Baby, Where the Hell Is My Audit?

The Massachusetts State Auditor walked into a St. Patrick's Day breakfast and sang karaoke for the legislature.

The song: “Baby, Where The Hell Is My Audit?”

Here’s the backstory:

In November, Massachusetts voters gave the state auditor authority to audit the legislature. It passed by a landslide. The legislature refused to cooperate. Diana DiZoglio sued them in February. The case is now heading to the state supreme court.

But instead of waiting quietly, DiZoglio belted this out in front of a crowd:

“Oh, baby, where the hell is my audit? Do they think we forgot it? ... I only fear he’s taking time to destroy all the records.”

We played the whole thing on The Accounting Podcast.

We also covered:

• Whether audit opinions should be probabilistic instead of pass/fail

• How AI agents turn vague requests into deterministic checklists (same thing good managers do)

• Why work won’t vanish due to AI — a continuation of the “Cowan Paradox”

• PwC’s warning to partners: embrace AI or get replaced

• What the BDO lawsuit means for auditors

• Whether tech CEO predictions about AI job losses are overblown

Watch the full episode.