# E402 - Royal Flushed

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Podcast: [Podcasting is Praxis](https://stenobird.com/podcast/podcasting-is-praxis-713365)
Published: 2026-02-23T06:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://Praxiscast.podbean.com/e/e402-royal-flushed/
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Duration seconds: 6110

## Resource

This week's news roundup is more exciting than usual, as the government teases us with the idea that society's upper echelons are not immune from the consequences of their actions. Also, and stop me if you've heard this one, but the Americans might be starting a war in, get this, the middle east. Then for our main topic, we discuss why councils can't provide even a sliver of public services because Everything Must Go. We're drawing on local reporting by https://bsky.app/profile/danhollandnews.bsky.social for this episode, so go give him a follow! Content warning for discussion of Jeffrey Epstein, yet again Subscribe for two whole bonus episodes a month: https://www.patreon.com/praxiscast Watch streams: https://www.twitch.tv/praxiscast Buy shirts: https://praxiscast.teemill.com/ Follow us: https://bsky.app/profile/praxiscast.bsky.social Cast: Rob - https://bsky.app/profile/trufflehog.bsky.social Jamie - https://bsky.app/profile/wizardcubes.bsky.social Alasdair - https://bsky.app/profile/ballistari.bsky.social

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