Bonus: How DOGE Made Us More Susceptible to Fires (with Michael Lewis)

October 8, 2026

Bonus: How DOGE Made Us More Susceptible to Fires (with Michael Lewis)

By CAFE Insider

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Show Notes

In the Stay Tuned podcast bonus for Insiders, Preet and New York Times best-selling author Michael Lewis discuss one of the most surprising victims of DOGE’s mass firings and funding cuts: fire science and wildfire prevention.

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