
Chris Papst
Emmy Award–winning investigative reporter for Project Baltimore who spent years following money, data, and public records to expose failures in public education and authored the book Failure Factory.
Best podcasts with Chris Papst
Ranked by the Snipd community

Mar 10, 2026 • 29min
S2E313: Exposing Baltimore's Public School Catastrophic Failure: Lead Investigative Reporter Tells All
Chris Papst, an Emmy-winning investigative reporter behind Project Baltimore and author of Failure Factory, exposes systemic collapse in Baltimore schools. He traces billions in funding with stagnant outcomes. Short, hard-hitting conversations reveal money misdirected, incentive structures protecting adults over students, and shocking examples of manipulated grades and unproficient schools.


