xml","website_url":"https://www.propublica.org/series/paper-trail","image_url":"https://f.prxu.org/16890/images/3aa1b6ec-bf6a-4fc4-9c1e-901da89fde3d/Show_Art.jpg","author":"ProPublica (Maggie.Gourville@prx.org)","episode_count":8,"summary":"Investigative reporters at ProPublica chase down evidence of wrongdoing and bring it to light. That evidence can be on paper — or on thumb drives, in secret recordings, from conversations with whistleblowers. Each episode, you’ll ride along as we talk to reporters and their sources, uncover hidden facts and show you the receipts. When we publish what we find, things can change. Laws are passed, corrupt leaders fall, innocent people walk out of prison and sometimes a life is even saved. Investigative reporter Jessica Lussenhop is your guide. Support our journalism by donating at propublica.org/donate .","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T18:19:30.273423+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/paper-trail-7800276"},"episode":{"title":"What Happened When Trump Officials Destroyed USAID (From Reveal)","slug":"what-happened-when-trump-officials-destroyed-usaid-from-reveal","published_at":"2026-07-23T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/paper-trail-7800276/what-happened-when-trump-officials-destroyed-usaid-from-reveal","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/paper-trail-7800276","url":"https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_16890_733f4d60-2792-456f-a711-8e4d79b42e14&uf=https%3A%2F%2Fpublicfeeds.net%2Ff%2F16890%2Ffeed-rss.xml","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/16890/733f4d60-2792-456f-a711-8e4d79b42e14/260722_Reveal_EH_mix_v05.mp3","summary":"This week, we’re presenting a conversation with ProPublica reporters that originally aired on Reveal’s podcast “More to the Story.” When the administration and DOGE cut off funding to USAID, administration officials claimed that aid was still flowing and no one had died as a result. Reporters Brett Murphy and Anna Maria Barry-Jester learned that wasn’t true and traveled to South Sudan and Kenya to find out what really happened. If you have information on foreign aid, contact Murphy here and Barry-Jester here . Read the original reporting here: https://www.propublica.org/article/kenya-trump-usaid-world-food-program-starvation-children-deaths https://www.propublica.org/article/usaid-cholera-deaths-trump-humanitarian-aid-cuts-south-sudan Support our journalism by donating at propublica.org/donate .","meta_description":"This week, we’re presenting a conversation with ProPublica reporters that originally aired on Reveal’s podcast “More to the Story.” When the administratio…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2021,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/paper-trail-7800276/episodes/what-happened-when-trump-officials-destroyed-usaid-from-reveal/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/paper-trail-7800276/what-happened-when-trump-officials-destroyed-usaid-from-reveal.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}