This is Democracy – Episode 60: Whistleblowing: What is it? Why is it So Important for Our Democracy?

In this episode, Jeremi and Zachary speak with Tom Mueller about whistleblowing and its role in our government and society. Zachary sets the scene with his poem, “A Voice Calling in the Desert.” Tom Mueller is the author of a new book, Crisis of Conscience, on the history of whistleblowing and fraud in the United States. His articles have appeared in the New Yorker, National Geographic Magazine, New York Times Magazine, Atlantic Monthly, and elsewhere, and have been included in anthologies like Best American Science Writing and Best American Travel Writing. He was educated at Oxford (DPhil, Rhodes Scholar), Harvard (BA, summa cum laude), and Alief Hastings High School in rural east Texas, home of the Fighting Bears.