The podcast The Big Dig produced at WGBH in Boston has a new season titled Mitt and Ted.
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The Lawfare PodcastOct 8, 2026
The Big Dig, produced by GBH/WGBH in Boston, has a Season 4 titled "Mitt & Ted, a healthcare story," which matches the claim's central assertion. The sources do not give the release date of the season's first episode, so whether it was out on 2026-10-08 specifically is not confirmed, though the listed episodes run from 10/14 to 10/28.
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… rational security listeners, um, who have heard me on before, you will know, uh, that my favorite thing after the legislative branch, um, is regionally produced, um, NPR podcasts, and I'm very happy to share that my one of my favorite of these, um, which the show produced at WGBH in Boston called The Big Dig, um, has a new season out. Um, it's called Mitt and Ted, um, and it's about, um, Mitt Romney, Ted Kennedy, their relationship, and the long process that generated Massachusetts healthcare reform law, which was enacted prior to Obamacare, and it's just really well done. Interesting. …
The Lawfare Podcast · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. NPR's listing for The Big Dig names its Season 4 "Mitt & Ted, a healthcare story" and describes it as a story about Mitt Romney and Ted Kennedy.[1]
Supports. The WGBH series page describes Season Four of The Big Dig as "Mitt & Ted, a healthcare story" from GBH.[2]
Supports. The radio.net episode listing shows the season's episodes dated 10/14, 10/21 and 10/28/2026, with episode 6 released 10/28, consistent with a season already running in late October.[3]
Context. The claim's wording ("Mitt and Ted") differs only from the official title "Mitt & Ted" by the ampersand, which does not change what is referred to. The episode dates for episodes 1–3 are not shown, so the exact start date is unconfirmed.[1][2][3]
Sources
3 sources: 1 tier 2, 2 not rated
- 1The Big Dig Season 4: Mitt & Ted, a healthcare storynpr.org · tier 2 · cited for: supports, context
- 2The Big Dig | GBH - WGBHwgbh.org · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 3The Big Dig podcast | Listen online for freeradio.net · not rated · cited for: supports, context
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