Death, Sex & Money - A Friend In The Execution Room
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🗓️ 24 March 2021
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Summary
A man steps up to participate in an American process that he doesn’t agree with: the death penalty. Today, we bring you a story about duty, faith and humanity, from the new podcast The Experiment.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, it's Anna. This week, we're sharing an episode of a new podcast called The Experiment with you. |
| 0:07.0 | It's produced by our colleagues at WNYC Studios and The Atlantic. It's a show about America, and it's good. |
| 0:13.9 | One recent episode looked at the high rates of deaths among Filipino-American health care workers from COVID, |
| 0:20.2 | and how that connects to U.S. immigration policy. |
| 0:23.6 | Another included a long interview with a historian, |
| 0:26.3 | a white guy from Virginia, who was in his 40s |
| 0:29.0 | when he reconsidered what he'd been taught |
| 0:31.3 | about Confederate General Robert E. Lee |
| 0:33.4 | and Southern gentlemen more generally. |
| 0:36.5 | I think death sex and money listeners especially will appreciate this episode that we're sharing today. |
| 0:42.0 | It's about a man in Indiana who got an email that he could have ignored, but he didn't. |
| 0:47.2 | It's a story about faith and duty and the death penalty. |
| 0:52.0 | My colleague, Julia Longoria, hosts the experiment. |
| 0:55.1 | Here she is. |
| 1:00.6 | Alvin, I don't think I've ever said your last name out loud. |
| 1:03.2 | How do I say it? |
| 1:03.9 | It's Melleth. |
| 1:05.1 | Melleth? |
| 1:05.7 | Meleth. |
| 1:06.0 | Am I doing that right? |
| 1:06.7 | Mm-hmm. |
| 1:07.6 | So, Alvin Melleth, why are we here today? |
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