Selects: What Happens When the Government Thinks You're Dead?

Stuff You Should Know

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4.6 • 79.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

It’s bad enough when the government knows you’re alive – there are taxes to pay, laws to be followed, all sorts of boring and unpleasant things. But each year, thousands of Americans find out life is far, far worse when the government thinks you are dead. Learn all about it in this classic episode.

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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.
0:30.9	Hello there friends, this is Josh and for this week's Select I Chose Our Episode that
0:35.5	takes a frank and thrilling look at what happens when the government thinks you're dead.
0:40.2	As you can imagine, nothing good is the answer to that.
0:43.6	Hope you enjoy.
0:46.2	Welcome to Stuff You Should Know, a production of I Heart Radio.
0:53.2	Hey and welcome to the podcast.
1:00.4	I'm Josh Clark.
1:01.4	There's Charles W. Chuck Bryant.
1:02.7	There's Jerry over there.
1:04.4	Jerry's not eating anything today, Chuck.
1:07.5	The air is clear.
1:09.0	And did you just do that as a coaster?
1:10.8	Yes.
1:11.8	I don't want to make a chinky sound every time.
1:15.0	Oh, okay.
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