Power Plays

The Czar Factory


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When Congress can't or won't act, presidents create 'czars' — powerful coordinators with vague authority and no Senate confirmation. We trace how a desperate response to the 2014 Ebola crisis birthed a shadow governance system that now handles everything from supply chains to AI policy, operating in the spaces between Cabinet departments where accountability goes to die. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com
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