{"podcast":{"title":"tangly","slug":"tangly-7651106","podcast_index_feed_id":7651106,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/tangly/feed.xml","website_url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/tangly","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/tangly/20260109_040140_92e74715422efcd7c4f8740ce533fa88.png","author":"Eau de Newfoundland","episode_count":65,"summary":"We have stopped hearing across difference. There is no in-between. And the in-between is where everything that matters actually lives. We try to untangle the space between.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tangly-7651106"},"episode":{"title":"Rules for ye","slug":"rules-for-ye","published_at":"2026-03-12T22:53:52+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tangly-7651106/rules-for-ye","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tangly-7651106","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/tangly/2624328","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/365174/2624328/tangly/2026_03_12_22_53_43_4656de3e-45e6-4e9c-b445-9c5b500bbd46.mp3","summary":"An investigation into the systemic failure of Newfoundland and Labrador's social safety net, revealing a massive disconnect between government budgets and frontline reality. The episode exposes how public funds are funneled into profitable private care corporations while essential public services and social workers collapse.","meta_description":"A deep dive into the privatization of child welfare and the collapse of the social safety net in Newfoundland and Labrador.","key_points":["Main idea: The provincial government is funding a 'warehousing industry' of private care homes that fail investigations without consequence","Failure mode: A 28.5% vacancy rate among social workers has dismantled the state's capacity for proactive child protection","Main idea: Public funds are disproportionately allocated to reactive, high-cost corporate care rather than preventative family support","Practical takeaway: The 'overtime budget' is being used as a misleading metric to mask a workforce-wide burnout and mass exodus","Failure mode: A rigid, punitive bureaucracy aggressively enforces compliance on the poor while overlooking massive failures in the private sector"],"chapters":[{"start_ms":60000,"title":"Decoding the Bureaucracy","summary":"An introduction to the investigation using leaked ATIP data to look past polished government budget reports."},{"start_ms":120000,"title":"The Workforce Collapse","summary":"Analyzing the 28.5% vacancy rate in social work and the impact of staff burnout on the system's foundation."},{"start_ms":240000,"title":"The Overtime Illusion","summary":"How the government uses declining overtime numbers to mask a systemic loss of frontline personnel."},{"start_ms":420000,"title":"The Rise of Private Warehousing","summary":"Examining the skyrocketing costs of housing children in private facilities and the lack of public alternatives."},{"start_ms":600000,"title":"Corporate Profit in Child Welfare","summary":"A look at how private entities like AML Youth and Family Center navigate a captive market for profit."},{"start_ms":780000,"title":"The Accountability Double Standard","summary":"Comparing the extreme leniency shown to private corporations versus the punitive nature of income support enforcement."},{"start_ms":960000,"title":"Infrastructure vs. Voluntarism","summary":"Critiquing the lack of investment in senior transportation and community infrastructure in remote regions."}],"topics":["Social Welfare","Public Policy","Privatization","Child Protection","Government Accountability","Newfoundland and Labrador","Budget Analysis","Social Work"],"duration_seconds":1235,"processing_state":"processed","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/tangly-7651106/episodes/rules-for-ye/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tangly-7651106/rules-for-ye.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}