Topic: Government Agencies

2 chapters across the catalog

Lumpy Lips
Episode 782 40:29 - 42:36

782: Lumpy Lips

Bureaucratic Inefficiency in Government Social Media Monitoring

The hosts engage in a comedic roleplay to illustrate why government agencies might resist monitoring social media. They suggest that middle management likely fears employees would spend all day browsing Facebook or inappropriate websites rather than performing their actual duties. This bureaucratic inertia is presented as a more likely reason for the lack of screening than a formal "secret policy."

Sizeist
Episode 718 5:20 - 6:47

718: Sizeist

Loyalty Day Proclamation, Government Surveillance

May 1st was also proclaimed Loyalty Day by the President, a move interpreted as a symbolic rebuke of whistleblowers like Edward Snowden. The proclamation emphasizes patriotic duty and the capacity of citizens to shape the union's history. The rhetoric is characterized as a demand for obedience from the populace under the guise of national pride.