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Best Of: Growing Up Murdoch / DOGE's Cuts To The Federal Workforce

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🗓️ 1 March 2025

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Atlantic staff writer McKay Coppins describes the rivalry among the children of 93 year-old media titan Rupert Murdoch over who will control his business empire when he dies. It's a real life Succession drama.

Also, we'll talk with Harvard Professor Elizabeth Linos about the extraordinary measures Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has taken to drastically shrink the size of the federal government, and the ripple effect.

Also, John Powers reviews the Oscar-nominated animated film Flow.

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From W.HYY in Philadelphia, this is Fresh Air Weekend. I'm Dave Davies. Today, a real-life

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succession drama. Atlantic staff writer McKay Coppins describes the rivalry among the children of 93-year-old

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media titan Rupert Murdoch over who will control his business empire when he passes from the scene.

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Murdoch's effort to ensure his elder son Lachlan inherits the

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throne led to a no-holds-barred legal brawl that unearthed painful family stories of manipulation

0:45.0

and betrayal. Also, we'll talk with Harvard Professor Elizabeth Linos about the extraordinary

0:50.4

measures Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, or Doge, has taken to shrink

0:55.8

the size of the federal government, and what that means for federal workers and the rest of us who

1:00.8

depend on government services. And John Powers reviews the animated film flow, which he says

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is wonderful. That's coming up on Fresh Air Weekend.

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This is Fresh Air Weekend. I'm Dave Davies.

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If you enjoyed the HBO series succession about the children of an aging media mogul competing

1:41.0

to inherit his business empire, you'll want to read the new article in the

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Atlantic by my guest, McKay Coppins. It's about the real-life drama involving the children

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of 93-year-old Rupert Murdoch and their battle over who will someday lead his business properties,

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