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Lemonada This is Sarah Stewart Holland.

This is Beth Silvers.

You're listening to Pantsuit Politics.

If you are one of the 70% of Americans who avoid talking about death, I have some news for you today.

That is the subject of today's show.

We are going to be talking about physician-assisted death, the way that it has rolled out across the world in the United States, the controversies surrounding the legal and ethical questions.

Of course, this comes with a warning that the show will be dealing with topics involving suicide, suffering, death.

It is a show we've put off for a long time.

How long have we been wanting to tackle this topic on Pansu Politics, Beth?

At least three years.

At least.

And it kept getting punted and pushed down the list.

But the expanding access in Canada, the debate in Britain, as well as some high-profile

deaths, including behavioral economist Daniel Kahneman, who chose physician-assisted

death in Switzerland recently, really has pushed this topic even further to the forefront and we

didn't want to delay this conversation even longer acknowledging that there is a lot going on

in the headlines and the news. We just felt like this couldn't wait any longer, and it's a really

important conversation we've been meaning to have, and so we're going to have it here today.

Before we do that, on a much lighter note, our big birthday celebration in Cincinnati coming up this

July is sold out, but you can still come. We would love for you to get one of our virtual tickets and

join the show. You can join via live stream or with that same ticket, get a recording to watch

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