Normally Podcast: DHS Shutdown Chaos, Airport Meltdowns & “No Kings” Protest Fallout

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🗓️ 31 March 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Normally, Mary Katharine Ham & Karol Markowicz break down the growing fallout from the ongoing Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding standoff—and how it’s impacting everyday Americans. From airport chaos and TSA staffing shortages to political gridlock in Washington, Mary Katharine Ham and Karol Markowicz unpack how the shutdown battle is disrupting travel and exposing deeper divisions over immigration enforcement and federal funding priorities.

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.6	Guaranteed Human.
0:10.1	Hey, guys, we are back on normally, the show is normal it takes, but when the news gets weird, I'm Mary Catherine.
0:16.0	I'm Carol Markowitz. How are you, Mary Catherine?
0:18.8	I'm all right. You know, busy spring weekend.
0:21.8	Lots going on and we're cruising into spring break.
0:25.8	I mean, cruising is definitely one way to describe it.
0:29.8	We're trying.
0:30.4	We had our middle sons bar mitz for this weekend.
0:33.1	It was a raucous time.
0:35.6	Yes, I can tell.
0:37.0	I'm sad. We missed it. I know it was a good party. Yep, yep. My younger son, I don't know. He's sort of fascinated with you recently. He's like, he's constantly like, is my friend Mary Catherine going to be there? Like my friend Mary Catherine. Hey, you know. So yeah, you got to come to his because you're going to be in his montage.
0:58.1	I have this great picture of you and him at DeFarra's when he was a baby.
1:00.0	And you're like looking over at him and smiling.
1:01.4	That's a classic.
1:03.4	2029, be ready.
1:10.1	That was the time that I like a VIP stumbled into DeFarra's pizza in like four minutes.
1:10.5	Yep. When Dom DeMarco was alive and making the pizza and it would usually be hours
1:15.0	and she just walked in and was like, like, this is hard.
1:18.7	Carol was like, please don't get the idea that this is normal.
1:21.7	This is not normal.
1:22.8	Yes.
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