Ask not what your country’s employees do for you.

We welcome listeners from Finland and Israel.

We share movies that surprised us and old films that stand the test of time.

John answers last week’s trivia and gives a geography question this week.

Tim tries to compare corporate downsizing with DOGE’s efforts while John asserts that government is fundamentally different. To John, DOGE’s efforts look clumsy and politically motivated.

Tim gives examples of government waste along with an anecdote from his time working for the feds. He wonders How much waste is acceptable.

Tim’s whack-job is a professor who tells students what to think instead of teaching them how to think.

John’s hero would not “kiss the ring.”

Referred to in this podcast:

Missing $4.7 trillion? Missing code left billions in public spending unaccounted for

Starbucks to lay off 1,100 corporate workers in CEO’s restructuring plan | Starbucks | The Guardian

University of Wisconsin professor calls RFK Jr 'psychopath' in viral lecture

At USAID, Waste and Abuse Runs Deep – The White House

Journalism on sale: How USAID doled out millions to buy journalists, media groups

UW-Madison cancels planned tech talk of blind doctor with conservative views | The College Fix

Dollars for Research at the NIH - Ideas First

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