What was lost after the most dramatic restructuring of government in modern American history? Deep Cuts is a narrative documentary series from the Brookings Institution about what happens when the machinery of government is rapidly dismantled, downsized, or reshaped. Each episode goes inside one federal agency or program affected by the Trump administration&#39;s cuts and asks a deceptively simple question: what did this thing actually do, and what happens when it stops?

Announcing “Deep Cuts,” a podcast unpacking the tearing down of the federal government – and how to build it back   

Deep Cuts goes inside the federal agencies and programs reshaped by the Trump administration&#39;s cuts to understand why each was created, what its employees actually did, what was lost when that work stopped, and what could happen next. Through public servants, experts, critics, and the people these institutions served, the series examines the often-invisible systems government built in response to previous crises, and what happens when we begin to forget why they existed.

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Deep Cuts

Announcing “Deep Cuts,” a podcast unpacking the tearing down of the federal government – and how to build it back