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The Dispatch

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🗓️ 5 September 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Steve Hayes is joined by Jonah Goldberg, David French, and Washington Post columnist Megan McArdle to discuss the chaotic fiefdoms within the Trump administration, from Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s tenure atop the Department of Health and Human Services to Kash Patel’s leadership of the FBI. Plus: How is The Dispatch crew thinking about artificial intelligence? The Agenda:—Firing Dr. Susan Monarez—The GOP divide over anti-establishment figures—How we got to the point of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. leading the CDC—The effects of AI on journalism—The gang’s favorite TV shows Show Notes:—Aaron MacLean for The Dispatch: Not Letting AI Master Us—Jim Pethokoukis for The Dispatch: AI: An Engine of Human Progress—Sen. Bill Cassidy’s floor speech in support of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The Dispatch Podcast is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective. To access all of The Dispatch’s offerings—including access to all of our articles, members-only newsletters, and bonus podcast episodes—click here. If you’d like to remove all ads from your podcast experience, consider becoming a premium Dispatch member by clicking here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:04.2	It excludes vehicles and business sellers. Welcome to the Dispatch podcast. I'm Steve Hayes.
1:24.7	On this week's roundtable, we'll discuss Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Is the Secretary of Health and Human Services a public health threat?
1:32.0	We'll also get into AI and its effect on journalism. And I'll ask the panel, and not worth your time, what they do to distract themselves from the nonstop news cycle.
1:42.1	I'm joined today by my dispatch co-founder Jonah Goldberg, along with David French of the New York Times and Megan McCartle from the nonstop news cycle. I'm joined today by my dispatch co-founder Jonah Goldberg,
1:45.1	along with David French of the New York Times and Megan McArdle from the Washington Post.
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