Is your alma mater inviting the government to monitor its football fans on game day? How much do Big Ten schools earn renting out their mascots? You can FOIA that – or visit FOIAball.com, where journalist David Covucci adds transparency to the big business of collegiate sports. Covucci tells Jason and Matt what he learned from FOIAing Osama Bin Laden’s porn collection and how he applies it to a multibillion-dollar industry run by public institutions. Matt and Jason let David in on their FOIA Soundtrack playlist. 

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Is your alma mater inviting the government to monitor its football fans on game day? How much do Big Ten schools earn renting out their mascots? You can FOIA that &ndash; or visit FOIAball.com, where journalist David Covucci adds transparency to the big business of collegiate sports. Covucci tells Jason and Matt what he learned from FOIAing Osama Bin Laden&rsquo;s porn collection and how he applies it to a multibillion-dollar industry run by public institutions. Matt and Jason let David in on their <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/73YJz4dwYpvAXFGxJHttFH?si=nfEjhCn7TgOAR7iZats9Ow&amp;utm_source=sms&amp;pi=Jin9o2pqS6Wwm&amp;nd=1&amp;dlsi=f6171f10d608406e">FOIA Soundtrack</a> playlist.&nbsp;
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Disclosure, the podcast dedicated to revealing the government’s inner workings, is back for Season 2.

By law, nearly every move federal agencies make—every email, every memo, every receipt—belongs to the public. Access is granted through the Freedom of Information Act. FOIA obligates the government to open its files. But it also allows the government to hold back certain details, meaning that forcing transparency often requires a fight.  Every Thursday, Bloomberg reporter Jason Leopold and attorney Matt Topic take audiences on a guided tour of explosive details, bureaucratic foibles and details that government officials never wanted you to know.

Produced by Bloomberg and No Smiling.

Disclosure, the podcast dedicated to revealing the government&rsquo;s inner workings, is back for Season 2.
By law, nearly every move federal agencies make&mdash;every email, every memo, every receipt&mdash;belongs to the public. Access is granted through the Freedom of Information Act. FOIA obligates the government to open its files. But it also allows the government to hold back certain details, meaning that forcing transparency often requires a fight.&nbsp; Every Thursday, Bloomberg reporter Jason Leopold and attorney Matt Topic take audiences on a guided tour of explosive details, bureaucratic foibles and details that government officials never wanted you to know.
Produced by Bloomberg and No Smiling.

Disclosure

He Brings Sunlight to College Football

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