WEBVTT - Blockers: A New Audiobook from Michael Lewis 

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<v Speaker 1>Push him.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, there against the rules, listeners, is Michael Lewis here

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<v Speaker 2>with some exciting news. I have a new book coming

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<v Speaker 2>out on October the sixth. It's called Blockers. What's a blocker?

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<v Speaker 1>You ask? A blocker is the worst thing you could be.

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<v Speaker 2>During the President Trump's second term, especially if you worked

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<v Speaker 2>in the federal.

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<v Speaker 1>Government and wanted to keep your job. A blocker was

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<v Speaker 1>a holdover.

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<v Speaker 2>An impediment, someone who didn't get the message, and most

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<v Speaker 2>of all, someone who didn't belong. Blockers is, among other things,

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<v Speaker 2>an inside a look at the early days of Trump's

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<v Speaker 2>Department of the Government Efficiency, or DOGE as it was

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<v Speaker 2>referred to, as told by the public servants it entangled.

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<v Speaker 1>But that's not all it is. I tell the story

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<v Speaker 1>of seven.

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<v Speaker 2>People who believe they had to call me, who were

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<v Speaker 2>convinced they were doing something the country couldn't do without,

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<v Speaker 2>and then discovered that they were no longer wanted. One

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<v Speaker 2>kept American's most sensitive tax data out of the wrong hands.

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<v Speaker 2>Another made sure that politicians and civil servants played by

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<v Speaker 2>the rules. One figured out how to stop wildfires from

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<v Speaker 2>destroying suburban neighborhoods. Another delivered the cured assistic fibrosis. Oh

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<v Speaker 2>and there was also a security guard. You can pre

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