About this episode

Ben Joravsky discusses a New York Times poll about voter knowledge of Trump and interviews Dylan Hedtler-Gaudette on issues of waste and fraud.

A New York Times poll shows that the less voters know about Trump, the more they like him. Ben riffs. Dylan Hedtler-Gaudette talks waste and fraud. He’s spent his working life in pursuit of bi-partisan solutions to waste and fraud and what has he received for his efforts as of late? His recommendations get ignored by the Trump administration and he’s been vilified and maligned by Musk’s cultists, of the human and robot variety. Dylan is vice president of Policy and Government Affairs for the Project on Government Oversight. This recording originally dropped on May 29, 2025. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Host: Ben Joravsky

Guest: Dylan Hedtler-Gaudette

Topics covered

• politics
• polling
• waste and fraud
• bi-partisan solutions
• Trump
• government oversight

Keywords

• Trump
• poll
• Dylan Hedtler-Gaudette
• waste
• fraud
• government oversight
• bi-partisan solutions

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: New York Times, Trump administration, Project on Government Oversight

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