What Next: TBD | Where DOGE Is Taking Us


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Apr 04 2025 28 mins   70 1 0

This week, DOGE set its sights and scythe on the Department of Health and Human Services, with a goal of cutting 10,000 federal workers, once again raising the question: what’s their endgame here?


Guest: Makena Kelly, senior writer for WIRED


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Podcast production by Evan Campbell and Patrick Fort.

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