About this episode
🚨Remember to Rate Our Show 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Control Body Odor ANYWHERE with @shop.mando and get $5 off your Starter Pack (that’s over 40% off) with promo code CAMP at shopmando.com! #mandopod #sponsored #ad Buckle up for a wild ride through the shadowy world of USAID! We're diving deep into this "aid" agency's controversial history and questionable spending of your hard-earned tax dollars. From its CIA origins to mind-boggling projects around the globe, we're exposing it all:* $20 Million on Iraqi Sesame Street?!* Transgender operas in Colombia* Weapon-counting textbooks in Afghanistan* Syphilis experiments in GuatemalaBut wait, there's more! We're tackling everything from misinformation campaigns to poppy fields, Cuban Twitter to condoms in Gaza. Is USAID a force for good or a rogue agency gone wild? Join us as we unravel the good, the bad, and the absolutely bizarre in international aid. Welcome to CAMP! 🏕️Shoutout to our sponsors: Mando, MagicSpoon, Huel, Morgan & Morgan and Bluechew MagicSpoon: https://magicspoon.com/campHuel: https://huel.com/camp🏕️ Today In History Free Newsletter HERE: https://camp.beehiiv.com/Guest: Joey Avery & Miles McCreeryTIMESTAMP: 0:00 Intro1:19 Origins of USAID7:16 Where Are Funds Going16:17 USAID Building Being Covered Up17:31 Women In Waste Management21:10 $1.5 Million to LGBTQ+ In Serbia24:55 $70k DEI Musical In Ireland28:00 $47k Transgender Opera In Colombia30:42 $32k Transgender Comic Book In Peru33:16 $20 Million Iraqi Sesame Street37:42 Afgan Textbooks Counting Weapons41:27 Misinformation Campaign In Philippians 44:02 $8 Million to Politico45:25 Guatemala Syphilis Experiments49:45 Haitian Rice Scam53:05 Covid + Wuhan World Games56:17 Armored MMA58:13 $6 Million on Tourism in Egypt1:03:07 $2 Million on Sex Changes in Guatemala1:06:00 $765k IHOP1:10:33 $100 Million To Poppy In Afghanistan1:11:53 Travels For Ukrainian Models1:14:31 $50 Million For Condoms In Gaza1:21:16 Where Should Money Go?1:23:24 Cuban Twitter1:25:00 USAID’s Good Side + Guatemala Prison1:29:41 Caning In Singapore1:32:41 Trump's New Policy1:37:14 Final Thoughts1:38:58 Accelerationism 1:41:15 Sounding1:42:08 BUY TICKETS + F*** MILES