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#325: A Widow Explains Why Her Husband, Diagnosed With Terminal Cancer, Opposed Assisted Suicide

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🗓️ 25 October 2018

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

One out of four deaths in America are from cancer, and every year, over half a million of our citizens lose their battle with cancer. Terminal illness has provoked a debate over assisted suicide: whether it should be allowed, and what it means to truly protect human dignity. We speak to Kristen Hanson, who lost her husband, J.J., to brain cancer last year. Plus: College students were so upset over the 2016 election results a considerable portion are at risk for developing PTSD. We also cover these stories:--Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s killing was a “heinous crime that cannot be justified.”--The Trump administration is taking more action to curb the opioid epidemic. President Trump discussed the crisis Wednesday, and signed related legislation.--The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is launching a new course titled “Trumpaganda: The war on facts, press and democracy.”The Daily Signal podcast is available on Ricochet, iTunes, SoundCloud, Google Play, or Stitcher. All of our podcasts can be found at DailySignal.com/podcasts. If you like what you hear, please leave a review. You can also leave us a message at 202-608-6205 or write us at letters@dailysignal.com. Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Thursday, October 25th.

0:08.5

I'm Kate Trinko.

0:09.6

And I'm Daniel Davis.

0:11.2

One out of four deaths in America are from cancer and every year over half a million of our citizens

0:17.2

lose their battle with cancer.

0:19.4

Terminal illness has provoked a debate over assisted suicide, whether it should be allowed and what it means to truly protect human dignity.

0:27.0

Kristen Hanson lost her husband to brain cancer last year, but despite his terminal illness, he took an active stand against assisted suicide.

0:36.0

We'll talk to Kristen in a few minutes.

0:38.0

Plus, you might be surprised by the number of college students who could have PTSD from the 2016 election.

0:44.0

But first we'll cover a few of the top headlines.

0:47.0

President Donald Trump addressed a slew of suspicious packages found

0:57.2

Wednesday in remarks.

0:58.6

I tell you that in these times we have to unify we have to come together and send one very

1:08.4

clear strong unmistakable message that acts or threats of political violence. a leader Nancy Pelosi meanwhile tweeted quote once again we are reminded of the

1:25.6

heroism of America's first responders as they work to counter these attempted

1:30.4

attacks the goal of terrorists is to instill fear. We will not allow

1:35.5

them to diminish our commitment to building a brighter future for communities

1:39.8

across America." End quote. Hillary Clinton, President Obama, and CNN all received packages which were reportedly filled

1:48.4

with explosive devices.

1:51.3

Well Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed

1:53.0

been Salman, finally broke his silence Wednesday about the

1:56.0

disappearance of journalist Jamal Keshogi. The Crown Prince said

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