Listen "Badges of Corruption"
Episode Synopsis
March 15, 2024: Investigative Journalist Leah McGrath Goodman walks listeners through defining corruption or the abuse of the public trust for private gain. She also shares local examples of fraud - World Learning/SIT, Democracy Builders, the EB5 scandal - and their potential impacts on the community. To follow Leah's work: https://leahmcgrathgoodman.com/Or, to read Leah's Column C on Substack: https://columnc.substack.com/To listen to the Brave Little State episode mentioned in our conversation: https://www.vermontpublic.org/programs/2016-09-02/does-vermont-really-have-an-embezzlement-problemTheme music by Red Heart the Ticker: http://rhtt.net/
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