7 Obscure Government Podcasts You Never Knew Existed

As a serial podcast listener, I can verify what you all already know: Everyone has a podcast now. As we realized this yr, that “everyone” consists of the CIA, which hopes its present, The Langley Files, will make you neglect a few of the very dangerous issues it’s performed. (The title makes it sound much more fascinating than it’s.) However, it appears the CIA isn’t the one U.S. authorities company trying to vibe with cool youngsters through pods.

I used to be alerted to the existence of further podcasts paid for by American taxpayer {dollars} once I obtained an harmless electronic mail from the Food and Drug Administration in October. “Listen to the TechTalk Podcast on Data Exchange,” the e-mail instructed me. My response: the what?

First off, that’s not an excellent name to motion. Just seeing “data exchange” was sufficient to make my eyes start to droop. But wait, there’s extra! It seems it wasn’t even known as the TechTalk Podcast on Data Exchange, however reasonably the New Era of Smarter Food Safety TechTalk Podcast. Oof. I really feel like I want espresso now.

The CIA and the FDA usually are not alone. I discovered greater than half a dozen podcast initiatives helmed by the U.S. authorities. Some are revealed quarterly, some are revealed weekly, and a few are revealed each couple of days. As is to be anticipated, some businesses began their podcast after which threw their palms up within the air and deserted it. It’s additionally a risk, I think about, that they simply obtained buried in an excessive amount of bureaucratic work to proceed.

Overall, the factor that caught out to me probably the most about these taxpayer-funded podcasts is the matters they focus on. The authorities likes to speak about some actually geeky authorities issues. From weekly morbidity reviews and social safety numbers to SAM.gov and the U.S. Digital Corps, there’s a podcast episode to let you know all about it.

Click by way of to take a look at the varied variety of unusual and bureaucratic issues the federal government thought had been fascinating sufficient to place in a podcast.