Can Policy Curb (or Cure) Loneliness?

Pantsuit Politics

Lemonada Media

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🗓️ 2 December 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Sarah and Beth look at the "loneliness epidemic" and what, if any, role policy should play. They also discuss the Respect for Marriage Act and the joy they find in holiday cards. TOPICS DISCUSSED The Respect for Marriage Act Loneliness Outside of Politics: Holiday Cards To become a financial supporter of Pantsuit Politics and get access to our Holiday Party for Premium Members, please visit our Patreon page or subscribe to our Premium content on Apple Podcasts Subscriptions Please visit our website for full show notes and episode resources. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Sarah Stewart Holland and this is Beth Silverce.
0:10.4	Thank you for joining us for Pantsuit Politics.
0:26.0	Thank you for joining us for another episode of Pantsuit Politics.
0:28.4	Today we're going to talk about the Respect for Marriage Act that just passed the Senate
0:31.7	and the first part of our show.
0:33.1	Then we're going to have a conversation around loneliness, demographic trends that are contributing
0:37.5	to it and how governments around the world are responding.
0:40.6	We're going to close out the show as we always do having a conversation outside politics
0:44.0	and today we're going to talk about holiday cards.
0:47.2	Before we do all of that, we would love to invite you to celebrate this time of year with
0:50.9	us on December 15th.
0:53.0	If you are a Patreon member, you will see all the information in your feed about that.
0:57.2	If you subscribe on Apple Podcast, please make sure that you share your email address
1:01.8	with us so that you will get access.
1:03.3	This is for our premium members.
1:05.4	It's a lovely community behind the paywall that we would love for you to be part of.
1:09.3	All the information on joining us is in the notes as well.
1:12.9	Next up, we're going to talk about the Respect for Marriage Act.
1:25.7	On Tuesday, the United States Senate passed the Respect for Marriage Act.
1:31.4	We wanted to spend some time talking about the Respect for Marriage Act or as I call it,
1:36.6	Clarence Thomas wrote a concurrence and everybody freaked out.
1:39.3	Let's go back in time before we get into this legislation.
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