The Jackpod: The other Washington

On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

WBUR

Talk Show, Daily News, News, Npr, On Point, Daily

4.2 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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On Point news analyst Jack Beatty sees Washington state’s first-in-the-nation social insurance program for long-term care as a portent for the future of the politics of remedy in the U.S.

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0:50.9	WBUR Podcasts, Boston. I'm Megna Tocra-Bardi, and this is The Jack Pod, where on-point news analyst Jack Beattie helps us connect history, literature, and politics in a way that brings his unique clarity to the world we live in now.
1:18.4	Hello there, Jack.
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1:20.9	Episode 94. What's your headline?
1:24.1	The Other Washington.
1:26.4	Huh. Okay. Now I'm curious which Washington that may be, so tell us more.
1:31.8	Well, that's Washington State. And it is, yeah, you're in your neck of the woods. And it is set to
1:38.4	implement, quote, the nation's first social insurance program for long-term care. FDR would be mighty pleased at that.
1:50.9	Here he is speaking at the signing of the Social Security Act on August 14, 1935.
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