Hey everybody. Our show is part of WNYC, which is New York's public radio station, and one

role the station has always played is to offer a place for sort of a public convening in

big moments.

A place to come together, process what's happening,

and what it all means.

So when the news of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death hit,

the United States of anxiety stepped into that role for two hours on Sunday evening.

We're sharing both hours here separately.

And this one, we focus on RBG's life.

Check out the other hour for our best ever to figure out whatever is coming next at the Supreme Court.

I'm Kywright and this is the United States of Anxiety, a show about the unfinished business of our history and

its grip on our future.

The duties of the office on which I am about to enter.

So help me God.

So help me God. So help me God.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg does not need a seat on the Supreme Court to earn a place in our history books.

She has already secured that.

The point is that the discriminatory line almost inevitably hurts women.

I called her the steel magnolia, delicate on the outside, but she has an iron rod behind her.

This is something central to a woman's life.

It's a decision that she must make for herself.

A strong Conservative majority now with insight on the Supreme Court

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