Scott Detrow

What to you are the biggest steps that can be taken to try and mitigate these risks?

What to you are the biggest steps that can be taken to try and mitigate these risks?

Yeah. That is Professor Rob Scheller of North Carolina State University. Thank you so much.

Yeah. That is Professor Rob Scheller of North Carolina State University. Thank you so much.

Yeah. That is Professor Rob Scheller of North Carolina State University. Thank you so much.

This episode was produced by Erica Ryan with audio engineering from Josephine Neonai and Tiffany Vera Castro. It was edited by Patrick Jaron Wadanana. Our executive producer is Sammy Yannigan. It's Consider This from NPR. I'm Scott Detrow.

This episode was produced by Erica Ryan with audio engineering from Josephine Neonai and Tiffany Vera Castro. It was edited by Patrick Jaron Wadanana. Our executive producer is Sammy Yannigan. It's Consider This from NPR. I'm Scott Detrow.

This episode was produced by Erica Ryan with audio engineering from Josephine Neonai and Tiffany Vera Castro. It was edited by Patrick Jaron Wadanana. Our executive producer is Sammy Yannigan. It's Consider This from NPR. I'm Scott Detrow.

It's Consider This from NPR. I'm Scott Detrow. And today we have something a little different for you. It's the first episode of a new series we are calling Supreme Consequences, where we explore how recent rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court shape people's everyday lives. As soon as he returned to office, President Trump began to remake the federal government swiftly, aggressively, in his image.

It's Consider This from NPR. I'm Scott Detrow. And today we have something a little different for you. It's the first episode of a new series we are calling Supreme Consequences, where we explore how recent rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court shape people's everyday lives. As soon as he returned to office, President Trump began to remake the federal government swiftly, aggressively, in his image.

It's Consider This from NPR. I'm Scott Detrow. And today we have something a little different for you. It's the first episode of a new series we are calling Supreme Consequences, where we explore how recent rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court shape people's everyday lives. As soon as he returned to office, President Trump began to remake the federal government swiftly, aggressively, in his image.

Trump has made it clear that one of the key goals of his second term is to shrink the size and scope of the federal workforce and eliminate programs he doesn't like.

Trump has made it clear that one of the key goals of his second term is to shrink the size and scope of the federal workforce and eliminate programs he doesn't like.

Trump has made it clear that one of the key goals of his second term is to shrink the size and scope of the federal workforce and eliminate programs he doesn't like.

Tens of thousands of federal government employees have already been fired.

Tens of thousands of federal government employees have already been fired.

Tens of thousands of federal government employees have already been fired.

That is a federal employee who was fired in the early days of Trump's second term. She's with the United States Department of Agriculture, or USDA, and spoke to us on the condition of anonymity because she fears retribution in the workplace. For the past couple of months, she was doing a fellowship program that had her working at the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID.

That is a federal employee who was fired in the early days of Trump's second term. She's with the United States Department of Agriculture, or USDA, and spoke to us on the condition of anonymity because she fears retribution in the workplace. For the past couple of months, she was doing a fellowship program that had her working at the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID.

That is a federal employee who was fired in the early days of Trump's second term. She's with the United States Department of Agriculture, or USDA, and spoke to us on the condition of anonymity because she fears retribution in the workplace. For the past couple of months, she was doing a fellowship program that had her working at the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID.