Planet of the Cows

This episode of West of Kowhere covers a Minneapolis shooting involving federal immigration officers and a licensed gun owner, the Justice Department’s decision to reduce funding for child sex-trafficking programs, and the continued withholding of Epstein files. We also discuss lighter and stranger stories: a cow using a broom as a tool, a Chinese app that checks if users are alive, the odd case of a parolee attaching his ankle monitor to a dog, a study on music tastes and infidelity, and a listener-submitted AITA about equal chores. Linktr.ee/wokpod https://www.npr.org/2026/01/24/nx-s1-5684002/ice-minnesota-minneapolis-renee-macklin-good-ruby-ridge-idaho-deadly-force?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/24/justice-department-cuts-child-sex-trafficking https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/19/jeffrey-epstein-files-unreleased-trump-doj  https://www.livescience.com/animals/land-mammals/ever-seen-a-pet-cow-pick-up-a-broom-and-scratch-herself-with-it-you-have-now https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/aimed-growing-number-young-chinese-live-new-app-129232762 https://metalinjection.net/news/metal-science/metal-fans-unlikely-to-cheat-jazz-fans-are-boning-everyone-according-to-a-study https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/da-albany-defendant-run-affixing-ankle-monitor-21299468.php