Best Team Watchdog Podcasts (2025)

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The National Guard surpasses its recruiting goals for fiscal 2025 6:34

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The National Guard has surpassed its recruiting goals for fiscal 2025. The Army and Air National Guard have enlisted nearly 50,000 new members this year, bringing total Guard end strength to more than 433,000. Senior leaders attributed this year’s success to initiatives such as the Future Soldier Preparatory Course and the new “Uncommon is Calling”…

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Reap what you sow: Lancashire's toxic town - exposed 19:13

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Every week, the ENDS team enters the ECO Chamber to discuss the UK’s biggest green news stories and bring you up to speed on the latest developments in environmental policy. This week, ENDS Report’s deputy editor Tess Colley speaks with news editor Pippa Neil. After obtaining never-before-seen documents, ENDS Report can reveal that the chemical man…

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Agencies brace for a potential government shutdown 6:37

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Agencies are bracing for a potential government shutdown, with less than a week left for Congress to reach a spending agreement. But so far, agencies have not released any public plans for what would happen in a shutdown. Agencies are supposed to release contingency plans, detailing which employees would keep working, and who would be furloughed. C…

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Army rolls out new incentive to keep technical experts 5:40

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The Army is rolling out a new incentive to keep some of its most experienced technical experts in uniform. A warrant officer retention bonus will offer a “substantial financial incentive” to officers in critical specialties who commit to additional years of service. High-demand fields like cyber operations, aviation maintenance, signal and communic…

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Lawmakers push to expand hazard pay for federal wildland firefighters 6:28

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There is a push in Congress to expand the use of hazard pay for federal wildland firefighters. Utah Congresswoman Celeste Maloy has introduced a bill attempting to correct what she says is a gap in the benefit. Currently, wildland firefighters receive higher pay rates, called hazard pay, when fighting active fires. But hazard pay doesn’t apply to s…

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The Senate confirms nearly 50 of Trump’s nominees 6:43

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Yesterday’s Senate vote confirming nearly 50 of the president’s nominees included some big gains for the Army — filling most of that service’s senior political leadership posts all at once. Among those confirmed was Michael Obadal as the new under secretary of the Army, the service’s number-two civilian leadership position. The en-bloc vote also in…

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Interior and Agriculture departments set to combine wildland firefighting forces 7:18

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The departments of Interior and Agriculture say they are on track to combine their wildland firefighting forces into a single agency by January 2026. The announcement this week comes after President Trump ordered the two departments to consolidate their wildfire response efforts into a single agency: the U.S. Wildland Fire Service. An employee orga…

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House passed NDAA restore union rights for Defense civilians 5:42

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Congress is considering exempting some federal employees from losing their union protections. The version of the fiscal 2026 National Defense Authorization Act that cleared the House would let DoD civilian workers keep their collective bargaining rights. The provision in the House’s NDAA comes in response to President Trump’s broad cancelation of c…

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Watchdog finds DoD did not have sufficient data about Global Household Goods contract 6:39

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A government watchdog found that the Department of Defense’s Transportation Command did not have sufficient and comprehensive data about its Global Household Goods contract, which was canceled in June. The Government Accountability Office found that TRANSCOM officials were aware of the contractor’s capability constraints, but had limited informatio…

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Boy Wasted: What happens next? 16:03

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Every week, the ENDS team enters the ECO Chamber to discuss the UK’s biggest green news stories and bring you up to speed on the latest developments in environmental policy. This week, in a departure from business as usual, ECO Chamber host James Agyepong-Parsons sits down with the creators of Boy Wasted – a Smoke Trail production for ENDS Report a…

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Boy Wasted - Episode 3: Wasted Lives 24:04

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In this finale episode, the team asks a disturbing question: what if there is not just one body, but hundreds? As the team join the dots between Britain and Turkey, they begin to uncover the awful scale of deaths, lies and secrets that are buried in our recycling. Boy Wasted is the thrilling three-part environmental true crime investigation, presen…

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Boy Wasted - Episode 2: The Boss 15:37

10d ago15:37

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It's a case that doesn’t make any sense: a boy's body found shredded in a bale of plastic, kept entirely secret. The team begin investigating the people who know about the death. When an eye witness comes forward, the allegations get even bigger. Boy Wasted is the thrilling three-part environmental true crime investigation, presented by Dan Ashby a…

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Boy Wasted - Episode 1: The Body 22:45

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When a mystery body of a boy is found in a bale of recycled plastic in Turkey, a team of investigative journalists decide to work out what happened. They go looking for answers in industrial yards and dodgy offices, but the story gets more risky. Tensions explode in Istanbul and one of their team is arrested. But they have to know: who was the boy?…

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Lawmakers call on ICE to halt use of facial recognition application 6:32

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Nine Senate Democrats are calling on Immigration and Customs Enforcement to halt its use of a mobile facial recognition application. In a letter to ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons, the lawmakers ask for more details on ICE’s Mobile Fortify app. The technology reportedly allows ICE to identify individuals they encounter on the streets using multiple …

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Federal pay caps continue to challenge recruitment and retention efforts 6:01

14d ago6:01

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Federal pay caps are contributing to ongoing recruitment and retention challenges in the Defense Department’s blue-collar workforce. A new report from the Government Accountability Office has found that multiple DoD installations are struggling to keep employees in the Federal Wage System, due to longstanding pay limitations set by Congress. GAO al…

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House passes its version of 2026 defense policy bill 8:22

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The House passed its version of the 2026 defense policy bill, which includes a 3.8% pay bump for service members. House Republicans pushed the bill through largely without Democratic support after adding conservative provisions and blocking debates Democrats sought on issues like expanding the use of the military inside the country. House Armed Ser…

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Reform UK jamboree hands mic to climate denial as Starmer shuffles the deck 29:29

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Every week, the ENDS team enters the ECO Chamber to discuss the UK’s biggest green news stories and bring you up to speed on the latest developments in environmental policy. This week, ECO Chamber host James Agyepong-Parsons speaks with editor Jamie Carpenter about Reform UK’s party conference hosted at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham …

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Pentagon publishes final rule implementing CMMC 7:30

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The Pentagon has published the final acquisition rule implementing the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program. The rule, released in yesterday’s Federal Register will allow Defense Department procurements to include CMMC assessment requirements. The assessments are intended to ensure defense contractors are following cybersecurity stand…

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Coming soon: Boy Wasted 2:07

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There's a concrete yard with piles of plastic, and lying on the ground is the body of a boy - grotesquely ripped apart. Who was he? And what really happened to him? A team of award-winning investigative journalists set out to find out. You can listen to all three episodes of Boy Wasted on the Eco Chamber podcast feed from 16 September 2025. A Smo…

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Federal retirement claims processing times increase 6:55

17d ago6:55

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Federal employees, on average, are waiting longer to see their retirement applications processed. New data from the Office of Personnel Management for August shows it takes an average of 70 days to process a claim from a retiring fed. But if retirement claims are coming to OPM in less than 60 days, those cases take, on average, 45 days to complete.…

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Energy dept sued over plan to purge FOIA requests 5:50

18d ago5:50

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The Energy Department is being sued over its plan to purge old Freedom of Information Act requests. The nonprofit group American Oversight filed the suit in U.S. District Court last week. It challenges DOE’s effort to require individuals to re-confirm their interest in FOIA requests. In an August notice in the Federal Register, DOE announced that t…

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Department of Health and Human Services employees call for RFK Jr.’s resignation 6:46

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Federal employees at the Department of Health and Human Services are calling for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. A letter signed by more than 1,000 HHS workers warns that Kennedy’s actions this year have endangered the nation’s health. Most recently, Kennedy fired the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Preventio…

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The National Guard surpasses its recruiting goals for fiscal 2025 6:34

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Reap what you sow: Lancashire's toxic town - exposed 19:13

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Agencies brace for a potential government shutdown 6:37

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Army rolls out new incentive to keep technical experts 5:40

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Lawmakers push to expand hazard pay for federal wildland firefighters 6:28

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The Senate confirms nearly 50 of Trump’s nominees 6:43

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Interior and Agriculture departments set to combine wildland firefighting forces 7:18

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House passed NDAA restore union rights for Defense civilians 5:42

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Watchdog finds DoD did not have sufficient data about Global Household Goods contract 6:39

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Boy Wasted: What happens next? 16:03

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Boy Wasted - Episode 3: Wasted Lives 24:04

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Boy Wasted - Episode 2: The Boss 15:37

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Boy Wasted - Episode 1: The Body 22:45

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Lawmakers call on ICE to halt use of facial recognition application 6:32

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Federal pay caps continue to challenge recruitment and retention efforts 6:01

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House passes its version of 2026 defense policy bill 8:22

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Reform UK jamboree hands mic to climate denial as Starmer shuffles the deck 29:29

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Pentagon publishes final rule implementing CMMC 7:30

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Coming soon: Boy Wasted 2:07

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Federal retirement claims processing times increase 6:55

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Energy dept sued over plan to purge FOIA requests 5:50

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Department of Health and Human Services employees call for RFK Jr.’s resignation 6:46