Roundup: Tariffs, HHS Cuts & Bodega Cats
The NPR Politics Podcast
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4.4 • 25.7K Ratings
🗓️ 4 April 2025
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Then, widespread cuts at the Department of Health and Human Services threaten the agency's ability to do its many jobs.
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| 0:25.4 | The sound you are hearing is the spring migration of a million sandhill cranes. |
| 0:30.6 | For thousands of years, these birds have stopped to rest and refuel on the Platte River on their northward journey. |
| 0:38.1 | It is quite a spectacle. |
| 0:39.7 | Oh my gosh. |
| 0:41.2 | This show was recorded at 12.38 p.m. on Friday, April 4th, 2025. |
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| 1:03.2 | Wow, I thought those were frogs almost, but that sounded amazing. I got a joke. Do you |
| 1:08.9 | hear it? Yeah, of course. Why was the, why was the frog |
| 1:12.5 | late to work? Why? Because it got towed. Oh, okay. I can't take credit. I saw that on a |
| 1:20.0 | billboard. I do want to say that oftentimes nature sounds are relaxing, but that sound, honestly, |
| 1:25.3 | sounded a little stressful to me. That one was a little anxiety inducing. |
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| 1:32.3 | Where are you right now? |
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| 1:35.1 | I love it. |
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