Hey, everyone, it's Audie. This is The Assignment. And today we're going to be talking about the quintessential American dynasty, a family that has been everywhere over the years, magazine covers and conspiracy forums and the halls of power.

My guest today is George Severus, co-hosts of the podcast, United States of Kennedy, which digs into America's

enduring fascination with this mid-century Camelot. Only one family has had a member in office since

1947. One family has shaped American history decade after decade. That's the Kennedy family. It's funny, I was hired to do

this show to be sort of the funny one, you know, the kind of the point was that... I can tell from your

main points that's not how it worked out. I know. I've become so serious. Together, we're going to

talk about why we're in the middle of yet another Kennedy obsessed moment, from FX's retconed retelling of

JFK Jr. and Carolyn Beset's love story to RFK Jr.'s Mahas Sun King era to this latest generation

that's lining up to run for office. I mean, the names change, but the main character energy

remains the same. So what do the stories that we tell about them

actually say about us?

Stay with us.

All right, we've got Simon on the line.

Simon, young people, they're just all a bit lazy, aren't they?

What are you for?

Welcome to McDonald's.

Have you get the six minutes, please?

Some say young people are work shy, but at McDonald's, we hired 47,000 of them last year.

How's your night?

Like George here, who keeps things running during a Friday rush.

Resilience, making it happen at McDonald's.

This is something that for me, I really jumped at this opportunity to host this podcast

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