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Stuff You Should Know

Selects: Are good samaritan laws effective?

Stuff You Should Know

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.679.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Good samaritan laws have been around for many years, helping to provide legal protections for people who try to help other people. But do they work? Listen to this classic episode and decide for yourself today!

Transcript

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0:00.0

There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.

0:05.7

That's why we launched The Big Take.

0:08.3

It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit

0:14.0

to give you some space to think.

0:16.4

I'm Wes Kosova.

0:17.7

Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.

0:23.6

Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.

0:31.0

Hey everybody, it's me Josh and for this week's Selects, I've chosen how good Samaritan

0:36.4

laws work.

0:38.1

We dive into the weird wacky wild, extremely patchwork world of good Samaritan laws, laws

0:45.8

that are meant to protect people who lend aid or help to other people in need.

0:50.9

Those people in need are not too happy with the help that they get and it creates all

0:54.7

sorts of problems.

0:56.0

So check out this really interesting episode and this week's Select.

1:00.5

Enjoy!

1:02.5

Welcome to Stuff You Should Know, a production of I Heart Radio.

1:15.6

Hey and welcome to The Podcast.

1:17.1

I'm Josh Clark and there's Charles W. Chuck Bryant and there's Jerry over there.

1:20.9

And this is Stuff You Should Know, just a trio of helpful types who like to go around

1:27.3

the world and escort people through crosswalks and get sued for it.

1:34.8

They're escorting someone through a busy intersection against the light.

1:38.4

Right, and then you get to the other side and hold out your hand and say lay some bread

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