3M’s Forever Chemicals and a Therapist’s Take on Election Cycle Anxiety | Guest Spotlight
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🗓️ 30 June 2024
⏱️ 23 minutes
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ProPublica reporter Sharon Lerner joins Michael Kosta to discuss her investigative piece into 3M’s use of forever chemicals and the company’s failed efforts to conceal them. Also, psychotherapist and author Lori Gottlieb sits with Jon Stewart to explain how the anxiety of presidential election seasons make it a popular time for people to seek out therapy.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, John Stewart here. I am here to tell you about my new podcast, The Weekly Show, |
| 0:06.4 | it's going to be coming out every Thursday. So exciting, you'll be saying to yourself |
| 0:12.6 | T. G. I. D. |
| 0:14.6 | Thank God. It's Thursday. We're going to be talking about all the things |
| 0:18.7 | that hopefully obsess you in the same way that they |
| 0:21.2 | obsessed me. The election, economics, earnings calls. |
| 0:26.0 | What are they talking about on these earnings calls? |
| 0:30.0 | We're going to be talking about ingredient to bread ratio on sandwiches and I know that I listed |
| 0:37.2 | that fourth but in importance it's probably second I know you have a lot of options as far as |
| 0:45.3 | podcast go but how many of them come out on Thursday? I mean talk about innovative. to the weekly show with John Stewart wherever you get your |
| 0:56.8 | podcast. |
| 0:57.8 | You're listening to Comedy Central. Welcome back to the Daily Show. My guest tonight is a ProPublica reporter whose recent article in collaboration with the New Yorker investigates 3M's use of Forever Chemicals. |
| 1:24.8 | Please welcome Sharon Lerner. |
| 1:26.4 | Hi Sharon, how are you? |
| 1:33.0 | Thank you for being here. |
| 1:35.0 | All right. |
| 1:38.0 | All right. |
| 1:40.0 | Thank you for coming. Thank you for coming. |
| 1:44.0 | Thank you for writing this piece. |
| 1:46.0 | This is a testament to investigative journalism. |
| 1:50.0 | How long does it take to write this piece? |
| 1:52.0 | Well, it took about a year. |
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