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Hello and welcome.

Hello and welcome to the political orphanage, a home for plucky misfits and problem solvers.

I'm your host Andrew Heaton.

In a moment, I will blow the bugle to summon the entirety of the world's smartest

podcast network.

And my alternately insightful and hilarious podcasting allies will join us. We will discuss welfare reform and if

direct stringless checks are a clean and efficient way to administer a social safety net

or if they'll just facilitate a culture of joblessness.

We will discuss Rich People Island

and the exorbitantly wealthy folks

that fled there during the pandemic.

We'll talk about how remote work has aided commuting, but there's a good chance the human resources

departments of the world will make everybody return to the office eventually and why

and finally we will discuss Soviet space dogs. Quick announcement about other Heaton podcasts.

Friday release valve is back.

It's its own thing now.

You can find it on a podcast player of your choice or you can go to mighty heaten.com

slash frv which will direct you to a variety of different platforms right there.

This week on Friday release Valve, Sarah Rose Siskand, my comedy writing partner for Mostly Weekly, is joining us.

Plus, the great Tom Leopold, a legendary comedy writer from Seinfeld and Cheers among other shows. It's a hilarious

episode. It's very funny. I suspect it will end my career. So this Friday

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