I'm not sure if this is a subtly genius reference to their previous podcast called 'tldr', but if so, bravo. My primary take on it is that the local government

I'm not sure if this is a subtly genius reference to their previous podcast called 'tldr', but if so, bravo. My primary take on it is that the local government was overwhelmed and out of their depth and their naivete was exploited with promises of jobs and funding. At one point they declared people's homes uninhabitable to force them out. It's a pretty sad story on the local level.