Who let the DOGE out?

Oh God, What Now?

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Politics, Government, News, Society & Culture

4.6 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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With defence spending rising and welfare cuts causing unease, is it finally time for Labour to bite the bullet and raise taxes? Plus, DOGE has been tearing the US government apart at breakneck speed. But are Elon Musk and his band of merry nerds doing it legally and what could the consequences be to everyday Americans? Dr. Casey Burgat, author of We Hold These “Truths”: How to Spot the Myths that are Holding America Back and host of the Mastering the Room podcast. joins the panel to get into it. • Join Dorian and Ian Dunt for Origin Story Live: Grand Theft America in London on Weds 16 April. • Buy We Hold These "Truths": How to Spot the Myths that are Holding America Back through our affiliate bookshop and you’ll help fund Oh God, What Now? by earning us a small commission for every sale. Bookshop.org’s fees help support independent bookshops too. • We’re on YouTube!: https://www.youtube.com/@ohgodwhatnow www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow Presented by Dorian Lynskey, Zoë Grünewald and Marie Le Conte. Producer: Chris Jones. Audio production by Robin Leeburn. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Advertising helps fund our podcasts, but we know some people would prefer listening to our shows without the adverts.
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0:13.5	Follow the link in the show notes to find out more. Welcome to Oh God What Now. I'm Doreen Linsky. On today's show, Trump's New World Order
0:29.2	means the UK suddenly has to spend a lot more on defence, putting even more strain on the government's finances.
0:34.9	Is this the moment for Labour to bin its election pledges on tax
0:37.9	and borrowing? Plus, Elon Musk's doge is waging war on the US federal government in the
0:43.3	name of efficiency. But what is its real agenda? We talked to George Washington University professor
0:48.2	Dr Casey Bergett. And in the extra bit for supporters, now that big tech's dude squad have shown
0:54.0	their true colours, is techno-optimism still viable?
0:57.7	Let's meet today's panel.
0:59.3	First, Westminster editor for the lead, Zoe Grunewold. Hi, Zoe.
1:02.1	Hello.
1:03.3	It has been a wild week for reform, a civil war between Nigel Farage and Rupert Lowe, the MP who takes the great out of great Yarmouth.
1:11.2	And even Farage says, things have got a little bit out of control.
1:14.9	I couldn't really follow this story.
1:16.9	What is the beef?
1:18.4	Yeah, so last week, Rupert Lowe was suspended from the party,
1:22.4	and this was following allegations of bullying by staff members.
1:25.8	So this was a joint statement that was put out by
1:27.7	Nigel Farage, who's the party leader and the chairman of Reform Zia Yusuf. It also accused
1:32.9	Lowe of threatening Yusuf with violence. This happened to come just a day after Lowe criticized
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