In this podcast episode, policy researcher Andy Smarick discusses the government's role in strengthening American families.

The podcast discusses how recent job numbers falling short of expectations, with only 266,000 jobs created out of an expected 1 million, may be attributed to government policies such as direct unemployment benefits that some feel discourage people from seeking work.

In the "Getting Blitzed! Edition," Allison Kaplan Sommer, Don Futterman, and Noah Efron engage in a lively discussion about Benny Gantz's election message reminiscent of a scene from the movie "Notting Hill," PM Netanyahu's shift to a positive tone in his campaign, and the debate about government funding for ultra-Orthodox housing construction.