PREVIEW - The Friday Edition: What does the government actually know about you?
Tangle
Isaac Saul
4.7 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 5 September 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
“What does the government know about you?”
A few weeks ago, Tangle staff member Russell Nystrom brought up this question in a team meeting. How much? How little? Where do they get the information and what, possibly, could they do with it?
It’s an evocative question and the truth was, I only had a rough idea of the answer. Russell wanted to explore it for a story and I encouraged him to do so — and then he enlisted help from two editors on our team, Lindsey Knuth and Audrey Moorehead.
Today, I’m proud to share the piece that came out of Russell’s question, which offers a series of eye-opening and thought-provoking answers.
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| 0:32.6 | Parents, which is currently brought to you by Starbucks. Now, Starbucks is where you go to get the good |
| 0:37.4 | stuff. It certainly is. We mean great coffee,. Now, Starbucks is where you go to get the good stuff. |
| 0:37.8 | It certainly is. We mean great coffee, of course, but it's also one of the only places where we |
| 0:43.2 | get to decompress, find a bit of our time for ourselves, and chat about the things that really matter. |
| 0:48.7 | It's like a warm, welcoming glow when we step inside our favourite Starbucks, even though I'm on |
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| 0:55.0 | So if I was actually going to say, I've got a few things to chat about. So should we take a little |
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| 1:09.4 | From executive producer Isaac Saul, this is Tangle. |
| 1:15.5 | Hey guys, and welcome to a special episode of the Tangle podcast. |
| 1:29.7 | I am Isaac Saul. |
| 1:32.2 | A few weeks ago, a Tangle staff member named Russell Nystrom brought up a question to me in a team meeting. |
| 1:39.0 | He said, what does the government know about you? |
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