Every other Tuesday, the team behind Civics 101 joins NHPR’s All Things Considered host Julia Furukawa to talk about how our democratic institutions actually work.

Civics 101 host Nick Capodice joins Julia this week to talk about whistleblowers , what they are and if they have any protection after revealing information.

Transcript

Let's start with the basics. What is a governmental whistleblower?

Well simply put, a whistleblower is someone who reveals information to the public that is in the public's interest. This information exposes bad things happening in the government, things that are not good for our nation, like fraud, waste, abuse, mismanagement, and most importantly, the violation of laws.

I want to make a very important distinction here. A whistleblower is not th

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