{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/57cc3c7d-b0fd-4930-9279-4e84c75df457/67e6d288903a636fc13b30ea?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Moving fast and breaking things: Elon Musk takes on Washington","description":"<p>Over the past two months, Elon Musk’s DOGE has ripped through the federal government. It has scrapped agencies and tried to slash the workforce. It has now turned its attention to hoovering up government data. Is <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/united-states/2025/03/27/elon-musk-is-powersliding-through-the-federal-government?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=checksandbalance&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">all of this</a> necessary to remake America’s federal government? Or is Musk at <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/leaders/2025/03/27/is-elon-musk-remaking-government-or-breaking-it?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=checksandbalance&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners \" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">risk of breaking it</a>?</p><p><br></p><p>John Prideaux hosts with Charlotte Howard and Idrees Kahloon. They’re joined by The Economist’s Daniel Knowles and Mihir Desai of Harvard Business School.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Runtime: 49 min</p><p><br></p><p><em>Transcripts of our podcasts are available via </em><a href=\"http://economist.com/podcasts\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>economist.com/podcasts</em></a></p><p><br></p><p><em>&nbsp;</em></p><p><em>Listen to what matters most, from global politics and business to science and technology—</em><a href=\"https://subscribenow.economist.com/podcasts-plus\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>subscribe to Economist Podcasts+</em></a> <em>&nbsp;</em></p><p><br></p><p><em>For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our </em><a href=\"https://myaccount.economist.com/s/article/What-is-Economist-Podcasts\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>FAQs page</em></a><em> or watch </em><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gczo71bg1uY\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>our video</em></a><em> explaining how to link your account.</em></p>","author_name":"The Economist"}