Pat kicks off the show with some fun news about what flavors are coming to potato chips and more serious news about the latest on the tragic midair collision in Washington, D.C. yesterday evening. Pat also shares whether or not his job is easier because of who is currently in the Oval Office.

Then, this week’s (temporary?) false alarm from the Trump administration has many of us thinking about the many ways we’re connected to how our federal government provides services—like stable, affordable healthcare coverage through Medicaid. We talk to Joe Zepecki about how the threat of a big federal budget cut got lots of folks remembering to take nothing for granted in the Trump era.

The hour wraps, as always, with today's history lesson. We'll touch on music from The Beatles to Phil Collins, some celebrity birthdays, and it's a special day for a certain French pastry.

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