Normally Podcast: Government Fraud Scandals, CNN’s Terror Coverage Controversy & The Screen Time Crisis in School

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Society & Culture, Daily News, News, Politics, News Commentary

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🗓️ 12 March 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Normally, Mary Katharine Ham and Karol Markowicz break down several major stories shaping politics, media, and culture right now. They dive into shocking examples of government waste and fraud, including questionable Medicaid spending, suspicious broadband subsidies, and identity theft scams exploiting taxpayer-funded programs. The hosts also examine the media firestorm surrounding CNN’s coverage of the attempted New York City bombing, criticizing how CNN framed the attack and discussing the controversy involving CNN anchor Abby Phillip.

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.5	Guaranteed Human.
0:10.4	Hey, guys.
0:11.3	You're back on normally the show with normal.
0:13.8	It takes for when the news gets weird.
0:15.8	I am Mary Catherine.
0:16.4	And I'm Carol Markowitz.
0:18.4	Are you wrapping up your time at Hillsdale, Mary Catherine?
0:20.8	I am. I'm going out to dinner one last time tonight and teaching my last class today. And I still have no tweed jackets with elbow patches, but I will work on.
0:32.3	Yeah, I think that you got to get it when you get back to the East Coast. If they're ever going to invite me back again, I really need for Patches.
0:39.9	I was visited by Molly Hemingway, came to my lecture.
0:44.7	Oh, so nice.
0:45.3	So that was really nice.
0:46.6	And I had a line in my speech not knowing that she would be there.
0:50.2	That was a bit of a shout out to you and her because I said it's important to surround
0:55.3	yourself with people who will test you on your beliefs and your outfit choices. And I happen to
1:00.4	have a group of Maldi Brods who are my friends who will not let me give me a pass on everything.
1:08.3	And most of them have been fellows here. So yeah, Maldi
1:11.8	abroad's for the win. It's important. All right, let's get into it. What is going on in the news?
1:19.7	You know, again, we're not talking Iran in this episode because things are just keep on,
1:25.0	keep it on. I saw news that we're ahead of schedule, which
1:29.3	not clear what that means, but glad to know we're ahead of schedule, better than being
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