Nick, when this show was started way back in 2017, it was because people were writing emails to our radio station and asking a lot of questions about the government.

And a lot of those questions were to the tune of, now wait a minute, what are we even talking about here?

Right. Stuff like I'm reading and hearing a lot about X, Y, or Z

person and government and what they're up to. And there's a ton of headlines telling me this is a big

deal. But why is this a big deal? Is this really a big deal? And it's hard to know if it's a big

deal if you don't know who that person is that you're asking about or what they're supposed to be doing.

And over the past couple months, I have been reading a lot of stuff about the people who President Donald Trump picked to run the government.

Ah, yes, the cabinet.

The cabinet, which you recently made a lovely episode about.

I did, Hannah.

So what are we doing here then?

All right, relax.

We're here to talk about who these people actually are and what they're actually supposed to be doing.

I'll allow it.

This is Civics 101. I'm Hannah McCarthy.

I'm Nick Caponice.

And today, who's running the place?

And what are they supposed to do?

All right, Hannah, let's just get something out of the way real quick.

Your opinions about the Lord of the Rings film franchise, which Nick and I have been discussing civilly lately.

Really civilly.

Let's leave that for the other podcast.

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