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Ep. 1: The Smoking Gun - Transcript

The Public Records Officer Podcast

The Public Records Officer Podcast
Fighting for the People’s Right to Know.

From public records battles to quiet cover-ups, from deleted chats to documents they hoped you’d never see... The Public Records Officer Podcast (PROP) exposes the ways power hides from the people it serves.

Hosted by open government advocate, a former elected official, state government public information officer and communications director Jamie Nixon, this show pulls back the curtain on the tactics used by public agencies to avoid transparency, and highlights the citizens, journalists, and legal warriors fighting back.

Season One investigates the ontologically shocking story of how Washington State agencies used Microsoft Teams to automatically delete public records after just seven days, raising questions of legality, accountability, and who gets to decide what the public has a right to see.

Each episode blends documents, depositions, interviews, and digital trails with sharp commentary and a sense of civic urgency. Whether it’s a modified invoice, redacted emails, or a policy crafted to vanish before a subpoena hits... The PROP is here to shine a light where the law demands it.

Featuring interviews with journalists, attorneys, and the officials who tried to sound the alarm before it was too late.

The truth doesn’t expire in seven days.

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  • The Receipts
  • Ep. 7 Who Wrote That? - Transcript
  • Ep. 1: The Smoking Gun - Transcript
  • Ep. 2: The Obstruction Playbook - Transcript
  • Ep 3: The Watchdog's Blind Eye - Transcript
  • Ep. 4: Ferguson's Folly - Transcript
  • Ep. 5 The Cost of Erasure - Transcript
  • Ep. 6 Transparency Isn't a Team Sport - Transcript
  • Ep. 8 Backroom Deals in our Backyard - Transcript
  • Ep. 9 When Hypocrisy Makes You Vomit
  • Ep. 10: And make it discoverable? LOL
  • Ep. 11 They Didn't Ask For Slack chats
  • Ep. 12 Suing WaTech and Gov; AG's Model Rules; Harrell's Failures
  • Ep. 13 Get It Gone: Anatomy of a Records Crime
  • Ep. 14 Get it Gone 2: The Bureaucracy Strikes Back
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